About the Studio

The landscape of South Wales is both the subject and the starting point of my work. Having spent much of my youth exploring its hills, valleys and open countryside, I developed a deep and enduring connection to the Welsh landscape and its ever-changing qualities of light, weather and season. These formative experiences continue to shape my artistic vision, inspiring me to capture not simply the appearance of a place, but the experience of being within it. The landscapes of the Bannau Brycheiniog and the wider South Wales region remain a constant source of inspiration.

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Working primarily in oils, I combine impressionist observation with expressive impasto mark-making to convey the character, atmosphere and energy of the natural world. The physicality of the paint is central to my practice with emphasis on brushwork and richly textured surfaces. I prepare my own canvases and apply a consistent yellow ochre ground, allowing its warmth to emerge through subsequent layers of paint and create a sense of harmony and depth. I work with a carefully refined, limited palette, using subtle tonal shifts and controlled contrasts to articulate space, atmosphere and the changing effects of light across the land.