By travelling extensively through North America and Europe Dave Green has made a body of photographic work, which is far from the norm. His vision from the sequential to the constructed image is like nobody else’s. His work here in North Devon has been inspired by the rare dynamic landscape locked between the high and low tides. This landscape is seen through the eyes of a boy, and transformed by the hand of an Artist.

Dave’s work has continually developed over the last 15 years alongside a career teaching photography. His reputation has grown by exhibiting work throughout the UK and in the USA. His work sells well in exhibitions and can be found in collections on both sides of the Atlantic. From September 2007 he is finishing teaching to concentrate on life as a full-time artist.

I had my first taste of freedom as a three year old, my mum found me happy, with my tricycle, half a mile from the house at the local shops. From the age of seven I would walk a couple of miles away, across the fields, to the woods, or I’d ride my bicycle to Beacon Hill, enjoying the natural surroundings, watching the seasons, climbing trees and rock faces, finding interesting stones and observing the wildlife. On holiday, in Wales or the West Country, in an unfamiliar environment, it would be the same: on a family hike I would often go on ahead though the excitement of seeing what might be around the next corner or over the next hill, or I would get left behind, looking under stones for slow worms and lizards or finding the best way of crossing a stream that we didn’t need to ford. At the beach I would go clambering over the rocks looking for that elusive hidden rock pool teaming with life or being the first person to tread over the sand and discover a cave. Both of my parents had enjoyed a similar childhood to mine, a childhood experienced by very few today.

My current work is based around caves and rock formations at the edge of the land. Cave is a loose term as some of the places I’ve photographed are very shallow; others could be described as tunnels with openings at both ends. Some are natural and result from the massive erosion inflicted on the North Devon and Cornish coastline and others were originally mine entrances dug deep into the cliffs. Some sit proud of high water and are only attacked by the highest tides now and others are only accessible at the lowest tides and disappear completely soon after the tide has turned. A cave’s wet walls and barnacled ceiling warn of the huge tidal difference of up to ten metres in the Bristol Channel. Spending time in these sublime dynamic spaces, documenting the interiors of these inverted sculptures, I’m continually reminded of the awesome power of the sea and treat it with great reverence.

My work here has been inspired by the rare dynamic landscape locked between the high and low tides. This landscape is seen through the eyes of a boy, and transformed by the hand of an Artist.