I was excited to get a telephone call earlier in the week to say that I had won second prize in the North Wales Open at Clywd Theatr Cymru, Mold. I went along today to meet the other prize-winners and receive a cheque for £500. The exhibition is held every summer and is open to artists living in Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd and Anglesey. I had entered two pieces and the one below is the piece that was awarded the prize. I made a cut paper stencil of rooks in flight and combined this with impressions of feathers printed directly onto layers of almost transparent Japanese paper. The exhibition is on until 24th August.

'There are rooks flying, blowing in the wind' 2017