Lesley James

"I use the landscape as my raw material. I select from it. Nothing is altered or arranged. Chaos is tamed, made sense of through symbolic, metaphorical, and actual physical connections. For me it is not particularly important what it is I am photographing, more that something of how I am is present in the image. It is this that makes me eschew any form of trickery or manipulation through filters or digital retouching for example.

 Themes and content are strongly influenced by the geography of Wales and Cornwall. I am inevitably influenced by the similarities between Cornwall and Wales my current home, and see my work reflecting a painterly rather than photographic view of the forms, textures and colours of the landscape.

Lesley has staged two successful solo exhibitions at manorhaus and continues to exhibit some abstract photographs in Oriel 6.

Well Street • Ruthin • Denbighshire • North Wales • LL15 1AH • fax 44 (0)1824 707333  tel   44 (0)1824 704830