Artist Statement
Wales is a land that is full of echoes.
I am a contemporary Welsh artist born and living near Abergavenny, Wales. My landscapes are exceptionally inspired by the Welsh landscape I grew up in and the nature surrounding me. I have a deeply rooted ancestral connection to this place, I am one of six generations who settled in this landscape.
The ancestral footsteps I retrace hold the remains of an industrial past which forms its landscape today. The existence of these paths fades and becomes impassable as nature takes over, but memories are rooted and preserved. These pathways connect culture, tradition, and place, and when I walk, I absorb the sensation of belonging to a place.
My work embraces the rich and dramatic landscapes that I explore. It is the sensation of the landscape I draw and paint, a way of expression. My drawings and paintings display an interwoven connection with human emotion and nature. Retracing memories inform my application of my work, building up a surface that mirrors and echoes my responses to nature.
My paintings are about remembering moments, the stories that echo the land and my rooted connection to a place. They re-enact the idea of what the landscape is and has always been. They are about the remembering of a ‘Place’.
I am a contemporary Welsh artist born and living near Abergavenny, Wales. My landscapes are exceptionally inspired by the Welsh landscape I grew up in and the nature surrounding me. I have a deeply rooted ancestral connection to this place, I am one of six generations who settled in this landscape.
The ancestral footsteps I retrace hold the remains of an industrial past which forms its landscape today. The existence of these paths fades and becomes impassable as nature takes over, but memories are rooted and preserved. These pathways connect culture, tradition, and place, and when I walk, I absorb the sensation of belonging to a place.
My work embraces the rich and dramatic landscapes that I explore. It is the sensation of the landscape I draw and paint, a way of expression. My drawings and paintings display an interwoven connection with human emotion and nature. Retracing memories inform my application of my work, building up a surface that mirrors and echoes my responses to nature.
My paintings are about remembering moments, the stories that echo the land and my rooted connection to a place. They re-enact the idea of what the landscape is and has always been. They are about the remembering of a ‘Place’.
C.V.
Qualifications
2023 Masters in Fine Art Falmouth University.
2012 PGCE Cert in Further Education.
2007-2011 BA (Hons) Fine Art Hereford College of Arts.
1999-2000 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design.
1992-1994 BTEC National Diploma in General Art & Design.
Publications Residences & Awards
2024 Upcoming - Collaboration Project.
2021 The World of Interiors Magazine, Conte Nast Publications, May Issue 2021.
2021 The World of Interiors Magazine, Conde Nast Publications, April Issue 2021.
2019 Creates Magazine, Winter Edition 2019.
2011 Artist Residency Award at The Sydney Nolan Trust, Presteigne Powys.
2011 The Harold Beaver Award, HCA.
2011 Hereford Journal, Royal Visit to Hereford College of Arts, March 2011.
Exhibitions, Galleries & Teaching Workshops
2024 Upcoming - Collaboration Project.
2023 Cric Open Studios.
2021 ArtDrop21 Canfas Gallery.
2020 - Present - Online Gallery.
2013 Group Exhibition - Abstract Landscapes - Art360 Hereford.
2012 Group Exhibition - Clydach Gorge Landscapes - Brynmawr Arts & Craft Society.
2011 Degree Exhibition - Wales is no arcadia. It is a land that is full of echoes - Hereford College of Arts.
2011 - Present - Saatchi Art online gallery.
2010 Solo Exhibition - Welsh landscape Paintings - Art360 Hereford.
2010 Undergraduate - Retraces -The Cider Museum, Hereford College of Arts.
2010 Hereford Art in the Woods, Painting Workshop.
2010 - 2014 Longtown Primary School, Arts Workshops & Arts Club Teacher.
2010 The Sydney Nolan Trust, Presteigne, Powys, Sculpture Workshop.
2009 Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Textiles workshops.
2009 Progress Works Exhibition - Retracing a Journey - The Gallery at Stratford-Upon.
2009 Group exhibition - Clydach Gorge Landscapes - Brynmawr Arts & Craft Society.
2007 Group Exhibition - Portraits - Brynmawr Arts & Craft Society.
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