Artists

Artists

Mark Warner

Posted on 17/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I am a practicing artist and ‘en plein air’ tutor who grew up on the beautiful coast of West Wales. Sketching is at the heart of my work. This is integral to the development of a piece and indeed at times, forming part of the painting itself. I continue to draw inspiration from the landscape, although subject matter and application at times can be very different. I adore using colour and line while interpreting the light, weather conditions and aRead More→

Marian Brosschot

Posted on 17/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I am an artist from Llŷn.  My interest lies in textile work and drawing in black and white.  I have exhibited work in Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog and Oriel Tonnau, Pwllheli.  I currently work as a Welsh tutor in Pwllheli. Place names and travelling are important to me and I enjoy documenting this through my artwork by creating maps of words. The names of places in Aberystwyth and the surrounding area came from the time I was studyingRead More→

Marian Hâf

Posted on 17/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I’m a fine art Painting graduate from the University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham in 2004, now settled back home in West Wales to raise my family. I first started printmaking in 2011 when I joined my local print group ‘Printers in the Sticks’. As my children are getting older I’m increasingly finding the time to develop my practice and have been fortunate to exhibit across Wales over the past couple of years. My work which can be varied in subjectRead More→

LILWEN LEWIS

Posted on 17/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I was born in New Quay on the coast of Cardigan Bay. I was lucky enough to go to Art College at a very young age. Firstly to Carmarthen School of Art then to Swansea School of Art studying Painting and Stained Glass. Finally to Cardiff College of Art Graduating at Cardiff University. I spent five years teaching Art and Craft at St Clears Secondary School. I found it inspiring working  with the pupils and seeing the world ofRead More→

Ken Bridges

Posted on 16/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I am a practising artist living in North Wales where I have been working and exhibiting for the past fifteen years. My subject matter is mostly landscape or seascape. I work in a variety of media the main one being oil paint where I enjoy its intensity of colour and mastic like qualities which enable  me to apply the paint to the painting surface with brush, knife, fingers, or whatever tool seems appropriate to achieve a desired effect. IRead More→

Keith Bowen

Posted on 16/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for Fine Art 1986. Portrait Awards National Portrait Gallery, London 1982 & 1986. Wales Portrait Awards 2006 & 2008. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Royal Cambrian Academy 2005 & 2010. National Library of Wales 2005. Oriel Tegfryn, Menai Bridge 1992, 2013, 2017. Books: Snowdon Shepherd 1991 (new edition 2009). Among the Amish 1996/ Ivver Sen 2008. Royal Mail Stamps: Welsh Bible 1988, Wintertime 1992.

Karen Pearce

Posted on 16/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I’m an Aberystwyth based painter who has exhibited my work widely in Wales and England since 1987.  I established a reputation early on in my career, with the publication and worldwide distribution of my semi-abstract floral work, as posters for The Art Group, Ikea and Habitat in the 1990’s. I undertook  formal art training at Aberystwyth University in 1998, completing a BA (1st class hons) and an MA in Fine Art (2003).  I have been represented locally by OrielRead More→

John Rowlands

Posted on 14/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY I’m originally from Llanrhystud, Ceredigion and was educated in Aberystwyth. I studied Art in Cardiff, Bristol and Trinity College, Carmarthen before working as an Art teacher in Buxton, Ystradgynlais and Aberystwyth and subsequently became the Art Education Officer in the National Museum, Cardiff.  I won the crown in Pontrhydfendigaid Eisteddfod 1986 and  published two volumes with Lolfa Press – ANNWYL ARHOLWR and ABER. My home is now  in Tremadog, Gwynedd. My work has developed from landscape inspired semi-abstracts toRead More→

Jan Gay

Posted on 14/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY My inspiration to paint has often started in Wales. ‘Snowdon Horseshoe’ was a painting that I developed from a sketch one very overcast afternoon just before the Heaven’s opened! And ‘View from Grace’s window’ was indeed my daughter’s lovely view of Aberystwyth pier! She is lucky enough to live in Aberystwyth and introduced me to Oriel y Bont.  Currently I am looking forward to developing some paintings of the Mawddach estuary. I have always felt that observation underpins everythingRead More→

Ian Phillips

Posted on 14/11/2019

BIOGRAPHY My printing process today starts, as it’s always done with a walk and a sketchbook. Following lonely trails over empty hills, through twisting forests tracks, or along cliff side paths looking for colour, pattern and texture. I’m looking for fully complete compositions out in the landscape. All I have to do is find the right place to stand, the right direction to look and start drawing. Once back in the studio the work consists of scaling up the imageRead More→