Art Exhibition

'Storms' Art Exhibition

  • Art exhibition hung along the wall of the chapel
  • A painting of a boat on the beach hangs on a white wall beside a newspaper model boat
  • Paper boats hang from a broken umbrella in a chapel window
  • Paper boats appear to float on a paper sea
  • Silhouette of crows hang from a broken black umbrella hanging in a window
  • Red light lights the crows of Borth
  • 6 paintings hang on the wall
  • Painting of rough sea in Borth
  • Storm paintings hang next to the storm umbrella
  • Tiny laundry hangs in a broken umberella
  • Paper fish hang from a broken umbrella
  • Tiny laundry hangs in front of a big wave
  • A scene in miniature of a stormy sea in front of the cliffs of Borth
  • Wide angle view of the art exhibition

As part of the ‘Stories of Storms’ project we worked in collaboration with local artist Martine Ormerod and Borth Community Hwb to create visual representations of storms and the turbulence they can create. The art works were created by the Dementia Friendly Group and the Get Together Group for older people. Work from the children at Ysgol Craig yr Wylfa was also on display during the exhibition.

The theme of ‘Storms’ was the starting point for all of the works and led to some inspiring art works, fascinating stories and the sharing of touching memories.

“Both groups are about exploring something new and having a go. Everyone works at their own pace and shares ideas for what we can try next.

Really, it is about getting out the house and being together with a good group of folks, having a good chat, laugh and a cuppa.

We hope you enjoy looking at the exhibition as much as we enjoyed making it”

Martine Ormerod – Artist and Art Therapy Facilitator

About the Exhibition

There are a number of motifs that are repeated throughout the exhibition. There are broken umbrellas, that were found or donated, painted as stormy skies and used as hangers for displays of fish, crows, small paper boats and miniature washing lines. Origami paper boats floating not only beneath an umbrella but also in several scenes of stormy seas. The tiny laundry fluttered gently ever time someone walked past.

The exhibition also plays with scale, creating a number of scenes in miniature enabling the viewer to take a different perspective on the world they are doing. During the creation of some of these pieces conversation arose around how the work can also represent metaphors for the storms of life and the impacts of aging. The making of the exhibition is captured in the images below.

Behind the Scenes

  • Art materials set up on a table ready for a workshop
  • A painting of houses next to a stormy sea takes shape on a table with a cup of tea
  • A person paints black paint on to any umbrella to create a stormy sky.
  • An old umbrella painted with a stormy sea scene
  • One panel of an old umbrella painted with a stormy sea scene
  • An old umbrella painted with a stormy sea scene
  • A paper boat with a picture of a boat on its sale sits in a paper sea.
  • A person's arm holds a paint brush as they paint stormy water on to an old umbrella.
  • White paper boats and white miniature laundry arranged in an up turned umbrella that is painted like a stormy sea
  • Hands peg tiny washing on to tiny washing lines
  • Tiny white clothes dipped in plaster of Paris hang on tiny washing lines to dry.
  • A person's hand holds a paint brush as they paint detail on to a cardboard wave.
  • Paper boats, a small washing line, a small in bath tub and cardboard waves arranged in a scene on a table.
  • A woman arranges the art exhibition
Stories of Storms
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