Hello, I’m Gwyneth. I am a visual artist, Tarot reader, & writer, and I am fascinated by stories.
Background
The creation, interpretation and sharing of stories has been a key part of my life for as long as I can remember. From the early days of reading fantasy literature and writing my own tales, I progressed through undergraduate studies in English & Modern Languages and postgraduate training in Librarianship, to achieve a Master’s degree in Science Fiction & Fantasy, which included not only critical theory but also a creative writing element.
The Covid pandemic brought a huge sea-change: I fell out of love with writing for a while, discovered a passion for visual art – specifically digital photography and collage – and subsequently completed the intensive Artist Development Programme offered by Nimble (then Hastings) Art School. The pandemic also saw me begin to read Tarot for myself, captivated by the narratives we can weave from the imagery on the cards; I am now working on bringing this service to others. In a ‘past era’, I also regularly acted in amateur dramatics productions and hosted various community radio shows.
So stories, whether written, visual, oral or performed, are, frankly, my lifeblood. And on this website you will find information about the various ways I bring them forth, give them shape, and send them out into the world to work their magic.
Art
I am an artist working with photography and digital collage in both natural and urban landscapes, and I seek to unearth stories of the human and more-than-human worlds. I explore how we interact with our environment and how it speaks to us: can we learn to perceive deeper qualities within it that might initially escape our attention?
Tarot
Supporting my art is a spiritual practice including Tarot, Kundalini yoga and the study of other esoteric domains. The imagery and symbolism in Tarot can help us navigate our own lives and create our own futures, and I am now looking to bring this service to others: to help you tune in to your intuition and reconnect with the world around you.
Find out more about my Tarot practice
Words
My writing history is eclectic, including speculative fiction, theatre and literary humour; my reading tastes incline to the fantastical. I am currently intrigued by the different ways words and images ‘speak’ to us, for example in my experiments with found poetry. I also contribute to a book podcast, and write a newsletter and blog/journal.