Description

Like Dylan Thomas and Maggie Shipstead I try to create layers of multi-dimensional meaning in my work.

My focus became Thomas’s description of Cwmdonkin Park as “a world within a world” and I imagined the world revolving around the water fountain where Dylan “sailed his ship” using the reflection in the fountain basin of the moon to evoke an orrery. Meanwhile the paper boat, as it sails through the water, splashing out of the fountain echoes the turbulent life of Dylan Thomas on his journey through adulthood; his hopes, dreams and ambitions beyond the security of his family home in Cwmdonkin Drive and his childhood adventures in Cwmdonkin Park.

Lucy Donald has an MA Distinction in Fine Art and has been printmaking for 20 years. She has been artist in residence in a number of schools and institutions in Swansea and England. In 1998 she was involved with Artranspennine and collaborated with James Turrell. She currently works in a studio at Elysium Gallery and is the founder of Portfolio Wales: www.portfoliowales.com