Moment of Perception

© Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and Nicola Howard-Jones. Image credit: Tenby Museum & Art Gallery

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This painting shows an unidentified landscape, but it is highly likely to be one of the Pembrokeshire islands. Since 1949 Ray had lived in West London but each summer made a pilgrimage to the Pembrokeshire Coast, around St Martin’s Haven and Skomer Island, to write and paint. It is probable that this picture, dated 1967, was undertaken on one such pilgrimage. Within the seclusion of these islands she was inspired by the ever-changing landscape, rich bird life and the craggy rock formations. Ray Howard-Jones was a contemporary of artists such as David Jones, Graham Sutherland and John Piper. She was one of the few women to become an accredited War Artist, recording the coastal defences of South Wales and the D-day preparations around Cardiff Docks.

Tenby Museum & Art Gallery

Tenby

Title

Moment of Perception

Date

1967

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 65.5 x W 91 cm

Accession number

TENBM:2003:0023

Acquisition method

gift, 2002

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Ray

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