I am a Artsci Creator and educator based in Cardiff, primarily focused on what is known in the public eye as “artsci”: creating works of art that explore scientific concepts and find new ways to imagine, explain and represent concepts that can be very difficult to communicate through graphs, terminology and statistics alone. Simply put: it blends scientific data with imagination and creativity to celebrate cutting edge ideas at the frontiers of our exploration of the universe in which we find ourselves.
Commissioned by academic departments in Wales and England such as the University College London’s Cosmoparticle Initiative , Cardiff School of Physics and Astronmy and presently the 'New Signal' project for Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), I have created large-scale paintings, videos and illustrations exploring concepts ranging from a variety of scientific fields: particle physics, cosmology, dark matter, gravitational waves, geometry, the golden ratio, mathematical patterns, infinity, and most recently, neuroscience and consciousness.
For more detailed information on each of my academic commissions, please head to the ARTSCI section. My work has been published in Physics World, CERN Courier, CCQ, and a wide variety of academic and institutional blogs.
I work through a mixture mediums; video, audio, watercolour, acrylic, collage, sketching, bilateral ink and pen, digital art, video, oil on canvas and more recently I am exploring the use of LED and engraved cast acrylic for the 'New Signals' project.
Though my work has primarily focused on magnetism, particle physics, cosmology and neuroscience, I am not limited to any scientific field, and am passionate about meeting new researchers, exploring new ideas, and delivering innovative commissions and education programmes; I am proud to be educating young people in the processes of merging and art and science for a greater and more in depth comprehension for national STEM intiatives. I am presently the artist lead for a education project regarding 'Cosmic Rays'. Keep an eye out for all my update via the news page.
My methodology for commisions in Artsci is to first immerse myself in the complexity of the research, ideas and data by conversing intimately with the scientists to fully dive into their thoughts and ideas. Through consultantion with collaborators; we form a specific brief and produce a satisfying outcome for all. It is through the sharing of ideas that I begin to visualize an Artsci-work, and the seed is sown in my brain. Over a short time, as the thoughts turn through my mind and the seed germinates and grows, I start to intuitively feel how the Artsci-work or education activity will form. My creative process essentially involves defining the scienctifc research and distilling it into an elegant and comprehensible simplicity.
My training is purely artistic – I received my Ba Hons in Fine Art from the Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2001, and then completed Professional Graduate Certificate in Education in Further Education at the University of Wales in Newport in 2006. I tutor people of all ages and abilities since 2016 in tradtional and contemporary techniques in watercolour, drawing, acrylic and oil and combinations thereof for Vale Courses and Llanover Hall Arts Centre Cardiff. I am also proud to be educating young people in the processes of merging and art and science for a greater and more in depth comprehension for national STEM intiatives.
I began my career creating a variety of more “conventional" illustrations and paintings, ranging from figurative artworks to bilateral drawings of animals. But over the years I have been increasingly drawn to explore ideas from some of the most technically complex, mathematically intricate and truly mind-boggling revelations from the towers and laboratories of academia. Perhaps I seek to merge art and science to calm the turbulations of the ultimate puzzle – what does it mean to exist – and to ponder and discover science’s ultimate promise: What next?
Commissioned by academic departments in Wales and England such as the University College London’s Cosmoparticle Initiative , Cardiff School of Physics and Astronmy and presently the 'New Signal' project for Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), I have created large-scale paintings, videos and illustrations exploring concepts ranging from a variety of scientific fields: particle physics, cosmology, dark matter, gravitational waves, geometry, the golden ratio, mathematical patterns, infinity, and most recently, neuroscience and consciousness.
For more detailed information on each of my academic commissions, please head to the ARTSCI section. My work has been published in Physics World, CERN Courier, CCQ, and a wide variety of academic and institutional blogs.
I work through a mixture mediums; video, audio, watercolour, acrylic, collage, sketching, bilateral ink and pen, digital art, video, oil on canvas and more recently I am exploring the use of LED and engraved cast acrylic for the 'New Signals' project.
Though my work has primarily focused on magnetism, particle physics, cosmology and neuroscience, I am not limited to any scientific field, and am passionate about meeting new researchers, exploring new ideas, and delivering innovative commissions and education programmes; I am proud to be educating young people in the processes of merging and art and science for a greater and more in depth comprehension for national STEM intiatives. I am presently the artist lead for a education project regarding 'Cosmic Rays'. Keep an eye out for all my update via the news page.
My methodology for commisions in Artsci is to first immerse myself in the complexity of the research, ideas and data by conversing intimately with the scientists to fully dive into their thoughts and ideas. Through consultantion with collaborators; we form a specific brief and produce a satisfying outcome for all. It is through the sharing of ideas that I begin to visualize an Artsci-work, and the seed is sown in my brain. Over a short time, as the thoughts turn through my mind and the seed germinates and grows, I start to intuitively feel how the Artsci-work or education activity will form. My creative process essentially involves defining the scienctifc research and distilling it into an elegant and comprehensible simplicity.
My training is purely artistic – I received my Ba Hons in Fine Art from the Cardiff School of Art and Design in 2001, and then completed Professional Graduate Certificate in Education in Further Education at the University of Wales in Newport in 2006. I tutor people of all ages and abilities since 2016 in tradtional and contemporary techniques in watercolour, drawing, acrylic and oil and combinations thereof for Vale Courses and Llanover Hall Arts Centre Cardiff. I am also proud to be educating young people in the processes of merging and art and science for a greater and more in depth comprehension for national STEM intiatives.
I began my career creating a variety of more “conventional" illustrations and paintings, ranging from figurative artworks to bilateral drawings of animals. But over the years I have been increasingly drawn to explore ideas from some of the most technically complex, mathematically intricate and truly mind-boggling revelations from the towers and laboratories of academia. Perhaps I seek to merge art and science to calm the turbulations of the ultimate puzzle – what does it mean to exist – and to ponder and discover science’s ultimate promise: What next?
COSMOPARTICLE
£233.00
Giclee
Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gms
Signed Limited Edition of 75
Paper size 26" by 28"
Image Size approx 22" by 24"
Cosmoparticle was commissioned by Hiranya Peiris for University College London's (UCL) new Cosmoparticle Hub, where it is on permanent display. The original of this work is 200cm x 180cm, Oil on Canvas, It is a painting that incorporates dark matter, cosmic microwave background, galaxies and so much more see the development video here
Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gms
Signed Limited Edition of 75
Paper size 26" by 28"
Image Size approx 22" by 24"
Cosmoparticle was commissioned by Hiranya Peiris for University College London's (UCL) new Cosmoparticle Hub, where it is on permanent display. The original of this work is 200cm x 180cm, Oil on Canvas, It is a painting that incorporates dark matter, cosmic microwave background, galaxies and so much more see the development video here
COSMOPARTICLE
£55.00
Art Poster
Fotospeed Smooth Pearl 290gsm
Paper size 26" by 28"
Image Size approx 22" by 24"
Cosmoparticle was commissioned by Hiranya Peiris for University College London's (UCL) new Cosmoparticle Hub, where it is on permanent display. The original of this work is 200cm x 180cm, Oil on Canvas, It is a painting that incorporates dark matter, cosmic microwave background, galaxies and so much more read more on the see the development video here
Fotospeed Smooth Pearl 290gsm
Paper size 26" by 28"
Image Size approx 22" by 24"
Cosmoparticle was commissioned by Hiranya Peiris for University College London's (UCL) new Cosmoparticle Hub, where it is on permanent display. The original of this work is 200cm x 180cm, Oil on Canvas, It is a painting that incorporates dark matter, cosmic microwave background, galaxies and so much more read more on the see the development video here
Infinite LIGO Dreams
£144.00
Hahnemuhle German Etching 310gms
Signed Limited Edition of 75
Image Size approx 22 by 17 inches
The original 'Infinite LIGO dreams' oil on canvas is on permanent display in the 'Rest Frame' at Cardiff University Physic Department. To celebrate the momentous detection of gravitational waves by LIGO. This artwork has been published in the CERN Courier, Physicsworld, LIGO Magazine and Cardiff University Press.
Signed Limited Edition of 75
Image Size approx 22 by 17 inches
The original 'Infinite LIGO dreams' oil on canvas is on permanent display in the 'Rest Frame' at Cardiff University Physic Department. To celebrate the momentous detection of gravitational waves by LIGO. This artwork has been published in the CERN Courier, Physicsworld, LIGO Magazine and Cardiff University Press.
Infinite LIGO Dreams
£55.00
Art Poster Print
Image Size approx 16.5" by "21"
Paper Size approx 18" by 22"
Fotospeed Smooth Pearl 290gsm
Title and 'Penelope Rose' logo printed underneath.
The original 'Infinite LIGO dreams' oil on canvas is on permanent display in the 'Rest Frame' at Cardiff University Physic Department. To celebrate the momentous detection of gravitational waves by LIGO. This artwork has been published in the CERN Courier, Physicsworld, LIGO Magazine and Cardiff University Press.
Image Size approx 16.5" by "21"
Paper Size approx 18" by 22"
Fotospeed Smooth Pearl 290gsm
Title and 'Penelope Rose' logo printed underneath.
The original 'Infinite LIGO dreams' oil on canvas is on permanent display in the 'Rest Frame' at Cardiff University Physic Department. To celebrate the momentous detection of gravitational waves by LIGO. This artwork has been published in the CERN Courier, Physicsworld, LIGO Magazine and Cardiff University Press.
