Boo’s paintings act as a visual diary and a way of recording her everyday walks and journeys through the landscape. When out walking we absorb all that we see and hear and our observations combine to create a vivid memory of place. Our minds can drift and wander yet we remain deeply rooted in the present moment. The familiarity of a well trodden path, the distant horizon, the dramatic changes of colour and light from one moment to the next, day to day, season to season, these immersive encounters with the natural world form the starting point of Boo’s paintings.

Some paintings stay close to their origins, hinting at a place visited or remembered. Often smaller and more gestural, these pieces translate an idea quickly, embracing spontaneity, chance and accident. Others evolve more slowly, their surfaces built up organically, allowing Boo to translate ambiguous images into new compositions. Though rooted in the experience of landscape, her process distills and simplifies, exploring colour, gesture, light and space while moving intuitively between the real and the imagined. This sense of ambiguity invites viewers to interpret the paintings in their own way and to recall their own experiences of being within the landscape.