Latest Work: Topophilia
The term topophilia - first used by poet W. H. Auden and later popularised by geographer Yi-Fu Tuan - describes the way that our love for a particular landscape shapes our memories, identity, culture, and sense of belonging. This series of mixed media abstract landscape works explores how we create and re-create our inner landscapes and sense of belonging - to each other, to the earth, and to ourselves - after loss.
Working with collage, recycled materials, and acrylic paint, belonging is presented as a living process - a recurring cycle of coming apart and putting the pieces back together again in new ways. Mirroring my creative process, Topophilia offers a dialogue between visual art, poetry, and reflection, encouraging you to consider how nature teaches us to thrive in diversity and to heal across boundaries.
The Sun's Birthday (2026). Recycled painted paper and acrylic on canvas. 70 × 50 cm. €660
Mysteries, Yes (2026). Recycled painted paper and acrylic on canvas. 70 × 50 cm. €660
Nothing is Wasted (2026). Recycled painted paper and acrylic on canvas. 60 × 70 cm. €750
As The Sun Moves Through The Sky (2025). Acrylic on canvas. 70 x 80cm. Available. €930
"The Sky Was" (Titled after the poem, The Sky Was, by e.e.cummings). (2025). Recycled painted paper collage and acryiic on canvas. 80 x 70cm. Available. €930.
What the Wind Wants You To Know (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas. 80 x 80cm. Available. €1050.
Everything Falling, Everything Rising (2025). Recycled painted papers on canvas. 70 x 80cm. Available. €930.
What the Falling Leaves Whisper Back (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas. 90 x 80cm. SOLD.
Now Hemmed In, Now Grasping All (2025). Recycled painted papers on canvas. 100 x 120cm. Available. €1950.
"You Too Have Come Into The World To Do This" (Title inspired by a line in the poem, When I Am Among the Trees, by Mary Oliver). (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas. 90 x 80cm. Available. €1150.
Harbourless Blue (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on cradled wood panel. 40 x 50cm. SOLD.
Even The Hard Edges Sing (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on wood panel, framed in a natural wood floating frame. 30 x 30cm. SOLD.
Carried By a Sea That Also Lives in Me (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on wood panel, framed in a natural wood floating frame. 30 x 30cm. SOLD.
Tethered in the Drift (2025). Recycled painted papers on canvas. 70 x 80cm. Available. €930
Mount The Hidden Tide and Travel back Home (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas, 150cm x 120cm. SOLD.
Sunburnt Sands and Sky Everywhere (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas. 50 x 50cm. Available. €550.
Red Dust and Eucalyptus (2025). Recycled painted papers on canvas. 100 x 120cm. SOLD.
Cold Air, Open Heart (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on canvas. 40 x 40cm. Available. €450, including frame.
Flourishing Graft (2025). Painted Recycled papers on stretched canvas. 100 x 100cm. SOLD.
Seeds of Belonging (2025). Recycled painted paper collage on 9 cradled wood panels that are each 15 x 15cm. The overall size of the artwork is 45 x 45cm. €695, including frame.
Topophilia Self-guided Reflection Tour
Explore the stories within each of the Topophilia artworks and re-create your own inner landscapes of belonging
Drawing on my first career in grief support and my own experiences of grief, the reflection tour invites you to slow down, spend time with the artworks and their stories and poems, and reflect on questions that’ll help you to explore - and re-create - your own experiences of grief, resilience, and belonging.
The Reflection Tour is free, unhurried, and designed to be taken at your own pace. Enjoy!
Interested in buying an original artwork?
These artworks and my other collections of artwork are all available to buy, and I also accept commissions to create custom original art.
I’m based in the Netherlands and I ship both locally and internationally. Shipping costs are additional. I’ll gladly get you a shipping quote.
Please email me at cath@cathduncan.com or whatsapp me on +31-6-27-97-73-66 if you’d like to discuss or order art. I’m very happy to schedule a studio visit or a call if you’d like to view the artwork via a live video link. Once you’ve chosen your art, I’ll send you an invoice that you can pay securely online, and then I’ll get your art carefully packed and shipped to you.
Here’s answers to FAQs about buying, shipping, and my refund policy. Feel free to be in touch if you have any other questions!