About Paeony Lewis

I create art that encourages us to ponder our relationship with nature. This began as ecological art and has since developed into a more conceptual exploration of our potential for a deeper, emotional connection with the natural world.

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Originally from Kent, I now live in the city of Norwich in the UK. My work is informed by an MA in Fine Art (Norwich University of the Arts, 2022) and a BSc in Environmental Sciences (University of East Anglia). Add to this a past career as an author, and this makes for a melding of art, nature and words.
 

In the summer of 2020 I began to experiment with alternative photography and it became the focus of my practice. I am captivated by the way light and the essence of nature can produce images that create a different way of seeing. In particular, the direct materiality and unpredictability of cameraless photosensitive techniques explores a more emotional way of seeing and feeling the world.
 

Taking our perception of the natural world further, for my final MA project I studied our sensory responses to nebulous 'thin places', a term used by ancient Celts to signify times and places in the landscape where the world thins between the earthly and otherworldly. Since then, I’ve continued my research, which is often intertwined with specific landscapes, sacred sites, lingering beliefs, and an ‘otherness’ beyond our everyday understanding.​