BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1955 , completed a degree in woven textiles and a postgraduate teaching course before moving back to Wales to teach art and work as artist in 1982…. and exhibiting whenever i could…
After being widowed twice and surviving cancer i am trying to live for the moment and painting and posting online most days on social media.
i hope to encorage others to paint and use it to help with mental health and as a therapy ! i really dont know where id be without it! my life has been a rollercoaster but i feel as if painting helps me be stronger and gives me purpose!
CV
B.A.HONS WOVEN TEXTILES. West Surrey college of art and
design
P.G.AT.C. Cardiff University.
Teaching art at Talbot Heath school Bournemouth.
Teaching art to adults at Fishguard community centre 1995 -2020
MAIN EXHIBITIONS (not room for all!)
2024. ‘Colours of the Coast’ Tregwynt Mansion joint exhibition
with Kate Kelly
2023. one person show at Picton Castle courtyard gallery….
2023 ‘The Contemporary painting exhibition’ Brick Lane gallery’
LONDON
2023. ‘Art on the faith trail’ St Davids cathedral,
2022. ‘Celebration of Welsh contemporary painting’ Oriel y Parc
2022 Waterfront gallery Milford Haven
2018 PRIZEWINNER at Ysgol Bro Gwaun art competition
2018. ‘Breast cancer art project ‘ exhibition university Puerto
Rico .
2016. painting commissioned for ARTES MUNDI WELSH
COLLECTION
2014. ‘Journey through cancer’ and beyond Oriel Y Parc.
2010. ‘TROS GYNNAL’ exhibition Swansea/Cardiff/Llangollen
2009. PRIZEWINNER at West Wales summer art exhibition
Picton castle
2009. ‘The Cosmos in a CD case’ Arton Gallery KYOTO JAPAN
1987. COMMONWEALTH TEXTILE EXHIBITION Edinburgh
1986. PRIZEWINNER for knitwear design at National
Eisteddfod Newport Wales
1986. Commonwealth textile exhibition Edinburgh ‘softwear’
PUBLICATIONS
featured in the ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE
Feature in Western Mail newspaper
STATEMENT
I use colour in a very personal way and mix colours based on the scenery around me. where i live i has the most amazing skies and light and is on the very western edge of the UK with wild weather sometimes! this is all part of what inspires me especially the combination of colours and textures. I have now Lived in Wales in ( UK) for over 40 years and the colour and light are a constant inspiration for me! I use paint as a way to express how I feel!
After painting my way through breast cancer in 2012/13 with 115 watercolours. I am now painting my way through the grief Of losing my husband and my mother within 6 months! and During lockdown… after being persuaded by a friend I’ve been post and reeling on social media since August 2022 and have created over 150 oil paintings….
i have always found painting theraputic …so i really feel it has helped me survive!
I feel so lucky to live in such an amazing part of the world! the colours and the skies are so inspirational! And the weather plays a big part in the mood of the work. I am constantly watching the ever changing colours and especially the way it affects the atmosphere and colour of the shadows and textures!
