Collection: Alex Boyd Jones

Mae sensitifrwydd i olau a chysgod yn chwarae rhan annatod yn lluniadau Alex, gan lunio sut mae gofod, ffurf ac awyrgylch yn cael eu canfod a'u rendro. Mae hi'n cael ei denu at y rhyngweithio cynnil rhwng goleuo ac aneglurder - sut y gall golau symudol newid naws strwythur a lle neu awgrymu treigl amser. Mae'r rhinweddau byrhoedlog hyn yn cynnig chwilfrydedd gweledol a phwysau emosiynol, gan ganiatáu iddi ddal eiliadau sy'n teimlo'n ataliedig, yn fyrhoedlog, neu'n dawel eu gwefr. Trwy'r sylw hwn i'r byrhoedlog, mae Alex yn archwilio sut y gall awyrgylch gario atgof, adleisio absenoldeb neu awgrymu presenoldeb sydd ychydig allan o gyrraedd.

Mae ffocws artistig Alex yn aml yn canolbwyntio ar strwythurau a wnaed gan ddyn, yn enwedig y rhai a geir mewn lleoliadau gwledig neu anghysbell yng Nghymru ac Iwerddon. Mae ei diddordeb mewn adeiladau sy'n atseinio ag arwyddocâd amwys, gan wasanaethu fel storfeydd profiad personol a chymunedol. Mae'r lleoedd hyn, boed ar gyfer byw neu waith, yn sbarduno ei phroses greadigol trwy arsylwi uniongyrchol, delweddau a geir, neu linellau a geir mewn llyfr. Mae pwyntiau cyswllt cychwynnol o'r fath - go iawn neu ddychmygol - yn tanio ei dychymyg, gan gyffroi ymatebion cynnil ac yn aml yn amwys sy'n archwilio themâu cysylltiad, amddiffyniad a breuder ar draws mannau mewnol ac allanol.

Mae ysbrydoliaeth a theitlau'r gweithiau tirwedd o olygfeydd ar draws Dyffryn Ceri, Sir Drefaldwyn, Y Cae Disglair I, II a III wedi'u cymryd o'r gerdd gan y bardd Cymreig R.S. Thomas; (gwelwch isod)

A sensitivity to light and shadow plays an integral role in Alex’s drawings, shaping how space, form, and atmosphere are perceived and rendered. She is drawn to the subtle interplay between illumination and obscurity - how shifting light can alter the mood of a structure and place or suggest the passage of time. These fleeting qualities offer both visual intrigue and emotional weight, allowing her to capture moments that feel suspended, transient, or quietly charged. Through this attention to the ephemeral, Alex explores how atmosphere can carry memory, echo absence or suggest a presence just out of reach.

Alex’s artistic focus often centres on human-made structures, particularly those found in rural or remote settings in Wales and Ireland. Her fascination lies in buildings that resonate with ambiguous significance, serving as repositories of personal and communal experience. These places, whether for habitation or work, spark her creative process through direct observation, found images, or lines encountered in a book. Such initial points of contact - real or imagined - ignite her imagination, stirring subtle and often ambiguous responses that explore themes of connection, protection, and fragility across both interior and exterior spaces.

The inspiration and titles of the landscape works from views across the Vale of Kerry, Montgomeryshire, The Bright Field I, II and III are taken from the poem by Welsh poet R.S. Thomas;

I have seen the sun break through
to illuminate a small field
for a while, and gone my way
and forgotten it. But that was the
pearl of great price, the one field that had
treasure in it. I realise now
that I must give all that I have
to possess it. Life is not hurrying

on to a receding future, nor hankering after
an imagined past. It is the turning
aside like Moses to the miracle
of the lit bush, to a brightness
that seemed as transitory as your youth
once, but is the eternity that awaits you.

Alex has exhibited widely across Wales and the UK, while also curating exhibitions and mentoring fellow artists. Following a distinguished career of over twenty years as a full-time art curator, she has returned to her own creative practice with renewed focus and energy working from her studio in Montgomery, mid Wales.