I’m back in my shedio transcribing sketches into paintings. The sketches were made in Pembrokeshire a few weeks ago and again last week. I love its coastline and have been visiting and sketching there for at least 30 years. One of my most visited parts is the St. David’s peninsula. […]
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Studio/shed = shedio
My garden studio was built in 2024 by my son, it has become a haven and the place where I can really lose the ‘world’ and become something other.
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Outside Inside
23/4/25 Using the plywood panels left over from making the internal walls of the shed/studio has been an interesting journey of finding new ways, paths, and connections with the landscape of the Upper Tawe and surrounding hills. The woodgrain in the panels hold a story of light, oxygen, minerals, and […]
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Afon Egel
9th June 2024 Wood fire in the shed, 13 degrees outside with a cold northerly wind. Yesterday was a mix of sudden warmth and light showers. I walked up to the Gwrhyd then off to the hills opposite towards Carmarthenshire then back via a beautiful low glacial valley with the river […]
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Upland Song – Plethora
21st April 2024 I sat upon the gritstone pavement at Penwyllt – high above the valley the sun beginning to set and cast a golden light, deepening shadows and turning them magenta. I tried to draw the hills, but capturing changing light is difficult – like trying to write with […]
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