40 x 30cm
£395 

Painting of Dowlais Caeharris Station

This painting of Dowlais Caeharris Station in Merthyr is part of a series entitled "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.

This is an imagined view of the long lost Dowlais Caeharris Station near Merthyr Tydfil. I found an old monochrome photograph on the internet and used it as a basis for the painting.

The painting, as represented by the pallette of autumnal shades, is about ourselves and loved ones coming to the end of life's journey.

Railway lines in my paintings represent the passing of time, as one views the passing of the landscape from the carriage window, or seeing the train pass, as one seems to view the passing of a loved one, or of your children growing up and moving away, while you feel you are standing still and remaining the same.

In this instance, not only have the past generations been lost, and the train that represents them, but the railway line and even the station buildings are no more.