I love occasions that mark the course of a year and enable me to re-connect with nature. These waymarks in the cycle of a year give life a different and perhaps more relevant rhythm. The beautiful sounding Candlemas is a Christian festival that is celebrated on 2 February but its origins go back to the much older Feast of Lights, a pre-spring celebration to prepare for new life.

Today is the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of autumn. Instead of my customary seasonal landscape I created a studio portrait of a harvest goddess to celebrate this year’s autumnal equinox, this precious time of the year.

When I was a child, Halloween was largely unknown in my native country. It was an eccentric tradition celebrated in England and the United States. The Hallowtide season, which begins on Halloween or All Hallows Eve and includes All Saints (1 November) and All Souls (2 November), did have its highlights, though. In Austria and [...]

The autumnal equinox marks the time of the year when nature makes an offering to us all and explodes with colour and ripeness as it prepares to go to rest. The seasons’ interpretation of the passing of time has always fascinated me. The completion of one part of a cycle and the beginning of a [...]