Rhiannon Rees

My practice in its simplest form is an exploration of painting to create a sense of place. Concentrating on small snippets of a specific landscape, I create a discussion between Natural/Synthetic, Fact/Fiction and Found/Formed. Using non-traditional fabrics, sculptural forms and handmade paints from found materials, I play with elements that stay with me once I leave the landscape.



My current project, Ym Min y Môr / The Edge of the Sea, which is exhibited in my degree show is based around a small rugged Welsh beach, Trefin. It is a beach which holds many memories for me. Using these memories and artist day trips to the beach, I have created an exhibition that entwines the factual with the fictional. I have collected slate and quartz to turn them into pigments to paint with to bring the natural into the synthetic. The title of this show comes from the Melin Trefin poem written by William Williams (Crwys).



It is also an exhibition which explores the idea of painting and how it can be manipulated. Using painting materials I have created painting sculptures and wall paintings which play with the traditional stretcher painting. The placement of these paintings is also integral. I want my viewers to be guided around the room from floor to wall to almost ceiling as though they are in the landscape itself.