July and August 2009  Part of four person exhibition (ARTicle editorial board) showing in the Tower and Cafe space at Oriel y Parc from 14th July 2009.  Go along and enjoy being there as they also house an extensive Graham Sutherland exhibition in their main gallery space and an excellent team of people who can provide you with information and leaflets about the area and what goes on here.  Good cafe too.  See their website for details http://www.orielyparc.co.uk/ 

March to June 2009   A time of learning - internet attempts mainly!  Near completion of a book of the St Davids Exibition "Travels with my Camera" and the first two months of shadowing a rare breeds farm from Trehale, Pembrokeshire to put together a pictorial Year in the Life of.  Time given to to co-produce an art e magazine being hosted by Oriel y Parc see http://www.orielyparc.co.uk/cms/img/content//ARTicle%20summer%2009%english.pdf    

February 2009 Solo Exhibition at The Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea.  Title "Green Lemons".  Photographs taken during two trips to Cuba seeking to show the private life of the country.  Being married to a Cuban I often get to see areas that would not be visible to others.  Some large works showing but also a wide spread of smaller framed images, cards and prints.   Running til final weekend of month which sees a celebration weekend of Latin Culture. including music. film and dance.  See www.dylanthomas.com.

November and December 2008 works on display at Washington Gallery, Penarth 

December 2008  Shared Exhibtion for Christmas Nant-y-Coy Mill

November 2008  Shared Exhibition of Pembrokeshire Photographers Nant-y-Coy MIll

August 2008  Solo Exhibition at The Bench, St David's from 1st to 30th August.   Title: "Duality: Home and Away". Pairs of images showing travel pictures next to Pembrokeshire images of the same genre.

July 2008  Solo Exhibition at the Refectory, St Davids from 1st to 14th July. Title "Travels with my Camera.   This exhibition was the result of a long journey in more senses than one.  One of my close friends here was dying from cancer and to distract ourselves from the inevitability of this we took a fantasy trip together to the places I dreamed of seeing and never would.  The equipment I would like too!  When she died I found she had left me the money for both and this exhibition is the end result of that bequest.

January 2008 to June 2008  Gallery closed for building works.   We have added Lavender Cafe so that visitors can relax and soak up the atmosphere whilst enjoying home made and mostly local produce.   Delicious light lunches and morning/afternoon snacks.  During this time I have been travelling in Morocco and working on all the images gathered in the last two years.

 July 2007    Travelling to Sault, Provence to photograph lavender in the field to complete cycle of work begun at lavender festival in August last year.  Exhibition of framed work, prints and cards at Oriel Emrys, Haverfordwest throughout month. 

June 2007   Current Exhibition Haverfordwest Library running throughout month.

2006

2006 was a satisfying year.  It began with a trip to Esperaza in France with close friends of ours who had bought a house there and who wanted Raul (my partner) to paint a mural for them.   A beautiful area steeped in history: it encompasses Rennes le Chateau made even more famous by Dan Brown's novel 'The DaVinci Code', Carcasonne with its religious significance concerning the Cathars and the village where Nostradamus lived for years.    Esperaza itself has a market on Sundays which is heaven for anyone interested in colour, shape and rural life.

This trip was followed by an exciting three days working with the V&A to exhibit work on Cuba both at the Museum and at a day funded by the Lord Mayor of London on Trafalgar Square.

August brought a trip to Sault in Provence to photograph the annual lavender festival there and to get to know the lay out of the fields of flowers for a return trip in 2007.   Stunningly beautiful countryside with a long experience of providing most of the world's lavender.  If you are interested see www.provenceguide.com to learn more about it.

Three weeks in Peru crowned the year with trekking in the jungle along the Amazon, time in Cuscu adjusting to the altitude before ascending Machu Picchu then on to Lake Titikaka and the Nascar Lines.  The people and the markets were a treasure trove of colour, shape and kindness to the eye and to the soul.  A magical country poor in places beyond belief but accepting of life and humanity and rich in community in a way many European countries have forgotten.  Not enough time there I would love to go back.

In between all of this were three exhibitions and the race to process all the images taken whilst away, running the gallery and moving my Mother to Wales!   A good year.

2005

November saw us in Cuba again.   Lucky to be married to a Cuban and therefore visit people and places that I might never otherwise know existed.  This was my second visit to Cuba and I loved it even more this time than before perhaps because I have begun to understand the country and the people a little better.  The people are incredibly kind and inclusive; I find them beautiful both in appearance and in their souls.  It is, of course, a photographer's dream with its colour and its seeming decay.