One From The Archives ….

One of my favourite places is Paviland, a strange otherworldly cove on the coast of the Gower Peninsula which is the site of the Goat’s Hole Cave, famous for the skeleton of the  “Red Lady of Paviland“, which is actually a young man. From the main road, it’s a fair walk across fields via aContinue reading “One From The Archives ….”

Elder Heads: 3

And another hastily scribbled head of an elderly woman. She looks like she has had the cares of the world on her for many years. Graphite into a Khadi hand-made paper sketchbook.

Elder Heads: 2

Another scribble of an older person, as we get older we often look more like the opposite sex and it can be hard to tell elder men and women apart without cues like clothing, jewellery, make-up. I’ve used a graphite block into a Khadi handmade paper sketchbook.

Elder Heads: 1

I guess it’s my age, I get to go places where there are lots of elders these days. I used to go places where there were lots of younger people. When I was younger LOL 😀

Price Of Change.

Husb and I went to the theatre the other week – ooh there’s posh isn’t it?! We saw a new play by Contemporancient Theatre, Price Of Change. It’s about the 18th Century Welsh philosopher and mathematician, Dr. Richard Price of Llangeinor in the Garw Valley. He is hardly known here in his own country, weContinue reading “Price Of Change.”

Reflections In The Old Guildhall.

Husb and I were having a stroll on one of the few sunny days so far this year. I took this photo of reflections in the windows of the historic Old Guildhall in Swansea. It’s pre-Victorian and after the New Guildhall was built in the 1930s it became a school and changed again towards theContinue reading “Reflections In The Old Guildhall.”

An Urban Screenprint Reflected.

I was strolling along Princess Way in Swansea last evening and saw this gorgeous reflection of Saint Mary’s Church and some trees in the glass frontage of a building. I took a photo and today I uploaded it into Adobe Photoshop, cropped it and shoved it into a “Cutout” filter. I like it, it hasContinue reading “An Urban Screenprint Reflected.”

I Should Do More …..

I was rummaging through my archive files and spotted this portrait of fellow artist Patti McKenna that I did back in 2014 for an exhibition in Fringe Arts Bath. I’ve never really thought of myself as much of a painter, or portraitist, but looking back at this after 10 years, I really like it andContinue reading “I Should Do More …..”

Covid Queueing.

I was flicking through some sketchbooks and saw scribbles done during the daily Covid19 walks that Husb and I did back in 2020. Honestly, we haven’t been as fit since. The little café had opened in Cwmdonkin Park (loved by Dylan Thomas) and people were queueing masked and two metres apart in the sunshine toContinue reading “Covid Queueing.”