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White Shelter, Llandudno, 2023
Oil Paint on Canvas 250 x 380mm, Private Collection
Winner of the Winsor & Newton Painting Award at the Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition in 2023.

 
Shelters
 

When visiting Llandudno a number of years ago I took a few photos of these mid century style seaside shelters. I thought the simplicity of them against the vast sea was a stunning juxtaposition.

Sometimes it's difficult to say whether a place or structure has a soul, but some things do appear to have an energy of their own. Is this energy from our knowledge of what something is used for or our own experience? These shelters are used for resting, eating fish and chips, keeping dry and out of the wind, relaxing and looking at the view and sometimes used by lost souls to contemplate life. They can be a physical shelter and/or an emotional one. Without this knowledge are they just inanimate objects?