Plein Air and Studio Landscape Oil Paintings
My studio in Abergavenny is open regularly, please visit my studio page for opening times , or just get in touch via my contact page to arrange a convenient time and date for you. It will be lovely to see you.
About Me.
Originally from the South Wales Valleys, my love of painting was always going to mean a creative path for me. I graduated from Bath Spa University in 1998 with a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration.
After moving back to Wales I worked as an exhibition designer before rediscovering my love of landscape painting and exploring oil paints.
I now work full time as a landscape artist, I paint everyday, usually outdoors 'en plein air' or from my open studio in Abergavenny. I take my painting kit everywhere and can often be found sat on a hillside or cliff painting on a sunny day or inside my car/studio on a rainy day
News and Upcoming Exhibitions
I have an exhibition at the International Welsh Rarebit Centre in Deffynnog near Sennybridge from 7th June - 9th July 2023. The exhibition space at the Rarebit Centre is absolutely beautiful and the perfect fit for my paintings.
The exhibition is open during the Rarebit Centres usual opening times, 10-4 Wednesday - Sunday, please check here - International Welsh Rarebit
Galleries
The Ardent Gallery, Brecon.
Oriel CRIC, Crickhowell
Y Galeri, Caerphilly
The Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, Rhondda Valleys
The Victoria Fearn Gallery, Rhiwbina,Cardiff.
WorkShop Wales Gallery, Fishguard
The Golden Sheaf Gallery, Narbeth, Pembrokeshire
Eastgate Creative Hwb, Pembroke.
Polly Skye Gallery, Lynton, North Devon
Lilyboo, Lostwithiel, Cornwall.
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My Own Studio & Gallery in Abergavenny
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition Y Galeri Aug-Sept 2020 ‘Inside and Out’ Lockdown and Plein Air Paintings
‘On the Home Front’ Museum Slager, s’Hertongenbosch Netherlands. Oct - Dec 2019
Solo Exhibition. Victoria Fearn Gallery. March 2019
The Royal Society of Marine Artists, The Mall Galleries, London. Oct 2018
Solo Exhibition. Painting Your Wales. Y Galeri. Sept 2017
The Royal Society of Marine Artists, The Mall Galleries, London. Oct 2017
365 Landscapes. Oriel CRiC. July-Aug 2015
Solo Exhibition . 365 Landscapes. Y Galeri Caerphilly. July-Aug 2015
Art Education
After fantastic encouragement from my art teachers at Lewis Girls School in Ystrad Mynach I did an Art Foundation Course at the Mid-Glamorgan Centre of Art (now Coleg Gwent) in 1994-95 achieving a distinction.
I then did a Degree in Illustration and Graphic Design in Bath Spa University 1995 -98 achieving a 2-1 and making friends for life.
