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"My paintings are narratives of events that I see emerging from the painting. My work is like a moment captured in time. I see many paintings full of action, and paintings full of poetry. I look at art history as I believe it speaks to me of fantastic human capabilities. I do not try to compete with the past, but it gives me confidence because through these images I see mother and child, or husband or bride, or hero and anti-hero, figures which come spontaneously from within me. These fictional characters can be comical or tragic, playful or serious. The narratives have no beginning or end.
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"Angels Looking to Appear"
Oil on canvas
80cm x 60cm
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"Taff Embankment, Riverside"
Oil on canvas
180cm x 120cm
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Now more than anything it is easier to be a painter. I feel I can paint any subject. I cannot hide my joy and I am free in my painting. I am making my own rules, telling my own stories, from the information that comes into my brain daily.
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| I am originally from Caernarfon, North Wales and currently live in Cardiff with my artist partner. I studied for my BA and MA at Cardiff Institute of Higher Education, where I developed my painting under Terry Setch. My large scale representations from life and imagination, created in my own painterly manner, generated interest and appreciation.. I valued the time in higher education because it made me aware of individuality. |
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"Crazy Woman"
Oil on canvas
76cm x 61cm
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"Cathedral Road"
Oil on canvas
157cm x 126cm
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I have exhibited nationally and internationally in group shows. These have included 'Homeland', a group exhibition by women based on our response to theme of 'Homeland'. I have been in numerous exhibitions as a member of Group 75, including successful shows in Cape Town, South Africa. I was selected as one of 2001's outstanding MA graduates for the national 'Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition'. I was with 'Meta: Imaging the Imagination', a group exhibition by painters and poets, which toured Wales and Lithuania, two cultures with roots in folklore and poetry. I was the representative of Wales in the 2002 'Euro Celtic Art' exhibition, at the Interceltic Festival, Lorient, Brittany."
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EDUCATION
BA HONS Fine Art
1992-95
: Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
MA Fine Art
1998- 2000
: University of Wales Institute Cardiff
EXHIBITIONS
1994
: Caernarfon Library, Gwynedd - Solo Exhibition
1996
: Aberwystwyth Art Show - Group Show
1997-1998
: 'Dialogue' - Group 75 Touring Exhibition (Invited artist)
ECTARC, Llangollen; Tabernacle, MOMA, Machynllth; Williamson Museum & Gallery, Birkenhead; Henry Thomas; Pontardawe; Oriel Bangor
1998
: University of Glamorgan Purchase Prize, Pontypridd - Group Show
1998-1999
: 'Homeland' - Group Exhibition
Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; Ceredigion Museum and Gallery, Aberystwyth; Ucheldre Arts Centre, Holyhead; Y Bont, Pontypridd; Oriel Pendeitch, Caernarfon; Salford Museum and Art Gallery; Wrexham Arts Centre; Washington Art Centre, Penarth
1999-2000
: '10 + 4' - Group 75 Touring Exhibition
Oriel Gallery, Theatre Clywd, Mold; The Royal International Pavillion, Llangollen; Haverfordwest; St Davids Hall, Cardiff; Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran; Turner House, Penarth; Rhyl Museum and Gallery
1999
: Royal National Eisteddfod, Angelsey
2001
: 'Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition' - Group Exhibition
Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
2001-2003
: 'Spirit of the Place' - Group 75 Touring Exhibition
Rhyl Library Arts Centre; Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen; Pontardawe Arts Centre, Swansea; Williamson Art Gallery & Museaum, Birkenhead; Ucheldre Art Centre, Holyhead; Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth; Ceredigion Museum & Art Gallery, Aberystwyth; Oriel, Bangor; Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen; Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2002
: 'Euro Celtic Art' - Festival Interceltique de Lorient - (Representative of Wales), Group Exhibition
Lorient, Brittainy
2003-2004
: 'META: Imaging The Imagination' Group Touring Exhibition
* Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth
* Newport Museum & Art Gallery
* Henry Thomas Gallery CCTA Carmarthen
* Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
* Bute Street Gallery, Cardiff
2005
- Open Project - Group 75 Exhibition
MEDIA COVERAGE
2002
Sioe Y Gelf , S4C (The Art Show)
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"Walking in Town before Angel Hotel"
Oil on canvas
120cm x 60cm
"On the beach under the UV rays after the
ozone problem was found"
Oil on canvas
240cm x 360cm
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