Lincolnshire Loveliness

The ten artworks I created for my Transported commission evoke the landscape and the people of Lincolnshire and its loveliness.

The community I chose to work with are the chain of people who transport our fresh farm produce from field to the supermarket from sunrise to sunset.  Meeting British and European workers picking spring greens, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, pumpkins, sugar beet and Brussels sprouts. In addition to the workers picking produce, I met tractor and combine drivers harvesting the wheat and the packers in the warehouses. Many of the workers travel from Grimsby, Skegness, Boston, South Holland and oversees.

I witnessed the varied and dynamic landscape and industry found in and around South Holland and The Borough of Boston and made links with the heritage, horticulture, agriculture and sea.

I drew upon their stories and memories to create the digital designs, each focusing on a different landscape – from wide open skies and fields to famous landmarks and bridges.

Nick Jones, Programme Director for Transported, said: “Alisha Miller has created a remarkable collection of landscapes that perfectly capture the character of Lincolnshire. Beautiful dramatic skies stretching over a seemingly endless, flat landscape, disappearing into the distance. But she has also made the mundane, bits of agricultural and industrial machinery – things not normally seen as picturesque – beautiful and engaging. These artworks will resonate with everybody that knows this area and intrigue others as they travel around the country and into Europe.”