50 x 40cm
£550

Painting of Pobl y Cwm Set with stylised Welsh Valley town

The painting is part of the series "Valley Lines: Bargoed to the Bay".

The paintings explore the historical, economic and cultural connections - both physical and emotional - between people and places in the South Wales Valleys and Cardiff.

The paintings invite the viewer to reflect on Cardiff and the Valleys' move from a (physically tough) industrial and maritime economy, based on the mining, transport and export of coal, to an e-commerce, media and tourism based economy of entertainment and leisure opportunities.

The painting is of the Pobl y Cwm set built in Porth Teigr in Cardiff Bay. It occupes part of the site of the Crown Fuel Works. With Y Cwm in Cardiff Bay the Valleys have almost literally come to the Bay.

In the background is a (imaginary) valley's village. It features a colliery, a pub, a chapel and an institute.The slightly muted colours represent: Hydref.