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EXHIBITIONS
Oyster Gallery, 70- 72 Newton Road, Mumbles
Ardent Gallery, 4 The Bulwark, Brecon
Craftsman Gallery, St Helens Road, Swansea
Lazy Frog floatation centre, Uplands, Swansea
EXHIBITIONS
Lliwiau, Pontardawe Arts Centre, 14 October-6th November
April 2009: Theatre Brycheiniog Brecon Theatre
2006 Oriel Tri, Penarth Cardiff. www.orieltri.co.uk
2006 WD2, Brecon
2006 Mumbles Art and Craft Gallery
2006 April: Grand Theatre Swansea
2006 Jan: Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
2005 June: Exhibition at the Swansea County show
2000 Sep: Exhibition at the Chelsea cafe Restaurant
Art Matters, South Parade, Tenby, www.artmatters.org.uk
Craftsman Gallery, St Helen's Road, Swansea www.craftsmangallery.co.uk
The Crane Gallery, Newton Road, Mumbles www.thecranegallery.co.uk
The Mermaid Restaurant, Mumbles Road, Mumbles
WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES
2004 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, workshop with pupils of Ysgol Login fach
2004 Artist in residence at Saron Primary School, Saron
EDUCATION
2004 PGCE ART & DESIGN in secondary education, SIHE, Swansea
1997 BA Hons, Design, and Management, CCTA, Carmarthenshire
1996 HND General Illustration, SIHE, Swansea
1994 Diploma in Foundation in Art & Design, CCTA,
Profile
Ever since I was a small child painting has been instrumental in my life, at the age of 8 I entered a collage in the Welsh Urdd Eisteddfod and won third. Winning a further two Eisteddfod competitions in in my teens I pursued my love of art through my studies to degree level, in Swansea and Carmarthen. Upon Leaving my Degree I focused on my Graphic design career and started work at the South Wales Evening Post. Having focused on my Graphics I continued painting and exhibited in the Chelsea cafe restaurant
in Sep 2000. Feeling that I needed to spread my wings I made the decision to travel around the World. Travelling had a profound effect on me, in addition to meeting so many different people of different countries and cultures, I saw the most breathtaking landscapes in California, Arizona, New Zealand, East, West, and Middle Australia. All the time I was travelling I endeavoured to visit every art, craft shop and g allery from the very commercial tourist areas of Old Town San Diego to the big City museums and art galleries of San Francisco, Auckland, Sydney.. to name just a few.
Upon my return a drive down to the Mumbles was a priority, the iconic mumbles head which has been painted and photographed so many times is a view I had missed very much on my travels and had come to mean home for me. I was compelled to paint the beauty of the Gower and Pembrokeshire coast and set about rooting myself to Swansea, Buying a derelict house and renovating it, and becoming a qualified teacher of art.
In 2005 I decided to leave my job as a Graphic Designer in Bristol, to set up a studio in Swansea to make art my new career. Using mainly Oils and Acrylic, my home is my main influence while I still seek out new corners of Wales and England that are new to me armed with my sketchbook and my camera I constantly seek inspiration and reference for my paintings in which I try to capture my environment in a dramatic and atmospheric way.
You can find out more about my home city and the region I live in at www.abayoflife.com
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