SOBER.

Trees ache with feeling. They bow under the weight of meaning and memory. Every poorly etched heart leaves a scar on the trunk and the initials make the air around the leaves grow heavy. Leahy’s work explores the agency that people have over the world around them, as well as the agency that it has over people. Personifying nature does not bring it to life as it is already alive, it simply enables people to feel empathy towards an alien. 

Erin Leahy: ‘I am a 20-year-old student and I have just finished my first year studying BA Hons Fine Art at Falmouth University. I am originally from Worthing, a seaside town near Brighton in West Sussex. I draw in charcoal, paint in oils and more recently I have delved into the world of experimental film, photography, and collage. My most recent work being a video, sound, and multimedia sculptural installation for my first year final exhibition.’

Find more of Erin’s work on Instagram.