Gwyn Ardyth Art Studio
Welcome to my studio
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science.”
– Albert Einstein
My art practice is completely inspired by the natural woodland environment, its endlessly changing patterns and complex forms and often mysterious layers. The liminal space between light and dark, dawn & dusk, shifting atmospheres and frequencies, all become part of my work.
I work in a loose and semi-abstract way, using expressive mark-making, layers and intuitive colour choices to create a personal response to the natural treescape. Please visit my galleries below to view my work.
Paper
Orbs & Portals
Working in an expressive way using intuitive mark-making, and loose, gestural brush strokes, I often find orbs or portals may appear amongst the trees and branches of the finished image.
Canvas
Abstracting the Woods
Working in a semi-abstract, intuitive way, my focus is on the ‘in between’ spaces, patterns, forms and rhythms of Nature.
Digital
Layering and Weaving
Weaving together photograph and painting to create layered, dream-like images inspired by the trees.
*In-spire : from the Latin inspirare, literally to ‘breathe into’ as a divine source imparts truth or an idea to someone.
(ref. oxford languages)
About my work
My artwork is inspired by the woodland landscape – trees, leaf forms, natural patterns, water, light and shadow that can be seen and sensed. I am a sensitive and an intuitive person by nature, so I paint what I am feeling and what I am sensing in the landscape. My personal art practice is not a thinking process but a feeling one. My work is a response to the energies within the landscape, especially the trees and woodland that support a myriad of wildlife in the peaceful secluded valley where I live. Colour, energy, light and shadow are evoked through a layering process using oil, acrylic and gloss paint, inks, pastels and mixed media on paper or canvas, or created through a digital process I call ‘digital montage’.
Bio
Born in the USA, I studied art in California, New York and England, achieving an HND in Fine Art at Weston College, Somerset (2003) and a BA(Hons) Degree in Drawing and Applied Art at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2006). I now live and work in a secluded wooded valley in West Wales, UK.
I’ve been painting and exhibiting art for more than 25 years. I’ve taught art workshops to adults and young teens, and believe everyone has an innate creative ability which can heal and inspire.
Member of :
Ceredigion Art Trail
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