Gallery
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Solas
It was at the Co-op in Solas that I shopped while on North Uist - the fantastic beach Traigh Iar is nearby. Oil painting - summer 2009.
Loch nam madadh - Lochmaddy
The village and port on the island of North Uist where I stayed for 5 weeks during the summer of 2009 - this is one of the first ink drawings from the Tir project.
Arenig
Re-visiting some of the lanscapes of my childhood by going on 'drives' with my father through Meirionnydd in the spring and summer of 2009 - working in paint this time.
Yr Aran o Ty Cerrig
From spring and summer 2009 - more Meirionnydd landscapes made before the Eisteddfod arrived.
Gerddi'r Plas - Gardens of the Plas
A drwing from a residency at Plas Tan-y-Bwlch arranged by Celf Eden | Eden Art - a week of working hard and happy memories - June 2009.
Ffrwythau amser - Tea time
Still life from 2009 - flowers and kitchen crockery and utensils - memories of my mother's busy kitchen.
Hermeto
As part of the Coloured Gloves project I painted while Huw Warren played the music of Hermeto Pascoal on the piano - I've tried to convey the rhythm and playfulness of the music.
Harbwr glas - Blu harbour
Another view of Aberdaron and the bay beyond - this time in oil paints - from 2008.
Edrica's Quay
Houses, boats and the coast from 2008. This piece has developed from reading and studying the work of Edrica Huws - an unfamiliar name before the exhibition of her work in Holyhead, 2007.
Mountain heather
I've worked on a number of pieces based on a series of drawings of Llithfaen - each one is different and may even convey my emotions while working on each specific piece, 2008.
Towards the quarry
Ink, pastel and stitchwork - from 2008 following a walking and drawing trip to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Aberdaron
Penrhyn Llyn coastal landscape - ink, pastel and stitchwork - 2007.
Party at Derfel
Oil paints and pastels on paper. The influence of the home and of tea-time - still life from 2007.
On the quay
The original On the quay were completed in 2002 - before the small boats - but this piece is from 2007. Monoprint onto fabric with inks and stitched fabrics.
Porthdinllaen
Paint and oil pastels on paper 2006. One of the first coastal works I completed - the series began as paintings.
Cerdd dant frocks
I've been working on 'cerdd dant' pieces of since 2003, but most of the work on these frocks was completed during a residency at Oriel Mostyn in 2005 - these were exhibited in Kansas, 2007.
A piece of land
Ink and stitchwork - this was the first time I experimented with metal print letters - the 'land' is Llwyniolyn and the field names are an important part of the work.
Boat eisteddfod
Part of the Good Ideas project - a collaboration with JKA Sailmakers of Pwllheli - a full size sail for a Topper sailing boat was completed but I've made over 50 of these small boats.
Pea song
Oil paints and pastels on card - a collage sewn together. One of a series of abstract works from 2005.
Pink dresser
Ink and stitchwork - one of my first large stitchwork pieces. Shows strong influence of the crockery and the dresser once again.
Tea drinking in Budapest
Oil on canvas - 2000. The influence of travelling - a trip to Budapest as a lecturer overseeing a crowd of art students. One of the works shown in the Collecting Eggs exhibition.
Sheep ear-markings
Thought to be African shields by some and surf-boards by others - these large Sheep ear-mark works were part of the Belongings exhibitions of 1998.
Sheep ear-markings
Detail - monoprint and ink onto paper attached to shaped wooden panels.
Fragile things
Gwreiddiau / Roots - a project by Cywaith Cymru.Artworks Wales - Bala 1997. Children's art workshops to create banners were part of the project - this procession took place during Eisteddfod week.
Fragile things
Gwreiddiau / Roots - a project by Cywaith Cymru.Artworks Wales - Bala 1997. An installation - rememberances of childhood, familiar faces on plates and the first sightings of the sheep ear-marks.
Welsh teas
The Welsh teas have been an important element in my work - the Bara Brith performances of 1995, still-lifes of 1997, Crynierth picnics of 1998 and the more recent pieces showing children's parties.
Glynllifon
In the early 1990s I had a studio at Parc Glynllifon - this work from 1994 is of spring's awakening in the gardens - when I'd become a mother for the first time.
America
Oil paints, pastels, spray-can paint and collage onto paper. From a 1991 series of works following a trip to New York, Philadelphia and Washington.
Cefnddwysarn
The view from Llwyniolyn towards Cefnddwysarn - one of the large oils on canvas which were part of my degree show at Cardiff in 1989.
