'Dylan'
oil on paper, 33x34cm
Personal Profile
I obtained a teaching diploma - main subject Art - at Cartrefle College, Wrexham in the early 1960's and this is where my lifelong enthusiasm for art was stimulated. I lived in Berkshire, where I was a teacher in an inner city school, until 1991. During this time I continued with my own art- work, exhibiting with the Reading Guild and teaching to small groups of adults.
Since moving to West Wales 13 years ago, I have been a committee member for Cardiganshire Art Society, and Secretary for the Aberaeron Art Society. In 2003 I completed a BA Hons Degree in Fine Art at the School of Art, Aberystwyth, specialising in painting and printmaking.
My main areas of subject matter are the figure - with a bias towards portraiture - and ancient landscapes. I am particularly interested in the way human activity has affected the appearance of the landscape: changing the surface colour and texture by excavation, as in the peat bogs, mining and farming, and by constructions such as cromlechs left behind by ancient people.
