Shadows of the Prairie – Patagonia

22 July – 7 October

People related to each other in two countries with shared roots, history and culture and in the land that they share with others, integrated and inter woven over the last hundred and fifty years.

It is this belonging of shared identities that makes Patagonia such a special place.

This body of work is made of images of special moments captured on my visit to Patagonia.

The charm and loneliness of the chapels on a trip in the car with Luned Gonzalez. The welcome of the Mapuche people to their weave workshops and the craft skills at the Escuela Municipal de Artesanias, and the sweet smell of lanolin at the wool factory with Billy Hughes in Trelew. Tasting Mate with Catrin for the first time, and time spent on the family farm with Yvonne Owen. A visit to the landing at Madryn and a long drive to Trevelin and the Andes with Nadine. The Poplars and the Weeping Willows falling on the horizon on crossing the plains, and by the waterways. Tea and black cake, and cooking curry for 40 people with Anna Chia at Y Tŷ Te Plas y Coed. The lovely museum in the old station with Fabio, and the carving on the Welsh slate grave stones in The Gaiman. Drawing and sewing a tapestry map of the valley and learning Spanish words in class with the children of Ysgol yr Hendre Trelew, all have created a quilt of memorable experiences and images.