Day 5

Day 5

Day 5 Today I have a cold. I started the day by sketching the standing stones in the field of St Non’s Chapel. A beautifully sunny autumnal day, the light at the birth place of St David was clear and bright and the shadows were sharp. Many people were walking around...
Day 4

Day 4

Day 4 Today I was able to get up and into the Tower bright and early. Having done some more research on St Non, the themes I have found which have interest me are; the rape of St Non, the birth of St David in the storm, the rock that broke, the rock on which her...
Day 3

Day 3

Day 3 Sunday was a family day so I did not manage to get any time back in the Tower, but today, Monday I was fortunate enough to be able to spend most of the day in the Tower. My intention was also to get to St David’s Cathedral Library but in actual fact I got...
Residency Day 2

Residency Day 2

Day 2 7th September Saturday mornings are normally pancake mornings at home with my children, but this Saturday morning all I wanted to do was get back to the Tower and enjoy the new workspace, as three weeks will fly by before I know it. The clarity and focus I feel...
Residency at Oriel y Parc

Residency at Oriel y Parc

Day 1: Several things occurred to me this morning when running half an hour late to get to the Tower at Oriel y Parc. One was that I should have packed the car last night with all my painting equipment, the other was that transferring the contents from one studio to...
New Year New Shed

New Year New Shed

  What an interesting year 2018 has been. The year began with still so much grief for my dad, and sadness, but through the passage of the year there has been much acceptance of that loss and of other losses, and a moving on with life. In 2018 I applied for a...