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Foiled by the virus!!

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

In April I was supposed to be taking part in a pop-up exhibition at the lovely Plas Bodfa, an old country house in Anglesey. I worked hard on creating an installation, which unfortunately had to be postponed at the last … Continue reading →

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Installation! Stargazing Birds!!

Posted on January 27, 2020 by

Very excited to be taking part in the Plas Bodfa Unus Multorum exhibition in April! I’m going to be filling a room with stargazing birds! You can find more about it here.   I am using acrylic inks and some … Continue reading →

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Pop Up Exhibition!

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

Excited about our pop-up exhibition in August! Continue reading →

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Ancient Copper Landscapes…

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

Recently I’ve been sketching and painting at Parys Mountain on Anglesey, a desolate area where copper has been mined since Roman times, leaving interesting staining and bleaching on the landscape.  It is colour and form that interests me most at … Continue reading →

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Experiments in gold leaf

Posted on September 21, 2018 by

Oof!  My exhibition at Oriel Ynys Mon (click here) on Anglesey still has a month to run.  It’s been hard work, as pictures sell off the walls to all the tourists who pass through there, so I’ve been painting like … Continue reading →

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Welsh tale

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

This started life as an icon with a hinged front but has now become a diptych.  The hinged front was really heavy, especially with slate glued to the front, and was a danger to passing artlovers!  It didn’t really work, … Continue reading →

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Exhibition at last ready…

Posted on June 18, 2018 by

What a week!  Finishing, framing, mirror plating and wrapping 40 pictures for my exhibition at Oriel Ynys Mon Long Gallery, at Llangefni, Anglesey.  This represents about two years’ work, watching and drawing seabirds in the UK and the Falkland Islands. … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Photoshop – yes or no?

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

See how this image pops!  Just been to a Helfa Gelf (the North Wales Open Studio Event – click here to look at their website)  workshop on Photoshop, really good.   Now dithering about whether it’s worth spending money to rent … Continue reading →

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Falklands magic

Posted on February 25, 2018 by

  My visit to the Falklands Islands is now paying off!  Oil on canvas.  This is Rock Hopper Hop!! Rock Hopper Penguins are really charming and comical, and very interested in people. Four Rock Hoppers and a King Cormorant.  This … Continue reading →

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Guillemot time

Posted on August 12, 2017 by

I had a super visit to South Stack on Anglesey a week or so ago.  It was a good time to go as it was late in the season, and the fledglings had left the nest, so there were a … Continue reading →

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