It’s been over a month since I’ve shared my work, and I am truly surprised by how much time has gone by. But I certainly haven’t been idle, just busy with study. I have been working on my fourth Welsh Highland Railway Station poster – and the one nearest to where I live, in the…
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Creative design #7
Another station on the Welsh Highland Railway, Rheilffordd Eryri in Welsh, with a perfect backdrop of Mount Snowdon, Yr Wyddfa. Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales and England, and a short walk from the station carpark is the start of one of the six recommended climbs to the summit. At 8.5 miles/12km, the Rhyd…
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Changing focus
Can small changes to our living space improve well-being by altering our focus? Wow. That’s quite a question.But I’m not thinking of improving well-being in terms of being calmer, more relaxed, more chilled. Neither am I thinking about moving furniture, changing colour schemes, nor dipping into Feng Shui. My question is about changing the place…
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Creative design #6
End of the line As part of my journey into using Affinity Designer I created a ‘railway poster style’ image for the Welsh Highland Railway (WHR) Station in Caernarfon, North Wales. It’s a metal and glass, minimalist architecture structure on the outskirts of the town. In complete contrast is the evocative Harbour Station in Porthmadog,…
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Children’s Mental Health Week
Right message; wrong language Tomorrow is the last day of Children’s Mental Health Week. It ran from the 7th to the 13th of February and yet I only just found out about it today. I watched a video of a young teenager speaking about mental health, specifically his own mental health. As an Award winning actor…
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Let me be
Why must I be normal, and do normal things? Who made me believe I would fly with new wings? Why must I conform, re-enact what I see? Who made me believe I’d be better – and free? What makes it so hard to embrace each new task is the critical take, hypocrisy’s mask. Therapists decree…
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marilyn unmasked 