The focus of Ruth McLees’ work has always been on people and identity through memory and self-expression. Highly experimental, employing resins and varnishes as well as paint, and using unconventional fabrics, her works combine portraits with materials that add a conceptual weight or physical link.

Since becoming an artist, Ruth has been fascinated by the viewer’s perception of depth within the flat plane of the canvas, and the layering of transparent materials over a surface to further experiment with the perception of space. This, coupled with a desire for her work to break out of the boundaries of the 2D picture plane, is what led her to begin experimenting with resins.

Mae ffocws gwaith Ruth McLees wastad wedi bod ar bobl a hunaniaeth trwy atgof a hunanfynegiant. Mae ei gwaith, sy’n hynod o arbrofol, gan ddefnyddio gwahanol fathau o resin a farnisiau yn ogystal â phaent a ffabrigau anghonfensiynol, yn cyfuno portreadau â deunyddiau sy’n ychwanegu pwysau cysyniadol neu gysylltiad ffisegol.

Ers dod yn artist, mae Ruth wedi ei chyfareddu gan ganfyddiad y sylwedydd o ddyfnder o fewn arwyneb fflat y cynfas, a gosod deunyddiau tryloyw yn haenau dros arwyneb er mwyn arbrofi ymhellach â’r canfyddiad o ofod. Hyn, ynghyd â’i hawydd i’w gwaith ymestyn y tu hwnt i ffiniau arwyneb y darlun 2D, yw’r hyn wnaeth ei harwain i ddechrau arbrofi â resin.

‘Personal Effects’  Will be officially opened by BBC Radio 2’s Lynn Bowles

Agorir ‘Personal Effects’ yn swyddogol gan seren Radio 2 y BBC  Lynn Bowles

Louise hand stitches her beautiful pieces from vintage fabrics, and fabrics she prints herself. She sources images from her own photographs as well as old cards, photographs, seed packets etc.  All the fabric pieces are hardened and lacquered for durability.  These are put together with flowers and balls which she hand knits on miniature knitting needles, buttons, beads, vintage jewellery, ribbon and chain.  Inspiration comes from many sources which all reflect her love of colour - a found piece of fabric, a pattern on a jug, an old photograph or her love of gardening and nature.

Bydd Louise Lovell yn gwnïo ei gweithiau hardd â llaw gan ddefnyddio hen ffabrigau a ffabrigau y bydd yn eu hargraffu eu hun.  Bydd yn defnyddio delweddau o’i ffotograffau ei hun yn ogystal â hen gardiau, ffotograffau, pecynnau hadau ayb.  Caiff yr holl ddarnau ffabrig eu caledu a’u eurliwio er mwyn eu cryfhau.  Caiff y rhain eu cyfuno â blodau a pheli wedi eu gwau â llaw ar weill bychain, botymau, glain, hen emwaith, rhubanau a chadwyni.  Daw ei hysbrydoliaeth o nifer o ffynonellau y mae pob un ohonynt yn adlewyrchu ei hoffter o liw – darn o ffabrig a ganfyddwyd, patrwm ar jwg, hen ffotograff neu ei hoffter o arddio a natur.