“In search of ancient serenity”
I am making a new series called “In search of ancient serenity” to discover the essential connection between making art and one’s spiritual self- not in a religious sense, more in who and what we were and why we make things. This has strengthened my work and given it meaning and purpose, combining the childish joy of playing and the working meditatively that brings peace and serenity.
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Process of Assembling
These assemblages are the result of putting together different components, and pieces, I have created out of natural materials such as wood slate, stone, metal and leather, with some added objets trouvés, such as bits of old watches. Each tiny piece is cut, carved, sanded, dyed, textured or patinated. Using a limited palette of carefully chosen colours, I orchestrate the juxtaposition of shape, and textures Intuitively, into these contemporary panels.
Equinox
I was contemplating the turn of the earth and the changing seasons of summer to autumn. The bright blues of the sky and sea and the orange and browns of fall. The method was a departure for me as I used predominantly paper. I painted several large pieces of watercolour paper with inks and paint. By choosing sections of the painted paper I cut out shapes and constructed, the sea and the forest. The sea shows different times as each day the light changes and the memories of time and place reiterate.
Mixed Media Constructions
Out Of The Dragon Series
Every time I have lived away from Wales, I have pined for my homeland - it is hugely part of who I am. This series is about my feelings of heirieth and pride of my unique country with its stunning beaches, majestic mountains and prehistoric monuments to it’s up-to-the-minute technology and industrious people.
Flow
Sometimes an artist experiences a creative flow, which is like surfing a huge wave or riding a bicycle at speed downhill. Ideas seem to come from the stratosphere and you just have to go with it intuitively. This piece, made of oak, slate, metal and leather, was very much like that, but it doesn't happen without months of making thousands of components that at the time, I knew I would use and trusted to my intuition to eventually tell me how.
Slate and Stone Reliefs
