This summer I graduated with a first class BA fine art degree, as a mature student, from Aberystwyth University Art School, an amazing, exciting, challenging and motivating experience resulting in a number of new projects, inspirations and threads to follow. Currently my paintings investigate how humans interact with landscape, how that interaction shapes and molds the landscape with agricultural buildings, gates, fences, field tracks and boundaries and themes that explore the hidden and reveled, seeking treasure within and without.
I have an interest in soil health, micro-organisms and growing food so use the materiality of paint to generate a feeling of being involved with soil and connected to land, experiencing a living substance with structure, strata, history and treasure contained within it. For me, we are inextricably linked to the natural world, I feel that connection and explore this in my practice.
I love experimenting with painting techniques such as collage, layering, and sanding, primarily using acrylic & oil paint, mark making with oil pastel, pencil and found objects and adding handprinted collage papers, I will often scratch through or scrape back a layer to reveal the colours and textures hidden beneath.
You can currently physically see my work at Artworks Aberdyfi gallery (see artworksaberdyfi.co.uk) where I show and sell original works and cards and at a number of group shows throught the year, I also work on commisions so feel free to get in touch.
some recent group shows & events include: Royal Cambrian Academy Open exhibition January 2024 Mid Wales Arts winter show December 2023 Aberystwyth Print Makers/IBERS science collaboration - July 2023 Now we are nine group show, cardigan corn exchange - upcoming/september 2023 Waunifor summer exhibition 2023 - upcoming/August 2023 Waunifor summer exhibition 2022 MOMA Machynlleth Summer Open 2012/2013/2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2021/2022/2023 Meirionnydd Artist Society, Annual exhibition, Dolgellau - 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 My Own Studio - Open Studio/exhibition event Summer 2019 Willow Gallery, Oswestry Summer Open 2019 Mostyn Gallery Llandudno - Helfa Gelf exhibition 2018/2019 Celf Aran Gallery, Dolgellau - Guest Artist August 2016 Artists of the Valley - Book featuring artists and makers in mid-wales - profits going to charity Powys Arts Month 2014 - open studio MOMA Machynlleth Summer show 2013 The Emporium Pop-Up Shop, Llanbrynmair Summer 2012 MOMA Machynlleth Summer show 2012 Mid Wales Arts Centre March-July 2012 Glimmer Exhibition - Rhayader Museum & Gallery - Lead graphic artist 2011 Powys Arts Month 2011 MOMA Machynlleth Summer show 2011 Fulham Palace Art Fair 2010 Wyeside Arts Centre Gallery Builth Wells Christmas show 2010