EXHIBITIONS
Featured: Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station
MA & Other Postgraduates, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
February 2019
Between Two Realms
Post Graduate Exhibition, School of Art, Aberystwyth University
September 2018
When we think about the shoreline we often imagine an idyllic peaceful setting of waves rolling onto golden sand and rocks. But do we ever consider the effects of our rapidly changing weather and Man’s restless domination of the land on the coastline?
During the summer months I explored some of our ‘typical’ British seashores, looking outwards and inwards, photographing the uneasy space where land meets the sea.
The New Wilderness
Post Graduate Exhibition, School of Art, Aberystwyth University
May 2018
Ansel Adams documented the beauty of wilderness in his Yosemite National Park photographs over a forty year period. Inspired by his work and a visit to the breath-taking untouched scenery of Norway, I set out to explore whether wilderness, unspoilt by human presence, can still exist in Wales today. My focus has centred on landscapes within Mid Wales, where I have lived for four years, and areas in North Wales well known to me all my life.
This journey follows the ongoing traces of humanity in the Welsh landscapes. With my camera as my eye I capture spaces that are invaded by eroded trails, power stations, sign posts, pylons, powerlines and rubbish. As an expose of the human impact on our landscape spaces I aim to question whether these man-affected landscapes are the new ‘picturesque’.
The Unnoticed
Undergraduate Exhibition, School of Art, Aberystwyth University
May 2017
Can the 'ordinary' be made into something unusual, captivating and extraordinary? These urban subjects reflect the deterioration and isolation of our everyday surroundings. The commonplace scenes of abandoned structures, boats, dwellings and industrial buildings are all too familiar but their aesthetic qualities are equally all too easily overlooked. Such settings are increasingly commonplace on the fringes of modern Britain. They have been reinterpreted through a combination of colour and light with the aim of visually exposing the decline and societal malaise that has been accelerating since the 1970s.