My work explores the intersection of memory, spiritual ecology, and the Irish landscape. Rooted in photography, I construct layered composite images that transcend the purely visual to evoke the inner life of the land, a place where time dissolves and the boundaries between the human and the natural blur.
Drawing on myth, seasonal rhythms, and ancestral memory, I photograph forests, fields, and skies over long periods, often returning to the same locations over months or years. These places become both real and symbolic: thresholds into emotional, spiritual, and psychological states. Through digital layering, my images become visual prayers, meditations, and mappings of presence.
My most recent body of work, Sleeping in a Forest, reflects a deeper turn toward what I consider "earth listening": a form of spiritual tuning to the land. Inspired by writers like Karen Armstrong (Sacred Nature) and guided by personal ritual, I see this practice as a way of reimagining our relationship to Earth not as a resource, but as kin and consciousness.
These works are not nostalgic. They are attempts to translate what is unseen, the metaphysical, the energetic, the emotional pulse of place, using a photographic language that bends linear time and invites viewers into a slower, more contemplative space. Technically, I merge high-resolution photographic composites with subtle colour washes and shadow play to create a painterly effect that oscillates between the representational and the dreamlike.
Ultimately, my work aims to offer stillness and connection in a world dominated by speed and dislocation, an invitation to remember that we, too, are nature.
Jennifer Reynolds is a visual artist and owner of The Reynolds Gallery. Based in Dublin, Ireland. A recent college graduate from IADT, she holds a B.A Hons in Photography.
Jennifers' work is held in the OPW's State Art Collection, as well as being held in private collections. Her work has been featured in the Irish Times and O'Reilly's Irish Art Auction
