Artwork description:

I'd been fascinated by St Govan's chapel since a child, my father told me the folklore about counting the steps up and down to the bay, and I was instantly hooked. The idea is you never get the same number going down as coming up. I loved that, but didn't get to visit it and count the steps until later life.

I purchased an old photo of the bay that set itself as the perfect backdrop for a more compelling story of privilege and the foibles of nobility. Furthermore, I slowly assembled a cast of people and animals to populate the picture and come up with the concept, a wild feral family from the deepest darkest depths of the land of Annwn, The Aristocrats...

The piece is Giclée printed on high-end archival Canson Infinity Photorag, and coated with a satin Giclée varnish. It is supplied in an A2 sized mount to fit directly into any standard A2 sized frame. The piece is signed and numbered on the front.

Materials used:

Canson Infinity 220gsm Photorag paper, antique photographs, giclée print, giclée varnish, mountboard

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