Under a Winter Comet by Julia McKenzie

Julia is based in London and has a studio deep at the bottom of her garden. There she is surrounded by birds, foxes & beetles. “I look for the evidence of nature I can hold in my hand from my suburban garden to what I discover on my travels to the sea or the countryside.

Nature makes me a witness to events, creatures and objects I don’t always fully understand; my drawings and collections of things help me form a bridge between my urban living and the natural world.

I look for bones, plants, insects and birds. I like residues and husks of animals, plants or minerals that have survived long enough for me to find and examine. I celebrate the fragile, the forgotten, the broken and the beautiful”.