"Emma Cownie, Down Cwmdonkin, 2013" by Emma Cownie
“Another 'refractionist' painting. The title takes it's name from the actual park, Cwmdonkin Park, where the poet and composer of words Dylan Thomas walked and displayed as a child and adolescent, maybe imagined and constructed as a young man. His family home hugged the side of the park, on the steep of the hill running alongside the park. Perhaps he extended his journey to the Uplands Tavern this way or then again, perhaps not! This paint takes the techniques evident in my work “Fractured Light” but smoothes them out, making the lines less obvious and jagged. There is a movement in the trees, reflective of the sea breeze that scurries up to soothe the Uplands and surrounds. There is a suspension and balance in this light touch. A warm, light airyness". - Emma Cownie
