What the Ground Remembers brings together Devon-based artists Steve Thorpe, Kate Lyons Miller and Paul Devon Young in an exhibition centered on process, material, and the earth beneath our feet. 

The three artists are united through creative process. Each begins with materials gathered directly from the local landscape: stone is ground into pigment, clay dug and refined by hand, minerals collected from paths, hills, and coastline. Their practices are physical, deliberate, and deeply rooted in the ground, transforming raw matter through hands-on processes that are as much about attention and time as they are about craft. 

By focusing on how the artists work, the exhibition highlights the active relationship between people and the land they move across. Grinding, digging, carrying, and containing become acts of engagement. Together, the artists reveal how material shapes process, and how process shapes understanding of the earth. 

At the heart of the exhibition is an attention to earth as something ancient and enduring, material formed over unimaginable spans of time, shaped by pressure, heat, and movement long before human presence. In working directly with stone, clay, and mineral, the artists bring us into contact with these deep histories. The works suggest that the ground itself carries memory: that rock holds its own story of formation and change. Set against such vast timescales, human gestures appear brief and fragile, yet also connective - small acts of touch within a much larger span of time and space. 

In a world increasingly experienced through screens, What the Ground Remembers invites visitors to slow down, consider how materials are worked, and encounter the grounding simplicity of attention, touch, and soil. 
Entry is free. Green Hill Arts is open 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Wednesday to Saturday. The gallery is located at the top of Fore Street, Moretonhampstead, near the Parish Church. Parking is available in Court Street and Station Road car parks.