Ffin Y Parc Gallery

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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

Oil and mixed media on Arches' Oil Paper. Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Oil and mixed media on Arches' Oil paper. Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Oil and mixed media on Arches' Oil paper. Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm w. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

Oil and mixed media on Arches' Oil Paper. Unframed size 130 cm w x 83 cm h. Framed size 180 cm w x 94 cm h.

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

Water and graphite on paper.

59.4 w x 42 h cm.

Watercolour, charcoal and graphite on paper.

59.4 w x 42 h cm.

Watercolour and graphite on aquarelle paper.

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

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

82.5 w x 77 h cm (Framed 89.5 w x 84 h cm)

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)

Cadmium deep yellow sunflowers in French confit pot.

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

57 w x 78 h cm (Framed 72 w x 93 h cm)

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

102 w x 71.5 h cm (Framed 120 w x 90 h cm)

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

47.5 w x 40.5 h cm (Framed 68 w x 61 h cm)

Huge scale field of suflowers and their radiant crowns. Helios is the god of the Sun in Ancient Greek. The painting is full of light, energy and drama.

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

152 w x 122 h cm (Framed 188 w x 157 h cm)

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

80 h x 90 w cm. Framed 89 h x 99 w cm.

Oil and graphite on Archers Oil paint paper.

130 w x 82 h cm

Oil and graphite on Archers Oil paper.

130 x 82 cm.

Watercolour and charcoal on aquarelle paper.

35 w x 25.5 h cm.

Watercolour, charcoal and graphite on aquarelle paper.

50.8 w x 40.6 h cm

Watercolour and graphite on aquarelle paper.

35 w x 25.5 h cm

Watercolour and graphite on paper.

70 w x 25 h cm

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

Oil, charcoal and gesso on board.

15 x 18 cm unframed

Oil and gesso on board.

22 x 19 cm unframed (Framed 29 x 26 cm)

Oil and gesso on board.

22 x 19 cm unframed (Framed 29 x 26 cm)

Oil and gesso on board.

'Oleum Setis' - Oil and Brush in Latin. The amphora shape is an ancient storage jar used to carry oil at sea. These beautiful ovid shapes carrying precious materials across vast oceans...

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

Framed 74 w x 64 h cm (61 x 51.5cm aperture)

Ad Lucem means 'bring to light' 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)

The Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, situated on the Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge. It was the headquarters and restricted living quarters of the city's (Tedeschi) merchants. True Merchants of Venice. For the first time in history there is now a viewing platform at the top of what is now a high-end Department Store and you can now see the South and North of the Grand canal - a great swept vista from high above, one that has never been painted (in my knowledge) before. It looks like an unreal perspective buy you can see the Rialto Bridge roof tops at your feet and Gondola that look like waterboatmen fleeting across the great Grand Canal surrounded by this Renaissance city and its burnt siena and red ochre walls. Magical!

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 123.5 w x 105 h cm (101 x 81.5 cm aperture)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 115 w x 98 h cm (85 x 69 cm aperture)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 75 w x 64.5 h cm (61 x 50 cm aperture)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 56 w x 44 h cm (44.5 x 32cm aperture)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 88 w x 78 h cm (67 x 56.5 cm aperture)

Oil and gesso on board in antique hand painted frame.

Framed 107 x 91.5cm

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

15 x 13cm (Framed 29.5 x 27cm)

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique Venetian frame.

Framed 131 x 156cm

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

15 x 13cm (Framed 30 x 27cm)

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

17 x 12.5cm (Framed 30.5 x 26cm)

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

17 x 12.5cm (Framed 31.5 x 28cm)

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

17 x 12cm (Framed 28.5 x 24cm)

Oil and gesso on board in remade antique frame.

17 x 13cm (Framed 28.5 x 24cm)

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 80 x 77.5cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 75.5 x 60cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 22 x 18cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique hand painted frame.

Framed 39 x 48.5cm

Oil and gesso on board in 18th Century Antique frame.

Framed 38 x 33cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 50 x 60cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 50 x 60cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 43 x 33cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 100 x 86cm.

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 87.6 x 68cm

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame.

Framed 36 x 44cm