How do you grow roots in and to a specific place. How do you embody place. These artworks respond to notions of displacement in a time of uncertainty. Through the act of drawing with inks made from foraged organic matter and pigment, walking, listening, gathering and being, MacLeod, begins to embed herself to place.

Drawing I | Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing I | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing I | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing I | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing II | Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing II | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing II | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing II | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2023.

Drawing III | Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2024.

Drawing III | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2024.

Drawing III | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2024.

Drawing III | (Detail Image) Copper Oxide Ink, Cyanotype, Lichen inks, Salt and Graphite on Cotton Rag Paper | 29.7 cm x 42 cm | 2024.