'Red Spring' 2004
'Garden for Pleasure and Remembrance'
Artists
Arthur Giardelli
Brendan Burns
Carol Hiles
Christine Kinsey
Chris Shurrock
Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Dennis Gardner
Dilys Jackson
Emrys Williams
Glyn Jones
Harvey Hood
John Selway
Martyn Jones
Peter Seabourne
Peter Spriggs
Robert Harding
Robert Alwyn Hughes
Sue Hunt
Sue Williams
Tom Piper
Antonia Spowers
Richard Renshaw
Ken Elias
hileslambert@aol.com
"My subject matter is public gardens. I am interested in the construction of parks as spaces; the arrangement of natural and man-made forms which combine a sense of liberty with confinement. I enjoy the encounter with formality with vivid nature. Small scale drawings are made on the spot; it is important for me to start with direct and often close observation of reality. Back in the studio these are arranged and reformed using abstracted space and colour to create another environment and experience. In these works, natural, manufactured or manicured elements can be regarded as performers in a drama. The fusion of reality and invention continues to intrigue me and to act as an echo of the contrivance and gloriousness of gardens. They are controlled and yet seductive landscapes. My paintings mirror the organisation of these places whilst celebrating their form,surface and colour."
Carol Hiles was born in Berkshire, moving to Wales to study Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and Design (UWIC). Community arts projects and Artist in Residence engagements, most notably for Gwent Healthcare Trust and the Royal Glamorgan Hospital have accompanied a career in education. She is currently a Senior Lecturer on the BA Art Practice and MA Arts in the Community courses at the University of Glamorgan. She pursues a personal practice in painting and has exhibited regularly in the UK and Europe. Her work has been purchased for the collections of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales and the City of Cardiff.