Since the start of the current pandemic, Dartmoor, like all of the UK’s national parks, has seen a significant increase in visitor numbers due to Covid travel restrictions and a renewed interest in exploring and seeking solace in the countryside. The impact of increased visitor … Continue readingDesire Lines
My work crosses the line between art and craft. My practice is rooted in drawing from observation. I draw and paint out of doors at all times of year, studying different aspects and details of the east Dartmoor landscape where I live. A favourite medium … Continue readingClare Benson
I spent over a decade working as the National Trust’s General Manager on Dartmoor – Drogo, Fingle Woods, Home Farm Café, amongst many other things and now I’m a researcher in the Centre for Rural Policy Research at Exeter University studying hill-farming on the Moor. … Continue readingAdrian Colston
I moved to Devon in the 1980s to work at Ashburton school as Head of Art. The school had many connections with Dartmoor from walking with the Ten Tors group to taking groups sketching. The use of sketchbooks became part of my working practice. Now … Continue readingTony Homer
I’m an English teacher by trade, so spend a lot of my time in the world of words and concepts – that’s certainly an enjoyable place to be, but recently I’ve found a tremendous pull towards the usually wordless worlds of photography and drawing. I’m … Continue readingMalcolm Hebron
I have wanted to be an artist from the age of six! I spent much time in my early yearsdrawing, mainly from still life, enjoying the detail and contour of natural forms. Later, my focus turned towards text and print, studying graphic design at Plymouth … Continue readingClare Rogers
I first used a ‘proper’ camera when I was eleven years old on a family holiday to Canada. My uncle had lent us his new Olympus OM, and as soon as I handled it – felt its weight, its precision – I was hooked. From … Continue readingStephen Earp
I have lived on the edges of Dartmoor all of my life and it has been one of my favourite places to take pictures of ever since taking up photography about 5 years ago. I have a strong connection with Dartmoor which mainly grew after … Continue readingMatt Davis
Conchie – a pejorative term for those who, for moral or religious reasons, refuse to participate in armed conflict. More than a path, but not quite a road, the “Conchie road” starts just beyond the original home of the Duchy of Cornwall’s land agent in … Continue readingThe Conscientious Objectors’ Road
Just occasionally you come across an image on Instagram that pulls you up short. Two weeks ago I was ambling through the Dartmoor Collective hashtag and a very simple, beautiful black and white image stopped me in my tracks. It was from an account that … Continue readingSalva Borrego