Meet the Artist: Julie Davies
- Bethan Ash
- Nov 21, 2024
- 1 min read
Artist Julie Davies will be here in the gallery this Saturday if you’d like to meet and and chat to her about her work
Julie Davies: Heart of the Valleys
Julie was born and brought up in the Ogmore Valley, which may be found at the heart of the South Wales mining valleys, north of Bridgend.
She has always had an interest in art from an early age and has enjoyed painting as a hobby, drawing inspiration from the landscape surrounding her home.
Naturally with her Welsh background, some of the artists whose work has inspired her are from Wales, such as Kyffin Williams, Kevin Sinnott, Shani Rhys James and Bert Evans. Since her retirement as a ward manager at the Angelton mental health unit in 2019, she has enjoyed developing her artistic skills using various styles. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic she has returned to working bank shifts at the hospital to help out due to staff shortages. Currently she has developed a number of Valley and Welsh Reflections mainly through the medium of acrylic.
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