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A Moment of Stillness: The Little White Egret
December 3, 2024 Yesterday, I was in the garden, looking across the river when something extraordinary appeared. In the field opposite, a soft,... Read more -
Emptiness as a Space of Possibility
October 18, 2024 When I think about emptiness, I don’t perceive it as a void or a bleak absence, but as an opening—a... Read more -
The Space Between Atoms
September 22, 2024 I’ve been contemplating Indra’s Net lately, that ancient metaphor of infinite interconnectedness. It’s a vision of a web so vast... Read more -
Painting As A Form Of Prayer
September 6, 2024 Repetition The evenings here have grown noticeably cooler, and the light is fading earlier each day—a sign that winter is... Read more
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Colour!
August 30, 2024 The Similarity of Working in Subzero Temperatures & Acrylic Paint Working in subzero temperatures in Iceland, especially around -20 degrees,... Read more -
The Challenge and Beauty of Working on a Smaller Scale
August 21, 2024 Exploring the boundaries of scale has always intrigued me. While large canvases offer a certain drama, there’s something captivating about... Read more -
What Is It About Blue?
August 14, 2024 As I immerse myself in the studio, surrounded by the tranquil hues of blue, I find a profound connection to... Read more -
TOAST - Artist Editorial
Interview With Toast Magazine, Images by Leia Morrison, Words by Emma Love August 6, 2024 A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Emma Love and photographed by Leia Morrison... Read more
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Do Go Chasing Waterfalls
August 3, 2024 The inspiration for my Waterfall series began with the breathtaking waterfalls I encountered in Iceland. Their immense power and beauty... Read more -
Grief and Hope Are A Thing With Feathers
July 24, 2024 Art has a special way of connecting us all, whether it's through poems, stories, or paintings etc. Take Emily Dickinson,... Read more -
But What, Indeed, Is "It"?
August 17, 2023 For my exhibition at Oriel Davies, I created 15 small paintings. 12 are currently in my solo exhibition at the... Read more -
To Title or Not To Title
June 23, 2023 As I start to dot all of the I's and cross all of the T's in my studio, I face... Read more
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Go Big or Go Home
June 8, 2023 My solo exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery has allowed 2 years of uninterrupted making. Steffan Jones Hughes, the curator of... Read more -
To Lay Your Head In Water
June 5, 2023 There is a wonderful Icelandic saying. To lay your head in the water Að leggja höfuðið í bleyti ... Read more -
A Whole Lot Of Holes
June 2, 2023 This week I was challenged to write a few words about holes. When I think about holes, I think about... Read more -
Chatting The Blues
May 29, 2023 'Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.' This quote from the Tao Te Ching highlights the importance of patience... Read more
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The Quiet in All The Noise
May 22, 2023 This week I have spent time sitting. I've sat in my studio looking at my paintings, I’ve sat on a... Read more -
Deadlines and The Unfathomable Beauty of the Night Sky
May 7, 2023 As part of my digital offering for my solo exhibition at Oriel Davies Gallery, I am chatting with people that... Read more -
Chatting About Snoring Polar Bears with Phoebe Smith
March 25, 2023 As part of the digital programme that runs alongside the exhibition, I have arranged to talk to 10 people about... Read more -
We Are All Nature
February 25, 2023 There is a reason landscapes are used as narrative carriers for tragedy and loss. They make us consider death and... Read more
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A Palpable Sense of Disquiet
March 10, 2020 The weather has been changeable, skies shifting from bright blue to lilac, pink and then heavy rice-pudding white. Snow falls... Read more -
The Mighty Waterfall
March 8, 2020 SKÓGAFOSS WATERFALL After being completely snowed in at an apartment in Reynisfjara, relying on a JCB to dig us out,... Read more -
Fragments
March 6, 2020 JÖKULSÁRLÓN GLACIER. After a very windy night at a hotel, we drove further around the south coast - the forecast... Read more -
To Be Humbled By Nature
March 4, 2020 SKAFTAFELLSJÖKULL GLACIER Iceland has been a place I have been keen to visit for decades, and last year, I visited... Read more
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Reynisfjara
March 2, 2020 Reynisfjara in southern Iceland is a good 3-hour drive from Hafnaborg Arts and Culture Centre. I visited the beach last... Read more -
The Landscape in Bláfjöll is Like Nothing I've Seen Before.
March 1, 2020 The landscape in Bláfjöll is like nothing I've seen before. Its softened silhouette hides tundra which, in the summer, is... Read more
