DOCUMENTING CHANGE

The focus of the two year residency is to document the changes taking place at Crookedstane Rig, South Lanarkshire,due to the creation of the Clyde Wind Farm. Three of the two hundred and nineteen turbines are being sited on Elizabeth Robert's land, Crookedstane Rig.

Crookedstane Rig is a Sitka plantation, and the coming of the turbines heralds the felling of the Sitka and huge earthworks to site the vast turbines.

So far I have visited Crookedstane Rig, as part of this residency, six times. During each visit I have photographed extensively throughout the plantation, and sketched and painted as I have walked over the land.

14th to 16th November 2010, was in snow. Due to the snow the wind farm site was closed which gave me access to areas I had been unable to visit in October. The scale of the turbines lying in the snow is impressive.

In March the turbines were up, although without their wings so they looked like fists. There are so many of them. They remind me of Pink Floyd's "The Wall" video as they stride across the landscape.

August now, and the wings are on and wirling - it is very impressive. I was worried it would be noisy but it is not. There is a gentle rushing sound but not that disturbing.

Crookedstane Rig 1 Overview of the plantation October 2009	Crookedstane Rig 2 Looking over Crookedstane Rig November 2010
Tomont Hill From the driveway to Crookedstane Rig, May 2010	Tomont Hill 2 Looking to Tomont from the driveway November 2010
shapes capturing shapes created by tree felling at Crookedstane Rig	patterns and colours responding to changes, machinery and patterns at Crookedstane Rig
Dark Trees Definately a nod to Emily Carr in this one	Sitka
Turbines in the snow Canna, my dog, giving scale to the huge turbines	Wings in the snow
Claws think these are to hold the wings when they are delivered	Turbine parts
Smooth wing	Wing Tip and Crookedstane Rig
Crooked Pattern	Crooked Pattern 2
Turbines marching over the hills March 2011	Turbine horizon
With Wings August 2011	With Wings 2
Boatmen	Pond
Hammerhead 1	Hammerhead 2

For more information about Elizabeth Roberts and Crookedstane Rig please have a look at www.crookedstane.com

For more images from the Documenting Change Residency please see Elizabeth Roberts photo albums on her Facebook page