Afon Teigl a Afon Dwyryd 

Source to Sea

Inktense pencils on vellum, river branch, bones, ink and fishing line.

Size: 140cm (h) x 90cm (w) x 10cm (d)

This piece was made by following the run of water from its source at LLyn Y Manod, down the mountain, through the Ffestiniog valley to the place where it meets the sea in the Dwyryd estuary.

I carried a piece of vellum and laid it out on the ground near the water. Every mark on the vellum is an observed action of the water at that place.

The vellum is suspended from a branch pulled out from the river and hung with bones found near the sites on the mountain. Each bone is inscribed with the OS reference for that place and hung in order of the water’s descent.

There is a video of the making of this piece: Cydgyfeiriad Convergence video

I hope to connect you to time and place and immerse you in the quality of water that each place offers.

This piece is currently on show in:

Women’s Art in Wales- A Personal View

Celf Menywod yng Nghymru – Golwg Bersonol 

Selected by guest curator Jill Piercy / Wedi’r dethol gan y curadur gwadd Jill Piercy

05.2021 – 4.9. 2021   The Owen Owen Gallery and The Bridge, MOMA Machynlleth

Monty’s Wall.

Emyr Evans invited me to paint a mural at the Dyfi Osprey Centre.

Monty was an iconic Osprey and his perch is now on display in the new centre building. In tribute to him I was invited to paint him coming in to land on it. The additional wall space was used to depict some of the bio diversity in the area including yellow flag iris, ragged robin, warblers and the newly resident beavers.

Since April 2020 I have been out and about in my locality making paintings of the landscape.

I walk, observe and paint, photograph them on my phone then post to Facebook.

To date I have completed 114 paintings. Here is a small selection.

The originals are for sale on enquiry – 22 have already sold. High res digital files can also be purchased with a license to print.

Cân Elenydd 2019

This piece was made by responding in real time to Sianed Jones improvising on the viol and singing while Jake Whittaker documented the process. Part of a larger sonic and video installation, this piece was made at Small World Theatre in 2019 and is included in a new publication, Critical Moss – Art beyond the Bubble edited by Aldobranti.

Here is a short video of this piece in progress:

Here is the new video I made with Jordan Price-Williams and Patrick Rimes.

I am going to be drawing events at the MusicFest Aberystwyth 2017. If you are attending the festival and see me drawing, come and say hello.

The drawings will be on view at Aberystwyth Arts Centre and on line during and after the festival.

I have been working at Glaslyn Osprey Visitors centre again, drawing from the live video feed. It is another fantastic season. Mrs G and Aran have successfully incubated, hatched and are rearing two chicks. We don’t know what gender they are yet – but the bets are on. Many of us think this time they are the same sex – but are they male or female? We won’t find out until they are ringed. In the meantime, I’ll keep drawing.

I will be artist in residence at Beyond the Border this year. In addition I will be doing two performances of stories, one on stage using traditional materials, one on the iPad.

I will be talking about drawing the Ospreys from the live video feed at MarKings illustration and performance festival and symposium. Organized by Central St Martins School of Art in collaboration with House of Illustration, London.

8-9 July 2016