Rangarping Eystra I was one of a series of prints inspired by a visit to Iceland in 2017. I was fascinated by the basalt rock formations, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers of this geologically young country, and the fact that every hill and mountain was either an extinct or active volcano. However, when I returned home and began sketching from the hundreds of photos I took, I could only produce rather dull and lifeless attempts at landscapes. It wasn’t until I returned to the photographs around three years later and took a more abstract approach to the source material, that these and other plates and prints emerged, inspired by the textures of the rocks and the ruggedness of the landscape, rather than by a particular view.
