During the fall, in the rural, west-coast of Ireland, frequent, intense rains pour from the sky. The heavy rain causes water tables to rise, unpredictably at times. Water streams from the atmosphere and up through openings in earth, called swallow holes. This creates a phenomenon known as turloughs (ter-locks). Essentially, turloughs are lakes that spring up overnight in the precipitous fall and winter seasons, and may last only a day, or for the duration of the season, depending on rainfall.

The inspiration for this body of work came from a moment when I discovered my front yard, where the farmer’s cows grazed all day, had suddenly become waterfront property- Clover and wild grasses that stood just a day earlier, became like seaweed. I was not only astonished by the complete flux of environment- from farmland to wildlife water habitat- but also at the immense volume of rain that was falling. I began to gather precipitation that fell each day. I brought it into the darkroom, and created photograms of the water, hoping to capture the power and mystery of this unique, instant lake situation. The images were then scanned and enlarged, further magnifying the beauty and force of rain, and the bodies of water it was creating.