Summer Show including paintings and paperworks at <a href="https://welshart.net/artists/44-chloe-holt/works/">Ffin Y Parc Gallery</a>, North Wales.

Ffin Y Parc Gallery, Betws Road, Llanrwst, Conwy, LL26 0PT
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Wednesday - Saturday 10-5pm
Sunday 11-5pm
Ralph and Craig <a href="tel:441492642070">+44(0)1492 642070</a>
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Ffin Y Parc Gallery Summer Show 2021

Moments of fleeting beauty are captured and mirrored - the tension between glimpses of pure joy in the every day revered. The arrival of Spring is signalled by the blousy peony flowers, abundant and expressive, their faces tilting to the stars. 
They feel expansive, incandescent like a new constellation in the nights sky or transported by a twighlight tide.

Mixed media and oil on Arches Oil Paper Glazed in Antique Frame

95 cm w 65 cm h Unframed - (Framed size TBC)

As the Peony Flowers Bloom, the Tide Carries The Stars

The harmony and beauty of newly opened sculptural peony flowers dancing in sunlight and shadows. Their beauty transient. 
I contemplate how nature can fill us with happiness through its effortless creation.  

Mixed media and oil on Arches Oil Paper Glazed in Antique Frame

95 cm w x 65 cm h Unframed - (Framed size TBC)

Dances with Peeking Sunlight

Fleeting sunlight, shadows and glimpses of the bluest heavenly skies.
A celebration of harmony and beauty in nature.
The simple humility of the sun drenched lemon has a delicate fragility.
Pure joy in the everyday, we dream of warmer climes and bright days.

Oil, gold leaf and gesso on board in rare outstanding Venetian Baroque Antique Frame c.1740

33.5 cm w x 27.5 cm h Unframed (Framed 51 cm w x 46 cm h)

Heavenly fruit

The Iris creating delicate and fragile silouettes in the brightest lights. They visit fleetingly - like butterflies. Their dark purple hued petals are translucent making them feel diaphanous, weightless and intangible.

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in Antique Frame

98 cm w x 78 cm h Unframed (Framed size 118 cm w x 99 cm h)

Iris

New Spring flowers, peonies and Fairy Lily dance together. Their shapes and forms imprint in my dreams. The abundance of these radiant flowers make my mind feel drunk with their beauty.

Mixed media and oil on Fabriano Paper

50 cm w x 70 cm h Unframed (Framed size 59 cm w x 79 cm h)

Drunk With Flowers, Butterflies Swirling In Your Dreams

Luminous light shines through the silouetted translucent petals of the Spring Iris. They are frivolous, almost illusory, persisting harmony and beauty.
Yet they are observed moments of fleeting beauty - there is a tension and a reverence when trying to capture glimpses of pure joy in the every day. 

Oil and mixed media on Fabriano Paper

50 cm w x 70 cm h Unframed (Framed size 59 cm w x 79 cm h)

Fleur-De-Lis

&quot;Narcissus&quot; 53 w x 58.5 h cm (63.5 x 68 cm Framed)
Oil, raw verdigris pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

Narcissus

Inula Helenium faces the sun.

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

42 w x 63 h cm (Framed 75 w x 95 h cm)

Watching Apollo

Ad Lucem means &#39;bring to light&#39; in Latin. A new period of learning and discovering, of bringing to light. Simple objects in the studio: the pewter spoon, the tiny wooden chair and pewter plate; my Biot or Frejus jar covered in bright ochre lichens - all illuminating in the light from the dark studio floor. The plate and spoon as an offering.

Oil, raw pigment, powdered mica and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 133 w x 109 h cm (117 x 94 cm aperture)

Ad Lucem

138th Summer Exhibition including paintings and paperworks at <a href="http://rcaconwy.org/">The Royal Cambrian Academy</a>, Conwy, North Wales.

Royal Cambrian Academy Crown Lane, Conwy, Conwy, Wales LL32 8AN
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Closed Sunday - Monday
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RCA - Royal Cambrian Academy 138th Summer Show

Gold and silver light licks the shape of leaves of the Tree Poppy in the sunlight, shadows become pools of blue light. The early Summer garden becomes a place you could dive deep into.

Named Grotto Azzurra after the Blue Grotto sea cave of Capri - sunlight passes through the water transforming the place, reflecting an incredible azure blue or emerald light. It is said that objects under water famously appear silver because of the dazzling light refraction. In Roman times, Emperor Tiberius used the Grotto as a marine temple and swimming hole - it was decorated with statues of the sea god Neptune and Triton.

130 w x 88 h cm

Oil and pastel on Arches Oil paint paper

Grotto Azzurra

The Sea Poppy from last year&#39;s Summer still resonates. It proliferates and climbs hostile surfaces of exposed stone, taking hold in the smallest cracks against the elements.

Skies become seas, and the swathes my California Tree Poppy - the tides. My garden&#39;s banks become rocky edges of land. My memory of those past days in my favourite coastal places: from Lanzarote to St Ives; and Llanddwyn, on Anglesea - I recall exploring the wild coast lines and discovering this exceptional beauty surviving and flourishing against all odds.

130 w x 90 h cm

Oil, raw pigment and pastel on Arches Oil paint paper

Sea Poppy

Representative Gallery - <a href="https://www.davidsimoncontemporary.com/artists/40-chloe-holt/">David Simon Contemporary</a>, Castle Cary, Somerset.

David Simon Contemporary, 37 High Street, Castle Cary, Somerset, BA7 7AW
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Monday - Tuesday 10-5.30pm
Wednesday Closed
Thursday - Saturday 10-5.30pm

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David Simon Contemporary

The giant over-painted and waxed medieval monastery offering bowl. It sings of centuries of sanctity, sharing, of care, contemplation and faith. There is a feeling of constant but nothing is taken for granted.
What is consistent is the light. The echo of dappled sunlight moves across the surfaces of the bowl - optimistic and pure. The simple unobtrusive bowl is full of humility and yet it is also most sacred and full of grace.

76.5 w x 66 h cm (Framed size 96 w x 86 h cm)

Encaustic wax, raw pigment and oil paint in antique frame from The Palace of Versailles.

Monastic Bowl

The House of Octavius Quartio in Pompeii was home to some of the city&#39;s finest frescos and renowned for its extensive lush green garden. My little green jug, filled with freshly cut flowers from my garden contains -perhaps- some of the same specimens to be found in that glorious garden. I imagine the lush waterways of the long colonnaded garden and the sound of their fountains and carp pond surrounded by ornamental foliage, fruit trees, wild flowers and scented herbs. A dream and of a celebration of life.

45.5 w x 55.5 h cm (Framed size 67 w x 77.5 h cm)

Oil, encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Octavius

This monolithic scale painting is my final painting in the &quot;Hortulus Animae: Little Garden of the Soul&quot; series.

It is full of dramatic skies, Summer blooms blazing and fading. There are the Sunflowers, the waves of the plants and flora within the banks of my garden. It is a time to contemplate, reconnect with nature and discover the beauty of the small things: hear the birds sing, watch the sunlight chase the dappled shadows, and see the garden grow and seasons change.

Janus was the god of beginnings and transitions in Roman mythology. The God of change. He was depicted as having two faces looking opposite ways, one towards the past and the other to the future. He was present in the beginning of the world, guarding the gates of Heaven, and presided over the creation of religion, life and even the gods.

200.5 w x 130.5 h cm (Framed 226 w x 155 h cm)

Raw pigment, Oil paint, gesso and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Janus

Sanguinello or &#39;blood oranges&#39; are one of the only varieties grown specifically in volcanic soil, with coastal breezes. They have the highest vitamin C content in the world due to the fertile soils of Mount Etna!

Orange is vital, full of energy, of warmth and happiness. This orange is more red, orange-red like the walls of the frescoes in Pompeii - a colour transformed from yellow to red in an alchemic reaction.

40.5 w x 33 h (Framed size 50.5 w x 42.5 h cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Sanguinello

Lucia is a latin word meaning &#39;light&#39;. Against tumultuous skies the brilliant lead white and cadmium yellow summer flowers illuminate. Bright and piercingly vibrant, they become all the eye sees. A blazing sea of flowers emerging.

&quot;Beauty is truth, truth beauty, --that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.&quot; - Keats

77 w x 64 h cm (Framed size 108 w x 95.5 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in large antique frame.

Lucia

&#39;Hydria&#39; was the Greek name given to a type of water-carrying vessel. It also held oil and the votes of judges. Of course water is essential to life, as the egg symbolises new beginnings, or in fact the beginning of life.

65 w x 48 h cm (80.5 x 62 cm Framed)

Oil and venetian red gesso ground on board in antique frame.

Hydria

RESERVED The European grapevine has been used as a symbol since ancient times. In Greek mythology, Dionysus or the Roman &#39;Bacchus&#39; was the god of the vintage, therefore bunches of the fruit were among his attributes. Throughout history wine has been drunk as a libation to the god, as a symbol of Jesus Christ.

The grapes and pomegranate placed on a Georgian pewter plate upon a medieval trivet become part of a vanitas celebrating beauty and life.

80 w x 57 h cm (Framed size 104.5 w x 82 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame from The Palace of Versailles.

Vitis Vinifera

Cera meaning &#39;wax&#39; in latin.

The wax surfaced medieval Spanish huge scale offering bowl tells a tale. It has been overpainted, stapled and re-waxed and glazed throughout its lifetime. Rumour has it that whenever there was an illness within the monastery, because the bowl was so revered and such an essential part of every day (being the main bowl on the communal table), it was thrown into the nearby river until washed clean by the currents - each time rescued and mended and brought back into the monastic space.

Cera is full of changing light, of history and energy.

76 w x 66 h cm (Framed size 96 w x 85 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique frame from The Palace of Versailles.

Cera

Terra Rossa is the native colour of the Earth of Italy. The red base to the painting mirrors the red earth where the native grape grew. Lying on a medieval pewter bowl with a ceramic Roman bowl holding pomegranates in the background, these grapes are an offering.

51 w x 41.5 h cm (Framed size 65.5 w x 55.5 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

Terra Rossa

My pewter bowl of lemons is drenched in Spring sunshine. The light is reminiscent of the light that falls on the Cornish Coast and of the Mediterranean. The tones reflect blue of the sea and sand, the light is pure and clean. The blue spectrum light in this painting almost overwhelms the subject with luminosity, but also enhances the shape and complete form of the bowl and the fruit. There is something magical about this type of light, which draws people back to places. Our emotions are warm on a sunny day.

65 w x 47.5 h cm (Unframed size)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Illuminate

A monastic white washed walled space. Light and shade. Spanish earthenware ceramics and dutch delft plates propped. A paired back painting, for simplicity, contemplation - for reverie. The time to be lost in one&#39;s thoughts or a daydream.

47 w x 67 h cm (Framed size 54.5 w x 74.5 h cm)

Oil and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Reverie

The Hortus was the name given to the central garden within a Roman home. A place to enjoy the notion of &#39;Otium&#39;! A latin abstract term with a number of meanings, including: time at home, resting, contemplation and academic endeavours. It can have intellectual and virtuous implications. Activities that were considered in the Roman world, to be artistically valuable...and above all enlightening!

44 w x 35.5 h cm (58 x 49 cm Framed)
Oil and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Otium

My friends have found leafy lemons for me this Summer. They call out in their celebration of warmer climes. They are, heat, sun, happiness and joy! In my simple medieval pewter bowl in this contemplative space they feel emblematic.

61.5 w x 41.5 h cm (Framed size 75 w x 63 h cm)

Raw pigment, oil paint and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Sunlight and Shadows

In Roman culture the Viridarium was an internal garden sitting room within the Roman Villa, the walls were decorated with frescoes depicting plants and birds. This work is painted directly from my garden -it&#39;s mid-summer and the flowers are alive and abundant. My own little piece of paradise. I admire the Romans for their gardens - places of peace and tranquility, a refuge from urban life. Places that are filled with religious and symbolic meaning. And gardens that are inspired and influenced by civilisations across the World. There is such time for contemplation and inspiration here.

130 w x 90 h cm

Oil and pastel on Arches Oil paint paper

Viridarium

Representative Gallery - <a href="https://chrisholmesantiques.co.uk/art">Chris Holmes Antiques &amp; Art</a>, North Yorkshire.

Chris Holmes Antiques &amp; Art, 22-24 Finkle Street, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8AA
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Chris Holmes Antiques & Art

From latin aurea *&quot;golden&quot; referencing the disk of light surrounding the heads of sacred figures. The sunflowers remind me of this light, their radiant crowns and faces turning to follow the sun.*

Oil, raw pigment, encaustic wax and gesso on board in hand-painted antique frame.

105.5 w x 75.5 h cm (Framed 124 w x 94 h cm)

Aurea

On a ’Pompeii Red’ Natural pigment ‘fresco’ surface, ‘Lararium’ is a luminous, delicate and offering painting. Based around the notion of the Roman Lararium or the shrine in the centre of the home. A shrine to the guardian spirits of the Roman household. Family members performed daily rituals at this shrine to guarantee the protection of these domestic spirits, the most significant of which were the lares.

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

52 w x 44 h cm (Framed size)

Lararium 

The radiance of luminous cloud which surrounds the sunflower.

Oil, raw pigment, encaustic wax and gesso on board in antique frame.

108 w x 150 h cm (Framed 119 w x 156.5 h cm)

Halos

Oil, raw pigment, graphite and gesso on board.
Unframed size 90 cm w x 72 cm h. Framed size 103 cm w x 85 cm h.

Halen Môr (Sea Salt)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board.
Unframed size 163 cm w x 77 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

I'r Môr (To The Sea)

Oil and gesso on board.
Unframed size 51 cm w x 39 cm h. Framed size 61 cm w x 48 cm h.

Seler Halen (Salt Cellar)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board.
Unframed size 51 cm w x 39 cm h. Framed size 61 cm w x 48 cm h.

Our History (Ein Hanes)

Oil, pastel and gesso on board.
Unframed size 44 cm w x 32 cm h. Framed size 55 cm w x 41.5 cm h.

Bowlen Laeth Ocr (Ochre Dairy Bowl)

&#39;Alba&#39; a Latin word for &#39;white, clear, bright&#39;. Its&#39; connotations of the dawn as the sunrise begins with bright clear light. Alba illuminates.

35.5 x 26 cm ( Framed 47 x 37.5 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Alba

A stack of medieval bowls and storage jar in my studio. Once used for transporting across the seas and to hold oils or pigments from far away places. Their surfaces are worn as if eroded by the sea. Their potters slips and glazes so natural like the shifting sands, their usage perfectly every day.

Kabir (c. 1440-1518) wrote, in The Clay Jug:

<blockquote>
Inside this clay jug are canyons and pine mountains
And the maker of canyons and pine mountains
All seven oceans are inside, and hundreds of millions of stars
The acid that tests gold is there and the one that judges jewels
And the music from the strings that no one touches,
and the source of all water
If you want the truth, I will tell you the truth:
Friend, listen....
The God whom I love is inside
</blockquote>

92 x 61 cm ( Framed 117 x 89.5 cm )
Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

Of Purity and Purpose

Persephone is the Greek Goddess of Spring. This still life of the pewter bowl, pomegranates and the budding Winter&#39;s branch. The pomegranates seeds awaiting the renewing warmth of Spring and Summer.

61 x 51 cm (Framed 75 x 65cm)

Oil and gesso on board in hand-painted antique frame.

Persephone

The great magnolia signalling the first signs of Winter turning to Spring. In my February visit to Cornwall, the peninsular is a month ahead..great beautiful pink and white noble blooms are the gentle awakening of Spring.

115 x 70.5 cm ( Framed 136 x 90.5 c

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Grandiflora

Stars of magnolia in the dusky light, signalling the beginning of spring against brooding atmospheric grey-white skies.

69 x 59 cm ( Framed 93 x 82 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Spring's Bloom

The fleeting beauty of magnolia buds bursting into bloom change as life also begins to bloom again and the days get longer and the seasons change. The magnolias short but glorious life, like Japanese &#39;Sakura&#39; blossom, speak of the impermanence of time and ground us in pure enjoyment of this moment.

47 x 67 cm ( Framed 66 x 86 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Winter's Spring

Dusk falls and highlights the outline of architectural agapanthus flower heads; bold brilliant Echinacea; soft vibrations of cornflower blue Scabiosa and Delphinium; and starry white Aster luminous against a pale viridian sky. The night time garden draws on.

Named after Titus Livius who was known as one of Rome&#39;s distinguished historians, he was known as &#39;the man from Pompeii&#39; and the tones of this painting bear semblance to the classic greens found in the frescoes of Pompeii.

71.5 w x 48 h cm (Framed size 89w x 66 h cm)

Raw pigment, oil paint with encaustic damar and beeswax wax on board in an antique frame.

Livius

Pompeii was the City of Eternal colours. Pigments from the depths of the Earth. Of marbles and stones, ruins and dust, terra rossa, red and yellow ochre, malachite, verdigris and azurite. The volcanic eruption of Vesuvius brought about an alchemical transformation - Pompeii&#39;s yellows were transformed to red. It was a world living and then brought back to life through colour. By &#39;Materia Prima&#39;.

Materia Prima is about elements and raw material...the raw material of the world. It is the first matter in Universal terms. This painting contains almost every earth pigment in raw form.

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&quot;Prima materia&quot; can be compared to everything &quot;[...]to heaven and earth, to body and spirit, chaos, microcosm, and the confused mass; it contains in itself all colours and potentially all metals; there is nothing more wonderful in the world, for it begets itself, conceives itself, and gives birth to itself&quot; - Paul Kugler &#39; The Alchemy of Discourse: Image, Sound and Psyche.&quot;

96 w x 77 h cm (Framed size 111w x 92h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique hand-finished frame.

Materia Prima

Great papery petals of Italian papaver poppies signal Spring. Primavera means &#39;Spring&#39;. The papaver symbolises peace, sleep, pleasure, hope and resilience. The giant flowers in the painting are dreamscape and enveloping.

92.5 w x 77 h cm (Framed size 115 w x 100 h cm)

Oil and gesso on board in large antique frame.

Primavera

Fioralba literally translates fiore &quot;flower&quot; and dawn &quot;alba&quot;. A warm yellow ochre light illuminates the garden as the sun rises. The flowers, leaves and seed heads are burnt siena, emerald and gold.

130 w x 88 h cm

Oil and pastel on Arches Oil paint paper

Fioralba

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in antique window-shaped frame.
Unframed size 46 cm w x 65 cm h. Framed size 56 cm w x 75 cm h.

Môr A Thir (Sea and Land)

Nasturtiums were brought back to Spain in the 1500s after the Spanish conquests! Their trumpet shaped flowers signal the change of Spring to Summer. Their red, orange and yellow flowers are full of heat and energy - passion like Spain! They remind me of these warmer climes, dreams of places I&#39;ve visited and wish with all my heart to return to!

59.4 w x 42 h cm

Water-soluble pastel on Khadi paper

Las Flores De La Espana

An abundant celebration of Summer! My terrace full of nasturtiums, their yellow flowers heralding the change in seasons, their shape like the trumpets of Angels! We are being visited by butterflies and bees enjoying the flowers&#39; sweet nectar. They bring joy, energy and creativity. This drawing is the first in a series of direct observational pieces based solely on the nasturtiums. The marks and feeling are immediate, strong and vital like the flower.

59.4 w x 42 h cm

Water-soluble pastel on Khadi paper

Angel's Trumpets

Like great Water Lily pads, the leaves and flowers of the Summer Nasturtiums overhang the terrace. Their leaves casting large puddles of shade and reflecting the brightest summer light.

Berossus, a Babylonian priest wrote about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in c. 290 BC &quot;In this place he erected very high walls, supported by stone pillars; and by planting what was called a pensile paradise, and replenishing it with all sorts of trees, he rendered the prospect of an exact resemblance of a mountainous country. He did this to gratify his queen {...}&quot;

We create our own personal paradises in our gardens, we fortify our souls.

56.5 h x 77 w cm

Water-soluble pastel on watercolour paper

Hanging Garden

Chloris was &#39;the Greek Goddess of Spring&#39;. The undulating tangle of Nasturtium flowers are both delicate and gravity defying in their presence. Chloris represents a celebration of Spring, of flowers and new growth. These flowers feel like the essence of this.

&quot;As she talks, her lips breathe spring roses: I was Chloris, who am now called Flora.&quot; - Ovid

59.4 w x 42 h cm

Water-soluble pastel on Khadi paper

Chloris

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

60 w x 38.5 h cm (Framed 83 w x 62 h cm

Astra

A gift of the first flourish of Summers sunflowers.

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique hand-painted frame.

54.5 w x 46 h cm (Framed 70 w x 60.5 h cm)

Helianthus

46 h x 31 w cm (Framed 61 h x 45.5 w cm)

Rushlight

Shared ritual of the Japanese tea ceremony. This little solitary Tea Bowl created by Master potter Shoji Hamada speaks so much in its quietness and simplicity. The light in my studio flows around and illuminates this very special tiny sacred object.

34 x 28 cm ( Framed 50 x 43 cm )

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Shared

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

47 h x 57 w cm (Framed 60 h x 69 w cm)

By Candlelight

Liber - meaning &#39;book&#39; and also meaning &#39;free&#39;. The painting contains a carved wooden hand of a gilded saint grasping his book. The Medieval jug from a Mediterranean shipwreck. It is filled with Summer flowers from the garden, Nasturtiums from my terrace.

In the Medieval garden cultivation of food was key. The luminous nasturtium flowers were one of the most popular flowers grown. The book &quot;Hortulus Animae: Little Garden of the Soul&quot; was an illustrated prayer book paying special attention to the enclosed monastic garden and herb garden and its importance to enrich and enlighten the soul.

55.5 w x 67 h cm (Framed size 71 w x 82 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

Liber

Kama is an ambiguous word, meaning Kiln, Oven or Stove in Japanese. The idea for the feeling of &#39;kama&#39; here is the uncontrollable burst of energy solidifying, changing colours and burning life into clay.

70 x 98 cm ( Framed 92 x 118 cm )

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in hand-painted antique frame.

Kama

The great Frejús earthenware ceramic jar, its surface encrusted with pale yellow to ochre lichens like the rooftops of St Ives. It emerges into light from the shadows.
&#39;Shoji&#39; (not only relating to the art of Shoji Hamada) but meaning &#39;screen&#39;, it is the sliding paper partition screen. In his book on aesthetics, In Praise of Shadows Jun&#39;ichiro Tanizaki comments oil the role of Shoji in the interaction of light and shadows and the power of their tones reflecting on subtle nuances of life. The importance of mindfulness and noticing the small things.

79 x 98 cm ( Framed 99 x 118 cm)

Oil, raw pigment, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Shoji (Shoji + Irori Diptych)

&#39;Irori&#39; is the sunken hearth in Japan used to heat the home and cook food. I imagine steam and smoke, this sacred space of fire.
Here the Frejús jar (earthenware pottery) is almost invisible, forming in the bright light like smoke signals from the stove.

76 x 97.5 cm ( Framed 96 x 118 cm)

Oil, raw pigment, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Irori (Shoji + Irori Diptych)

The purity and simplicity of this Scandinavian richly pigmented wooden bowl, monolithic and carved from a single tree. The bowl, through toil and craftsmanship seems to take on a sacred calm.

81.5 x 63 cm (Framed 95 x 75 cm)

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in hand-painted antique frame.

Simplicity

&quot;Hortulus&quot; (&#39;little garden&#39;)
71.5 w x 48 h cm (84 x 60.5 cm Framed)
Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Hortulus

Oyster shells and Belleek Neptune shell cup and saucer. The luminosity of the white inside the oyster shell reminds me of the brightest cloudy skies above the sea, the vibrancy of the light dancing through the fine porcelain like that of a sea worn shell fragment. &#39;Atargatis&#39; was a goddess of fertility but also the first described Mermaid goddess.

56 x 40cm (Framed 81 x 64cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Atargatis

I&#39;m fascinated by the process of making the tiny Tea Bowl. Each phase has a certain synergy of energy from the shared Leach Pottery, where the potters make these simple everyday treasures, the intimacy of working with clay and allowing it to take your intuition and therefore create something so everyday and imperfect but perfect..to the final ceremony in tea. There is human connection through this special object.

43 x 31 cm ( Framed 63 x 51 cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Sacred Ritual

A pewter plate full of oyster &#39;Ostrea&#39; shells. Abundance and life.

61 x 47.5cm (Framed 76 x 62cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Ostrea

This giant delicate Japanese pottery storage jar would have transported precious perishables at sea. A monolithic vessel which speaks of past times.

63 x 137 cm ( Framed 92.5 x 166 cm )

Oil, raw pigment, charcoal and gesso on board in antique frame.

The Fullness of Emptiness

Still life composition or &#39;opus&#39;. The bowl is a pottery Roman bowl, simply and freely made, feels like its barely been touched by hand. But it still remains, illuminated by light, holding precious once-rare lemons. Its existence is incredible...how it is still with us after all the time past..I think of all the shifting sands and ebbing tides.

60 x 51 cm ( Framed 88 x 78 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Opus

A group of once-rare and precious lemons glimpse from the shadows at the foot of the huge Frejús jar. They are almost salt encrusted, they emerge as a precious object revealed hiding in dunes of sand.

60 x 51 cm ( Framed 88 x 78 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

De Citreo

54 x 44.5cm (Framed 71.5 x 61.5cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Aphrodite

22 x 19 cm unframed (Framed 30 x 28 cm)

Oil and gesso on board.

Damascus

20 x 20 cm unframed (Framed 28.5 x 28.5 cm)

Oil, charcoal and gesso on board.

Damascenum

Frejus is the name given to huge storage pots from a specific region of France. This huge lichen covered storage jar holds promise - from the precious oils and goods it once contained, echoing stories of trade and cultures connecting. It is now quiet and contemplative but is a key to our past. Frejus is full of light.

Raw pigment, oil, charcoal and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 92w x 103.5h cm (70 x 83cm aperture)

Fréjus

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 55.5 w x 36.5 h cm (38 x 19 cm aperture)

Fallen Fruit

Tranquietas is Latin for peacefullness. It means to pause, relax and think. My antique paint brushes pause on the pewter dish in my studio - the tool behind ideas, a tension before I paint or perhaps the peacefullness of when I am still.

Oil and gesso on board in hand painted antique frame.

Framed 67 w x 56.5 h cm (52 x 43 cm aperture)

Tranquietas

Ollam Latin for Pot. This huge lichen covered storage jar holds promise - from the precious oils and goods it once contained, echoing stories of trade and cultures connecting. It is now quiet and contemplative but its silence and pause sings with voices from the past. Ollam and the keys are emerging from the its sintered bronze grey darkness, illuminating with glances of light.

Raw pigment, oil, sintered bronze powder and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 89 w x 103.5 h cm (62.5 x 78cm aperture)

Ollam

&#39;Oleum Testa&#39; - Oil and Shell in Latin. The amphora shape is an ancient storage jar used to carry oil at sea. It lies next to the mussel shell and paint pot - it is so still but full of anticipation of becoming a working object once again, being useful and brought to life. The mussel shell is of the sea and the paint pot with brushes the fulcrum of continuation.

Raw pigment, oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 79 w x 56h cm (67 x 44cm aperture)

Oleum Testa

The studio table is strewn with purple blue mussel shells, pewter spoons and paint brushes. My paint stained cotton cloth which covers my table now has so much history it resembles the multitude of colour in sand. Treasures, collections, reminders of moments past. The mussel shells remind me of Venice, its deep vast lagoon waters...and a recent windswept walk down Hunmanby Gap beach near Filey on the East Yorkshire Coast (my dogs have the wind in their ears and a spring in their step!) The mussels have this incredible colour that changes in the light...little treasures.

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 68 w x 58 h cm (50 x 40 cm aperture)

Fruits of the Sea

&#39;Umbra&#39; means dusk in Latin. I draw in graphite powder - my umbra. What remains is a fleeting impression of the present moment. A celebratory collective image of my everyday objects that bring me happiness: my paint pots holding brushes, my brushes laid out. A pewter plate and spoon could be waiting to be painted or perhaps for my lunch! The precious mussel shell that was snuck into my hand bag by my partner Chris to remind me of our day at the beach.

Graphite, oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 111 w x 75 h cm (95 x 59 cm aperture)

Umbra

&#39;Olei Simpuvium&#39; Oil and ladle in Latin. The Spanish small ovid storage jar transported oil. Its exterior was once accidentally splattered in green oily glaze (perhaps in a Triana Seville workshop)..its a complete one-off a rare-happening, and has survived all this time...here honoured by emerging from the shadows waiting to pour oil into the ladle, unlocked history suggested by the hanging rusty keys.

Raw pigment, charcoal, oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 71 w x 50.5 h cm (61.5 x 40.5 cm aperture)

Olei Simpuvium

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 51 w x 61 h cm (37 x 47 cm aperture)

Maeth

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 74.5 x 58cm

Loved 

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 96 x 66cm

Acquasantiera

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 148 x 83cm.

Finestra 

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 66 x 57cm

Preservation 

&quot;Selkie&quot; comes from the mythology of the mermaid - a creature that lives as seals in the sea and shed their skin to become human. The giant fronts of seaweed remind me of these transformative creatures, beautiful glossy skins lying in the shallow turquoise and purple sea anenome filled rock pools.

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame. Work at <a href="https://chrisholmesantiques.co.uk/products/chloe-holt-rca-frsa-selkie">Chris Holmes Antiques</a>.

74 x 102 cm (framed 90 x 117cm)

Selkie

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.
The coolness of the Spring breeze and the glow of the warming sun. &#39;Olwen&#39; is a celebration of spring - known as one of the Spring Goddesses, wherever Olwen trod pure white clovers sprung from the ground. Work at <a href="https://chrisholmesantiques.co.uk/products/chloe-holt-rca-frsa-olwen">Chris Holmes Antiques</a>.
125.5 x 65.5cm (Framed 107 x 86cm)

Olwen

Oil and gesso on board in handpainted antique frame.
Freya was the Norse goddess of love and fertility and mythological wife of Odin in Scandinavian mythology. This powerful impressionistic painting is full of power and surface, thick lacerated textures and depth. Observing the arrival of Spring with white amaryllis in bud, lilac and roses. Work at <a href="https://chrisholmesantiques.co.uk/products/chloe-holt-rca-frsa-freya">Chris Holmes Antiques</a>.
88 x 66.5cm (Framed 107 x 86cm)

Freya

Ashes

Awaken

Oil and gesso on board.
Unframed size 46 cm w x 35 cm h. Framed size 58.5 cm w x 48 cm h.

Lechyd Da (Good Health)

Oil and gesso on board.
Unframed size 51 cm w x 40 cm h. Framed size 64 cm w x 54 cm h.

Seed of Winter (Had Y Gaeaf)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board.
Unframed size 91.5 cm w x 61.5 cm h. Framed size 104 cm w x 74 cm h.

Storm Eira (Snow Storm)

Oil, raw pigment, graphite and gesso on board.
Unframed size 64 cm w x 86 cm h. Framed size 76 cm w x 99 cm h.

Lines In The Sand

Oil, graphite, raw pigment and gesso on board
Unframed size 53.5 cm w x 66 cm h. Framed size 66 cm w x 80 cm h.

Across The Sea To Snowdon (From Ynys Llanddwyn)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 102 w x 81.5 h cm (85 x 64 cm aperture)

Elucido

Representative Gallery - <a href="https://welshart.net/artists/44-chloe-holt/works/">Ffin Y Parc Gallery</a>, North Wales.

Ffin Y Parc Gallery, Betws Road, Llanrwst, Conwy, LL26 0PT
<a href="https://goo.gl/maps/bMjwH4ss3AujugxN8">Directions to the Gallery</a>

Wednesday - Saturday 10-5pm
Sunday 11-5pm
Ralph and Craig <a href="tel:441492642070">+44(0)1492 642070</a>
<a href="mailto:ralph@welshart.net">ralph@welshart.net</a>

Ffin Y Parc Gallery

Oil and graphite on paper.
Unframed size 77.5 cm w x 57 cm h. Framed 94 cm w x 76 cm h.

The First Snows

Oil and mixed media on Arches&#39; Oil Paper.
Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Crystalline Valley (Cwm Crisialog)

Oil and mixed media on Arches&#39; Oil paper.
Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Lunar Skies (Awyr Lleuad)

Oil and mixed media on Arches&#39; Oil paper.
Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm w. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Chloë HoltRCA FRSA

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