Ffin Y Parc Gallery

80.5 w x 106 h cm (Framed 123 w x 146.5 h cm)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in dramatic 18th Century Italian gilded antique frame with perfect patination

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

31 w x 38 h cm (Framed 46w x 57 h)

Oil and gesso on board in gilded 17th Century Venetian Baroque Frame with shell, glazed with antique glass

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

80.5 w x 130 h cm Unframed

Mixed media on Arches Oil Paper (Framed in modern gilded slim frame floating on mount glazed - complete size TBC)

46.5 w x 37 h cm (Framed 73 w x 58.5 h cm)

Oil and gesso on board in Italian early 18th Century frame, glazed with antique glass

115.5 h x 145 w cm (Framed 142 h x 171.5 w cm)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in gilded and delicately verdigris French Antique Early 19th Century frame

37.5 w x 26.5 h cm (Framed 47 w x 35.5 h cm)

Oil and gesso on board framed in Italian antique Gilded Composition Cassetta frame c.1840

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)

58 w x 42.5 h cm (Framed 75 w x 59.5 h cm)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in antique French Composition Bourbon Restoration Scotia Frame c.1850

"But like love the archers are blind

Upon the green night, the piercing saetas leave traces of warm lily.

The keel of the moon breaks through purple clouds and their quivers fill with dew.

Ay, but like love the archers are blind!"

- Before The Dawn - Federico Garcia Lorca

53 w x 42 h cm (Framed 71 w x 60 h cm)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in antique gilded French Rococo Revival Frame c.1860

Mixed media and oil on board

80.5 cm w x 106 cm h Unframed

18 w x 25 h cm (Framed37 w x 44.5 h cm)

Oil and gesso on board framed in English gilded Composition Louis XVI Frame c.1850

81 w x 69 h cm (Framed 98.5 w x 86 h cm)

Oil, mixed media and gesso on board in antique gilded frame c.1840

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

The last vibrant flowers. Asters are named after the Greek word for 'star'. They symbolise love, wisdom and faith - in Greek mythology it was a symbol of love and placed on altars for the Gods. Golden sunlight breaks into violet-blue delicate light creating silouettes of Asters and seed heads.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 22 cm h unframed size.

28 w x 35 h cm (Framed 43 w x 50 h cm)

Mixed media and gesso on board in antique English Regence Frame c.1820

The change from Summer to Autumn brings a new luminous delicate blue-violet light. If you glance out from your windows you will see that the light is completely saturated with this colour - it creates halos around objects. The last of the Summer flowers dance in their new dream.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 22 cm h unframed size.

The final humble flowers from the end of Summer. They dance with vibrancy, their faces smiling to the sun. The garden embraces it's own imperfection, a tangle of twigs, seeds and flower heads - and creates a new moment. There is a Northerly freshness to the air.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 22 cm h unframed size.

"So long as the earth shall survive and as each spring shall see it covered with flowers, the Rudbekia will preserve your glorious name...It's rayed flowers will bear witness that you shone among savants like the sun among the stars..." - Blunt 'The Compleat Naturalist'

A celebration of the Sun.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 22 cm h unframed size.

The garden rustles with the sound of seasons changing. The late Summer flowers begin to transform into organic forms - pods and seeds. The changing light of the season brings new vibrant colours and wonderful textures. Cutting and gathering branches and flowers from the garden feels like a kind of meditation.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 15 cm h unframed size.

Architectural delicate twigs and branches are revealed and accented by ice crystals from the first frosts. The vibrant cadmium Rudbeckia resemble bright stars and the skies are violet at dusk.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 15 cm h unframed size.

The last moments of Summer, as the bright shining face of Rudbeckia remains long into the first glimmers of Autumn. The skies move swiftly with wispy clouds, the afternoon light takes on a violet blue. The seed heads decorate the garden with their graphic forms for Winter.

Oil and gesso on board.
19 cm w x 15 cm h unframed size.