Arts Practice

As an artist I am interested in places, land, nature, wellbeing and healing. I am currently moving towards a sustainable arts practice predominantly using plants and earth pigment found and grown locally. Using these pigments changes the way I paint, I feel called to give the materials more space to speak for themselves and have their own creative agency.

My work involves spending long periods outdoors and building relationship with specific places and people in north Wales where I currently live, and the places I travel to on western edges of the UK and Eire.

My training as an eco-therapist and my concerns about environmental degradation are weaved into my work, I am aware of how my neurodivergent mind has a strong connection to the ‘more than human’ world. Earth pigments are a pathway which connects me to place, specifcally those of my genetic and ancestral Brythonic origins in northwest England and North Wales. I also take  inspiration from time spent in Scotland and Eire.

Projects

Pigments

Earth Alchemy. Of the Land, from The Land

• Pigments

Creithiau

Y Garth - The Watchful Ridge

• Creithiau

Gwyrddni

Community plant growing and ink making project in Bethesda with ‘Gwyrddni’

• Gwyrddni

Rainmaker

Arts Practice Meets Animism in the Lake District

• Rainmaker

Melin Pant Yr Ynn

Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency - slate pigment and map books

• Melin Pant Yr Ynn

Mulranny

County Mayo, Mulranny Arts Centre Residency

• Mulranny

Ynys Enlli Residency

A collaborative residency sharing practice around ‘materials’ and exploring the island together

• Ynys Enlli Residency