Where the ruts meet the row

In Out of the Loop, painter Daniel Fletcher turns his gaze to the overlooked edges of the landscape—city peripheries, field borders, and untamed hedgerows caught in seasonal transition. The series captures the subtle drama between spring and autumn, where wild grasses sway beside the rutted plough and blooms emerge, fade, and return in quiet cycles of renewal. These works dwell in the thresholds between cultivation and wilderness, observation and memory, reflecting Fletcher’s ongoing exploration of how time and change shape both nature and perception.

Rooted in his background in printmaking, Fletcher’s refined abstraction balances precision and spontaneity. Color operates as both harmony and tension—flat planes meeting textured surfaces in a rhythmic interplay that mirrors the shifting energy of the natural world. Through this layered and intuitive process, Out of the Loop becomes a meditation on movement, transformation, and the quiet persistence of life at the margins.