An artist printmaker and poet, I work in print, dry media, and verse.  I am primarily interested in how of things — the process through which a thing becomes, slips into another and is in turn undone.  For this reason, I am drawn to the sea and the sky (the constant of both of which is their inconstancy) and drawn too to the traces that we leave in the landscape— our abandonments, so to speak: shadows, ruins, disused churches, the monuments built by the old folk of these islands, and to islands themselves.  It is the quiet of such places that pulls me; so too, the way they hinge to the past.  Our slippage.  From these sources, I create and press small-run, limited-edition prints the slow way — with a baren and silver spoon.  You can read more about my process in my blog, see some of my drawings here, read a selection of poems on my poetry page, and buy work through my shop.

As for the tale of me — I was born in Bethesda (Wales), grew up in Reading (England) and studied at the Welsh School of Architecture, the University of London, Aberystwyth University and Aston University.  Prior to becoming an artist, I worked in architectural history, social work, English language teaching and academic development, and headed up the Writing Centre at Liverpool Hope University and the Study Skills Centre at Bangor University.  My prints have been exhibited at Mall Galleries, the Royal Cambrian Academy, Oriel Mostyn, and elsewhere, and been purchased by collectors in the UK, North America, New Zealand, and Europe.  My poems have appeared in the national press and in journals and anthologies.  I live in Llanfairfechan, a stone’s throw from the sea.

Exhibitions

• Summer Exhibition, Oriel Glasfryn, Caerwys, July - August, 2025.

• Crickhowell Open Art Competition 2025, Crickhowell, May - June, 2025.

• Open Exhibition 2025, The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy. January - March, 2025.

• ING Discerning Eye 2024, Mall Galleries, London, 15 - 24 November, 2024.

• Ironbridge Fine Arts Printmaking Competition 2024, Ironbridge, 8 September - 16 November 2024.

• Tabernacle Art Competition 2024: On a windy day, MOMA Machynlleth, 22 June - 4 September, 2024.

• North Wales Society of Fine Art Members’ Exhibition, Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead, 26 June - 20 July, 2024.

• Derby Print Open 2024, Derby, 1-30 June 2024.

• Ffocws #1, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno. March 23 - June 22, 2024.

• Trawsffurfiad / Transformation, Plas Brondanw 2024 Open. March - May, 2024.

• Open Exhibition 2024, The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy. January - February, 2024.

• Ar yr Ymylon / Outside Edges, Oriel Ty Meirion, Dyffryn Ardudwy. November 2023 - February 2024.

• Llanw a Thrai / Turning Tide, Oriel Ty Meirion, Dyffryn Ardudwy. August - October 2023.

• Derby Print Open 2023, Bank Mills Studios, Derby. June 2023.

• Mostyn, Llandudno, a showcase of recent work. March - June 2023.

• Open Exhibition 2023, The Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, Conwy. January - April 2023.

Residencies

• Plas Brondanw (Susan Williams-Ellis Foundation), Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, 10 - 24 May 2025.

Recent publications

• When one has lived a long time, Ink Sweat & Tears, 2024

• Above Llanfairfechan, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6, 2022

• Bedd Taliesin, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6, 2022

• Coastal Music, Christmas-Winter, Vol. 3, Black Bough Poetry, 2022

• In the shadow of The Great Strike of Penrhyn, Gwrthryfel / Uprising, Culture Matters, 2022

• Maeni Hirion, Penmaenmawr, Christmas-Winter, Vol.3, Black Bough Poetry, 2022

• Memorial, St. Baglan’s, Llanfaglan, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6, 2022

• Oh Road, A470: Poems for the Road / Cerddi’r Ffordd, Arachne Press, 2022

• Rewriting the Triads of the Island of Britain, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6, 2022

• Tales, PN Review, Volume 48, No.6, 2022

• Afon Anafon, Future Places Environmental Essay and Poetry Prize Anthology, 2021

• Because what is life without it, Stand, Volume 18, No.4, 2021

• Bladderwrack, The Wombwell Rainbow, 2021

• Boatyard, Stand, Volume 18, No.4, 2021

• Hen Nain, Fairhaven, Betws y Coed, Stand, Volume 18, No.4, 2021

• In a moment of absence, Ink Sweat & Tears, 2021

• Lament, The Dawntreader, Issue 56, 2021

• Stroke, Stand, Volume 18, No.4, 2021

• Tryst, Ink Drinkers Poetry, Issue 3, 2021

• Winter training, Christmas / Winter Anthology, Volume 2, Black Bough Poetry, 2021

• Wood, Response Response, Dreich, 2021

• Home to the Hebrides, Ink Sweat & Tears, 2020

• Lest we forget, The Morning Star newspaper, 2020

• Morning, Christmas / Winter Anthology, Volume 2, Black Bough Poetry, 2020

• On Lafan Sands, Channel, Issue 3, 2020

• Self portrait with Windsor chair, Dust, Issue 5, 2020