Happy New Year 2020

I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who supported me in 2019 – clients, visitors to exhibitions, fellow artists, buyers and collectors of my work, those who hired me for workshops and classes, and those who attended. … Continue reading →

Launch Event ~ Autumn Show

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Great launch of Llanidloes Artists’ Autumn Show at Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, today. So many friends and new friends, and lots of interesting dialogue. Thanks to everyone for visiting, to The Quilt Association for hosting, and to Studio Mayfly for … Continue reading →

Autumn Show

Upcoming exhibition: Llanidloes Artists’ Autumn Show, Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes, Mid Wales. Opening 2-3pm Saturday 26th October. Runs until 2nd November. Exhibiting artists: @jeremyandrews395, Minna Barnes, @junkoburton, Kelli Di Capri, Vivi-Mari Carpelan (@tightropedancer66), Leanne Cordingley-Wright (@studiomayfly), @sandycraigartist, @gardiner_irene, @artbyosian, @erin.l.hughes, … Continue reading →

Art Share Love Wales

Some images of my work are in September’s Art Share Love Wales. These can be seen in the Great Welsh Landscapes feature, alongside the wonderful artist Louise Collis and many others. https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/69e946_81846f99a82f42b1b9035ba4eb98eed1.pdf

Art Days at The Pales. Upcoming Workshops

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I will be running a series of art workshops at The Pales, Llandegley, near Llandrindod Wells, Powys, throughout June. Weds 5th June 2019 – Drawing Weds 12th June 2019 – Printmaking (Linocut) Weds 19th June 2019 – Mixed Media Acrylic … Continue reading →

Artworks about the drowned valleys of Wales

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Cyn y Dŵr (Before the Water) ‘These works were developed from research into the stories and visual records of the Tryweryn and Clywedog valleys that were seized and drowned following Acts of Parliament. Against the backdrop of impending change, a … Continue reading →

Residency, Day 2. Mid Wales Arts

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Day 2: I moved into the loft studio to work today as it was too cool and overcast to work outdoors. The spider is still resident in the sink but he/she keeps out of the way of flowing water and … Continue reading →

Artist in Residence at Mid Wales Arts Centre

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My residency at Mid Wales Arts Centre, run by Cathy Knapp, in beautiful North Powys. I started the day with a slice of Cathy’s amazing cake. This put me in the mood for taking in my surroundings and breathing in … Continue reading →

Drypoint etching – Tap

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I called this one ‘Tap’, as a working title, but later it became ‘Restroom Affirmations’. I created it for the International Women’s Day exhibition, organised by Women’s Arts Association, at Llanover Hall Arts Centre in Cardiff. Those moments when we … Continue reading →

The Persistence of Identity

I am currently exploring ideas based around a study of Endurantism, or Endurance Theory; the identity of something persisting across time. Google ‘Ship of Theseus’ for a conundrum. The counter-theory is Perdurantism – identity as a series of temporal parts.

Health constraints can limit my energy and occasionally I have to observe rather than experience the landscape outdoors. I have been studying the transient effects of light on the form of the landscape that I see from my window, and I am developing work using somatic mark making and repetition drawings as an emotional interaction with the landscape as it experiences subtle change. I will translate these into larger pieces.