Ellis O'Connor

I found my time as artist in residence at the Mawddach Residency to be so grounding, reflective and inspiring. My aim for the residency was to allow myself the time and space to be immersed in a new environment, play around with new ideas, create from a place of no distractions and build up a body of new paintings.
I spent my time trying out new ideas, palettes and focusing on developing my work in a new direction and getting out of my comfort zone. I felt like the space and the environment around Mawddach was the perfect setting to be inspired, to sit in stillness and have the mental space to create and also felt so grateful to Jake and Scarlett for accommodating us in such a kind and giving way.

Another positive to the residency was getting to know my fellow artist in residence, Molly and her lovely little dog Winnie. We had never met before but we were able to gain inspiration from eachother work’s (even though they’re so different) we were respectful of our working space whilst also co creating such a lovely positive space to work.
I’m so grateful for having this time to create, to make space for a new collection of paintings and for having this time at the beginning of the year to delve fully into my work and gain so much inspiration which will provide me with endless source material for the year ahead.

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