I am looking at the visual effect the current economic recession has on the landscape or rural Ireland. The research investigation will look at the large number of unfinished brown field sites, vacant retail parks and recently abandoned factories in satellite towns of Sligo, Leitrim and Mayo, its effects on the immediate local economy, people and the implications of past economic recessions. The main focus of this enquiry will be through the medium of drawing and film. This research project will also focus on contemporary drawing practices and its influence regarding the future direction of my own work.