About Gwen
Working primarily in acrylic, Gwen values the tactile, sensual qualities of the medium. She begins outdoors, sketching quick marks and impressions that hold the first spark of feeling. Back in her home studio, these remembered landscapes evolve into layered, atmospheric works — paintings that retain the immediacy of those initial gestures while moving through an almost unconscious, intuitive process.
Her work reflects a deep connection to place, memory, and the quiet rhythms of the natural world.
“ As an artist, I’m always searching for something just beyond words. I paint from landscapes held in memory, trusting paint to express what language cannot.”
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At Home in the Landscape
Gwen Owen is an artist shaped by the dramatic coastal landscapes of North West Wales and the quiet rhythms of her farming upbringing near Criccieth. The open fields, shifting weather, and steady presence of animals continue to inspire her paintings of horses, hares, and shoreline scenes — works that hold both the rawness of nature and the softness of memory.
She studied Fine Art at the University of Glyndŵr in North Wales, a formative chapter that expanded her creative language and encouraged experimentation in scale, technique, and material. Today, Gwen works from home and at shared studio at Stiwdio Gwennel at Parc Glynllifon, where she is part of a vibrant community of makers and artists. Her practice continues to evolve through independent exploration, regular sketching trips to the coast, and ongoing exhibitions across the region.
Working primarily in acrylic, Gwen is drawn to the tactile, sensual qualities of paint. Her process often begins outdoors—capturing fleeting gestures, weather impressions, and emotional responses in her sketchbooks—before developing these marks into layered, atmospheric paintings on prepared canvases. Memory, nostalgia, and dreamlike recollection guide her hand, resulting in calm, fluid compositions where horses, tides, and landscapes dissolve into sensation rather than strict representation.
“My work explores the places where sea, land, and living creatures blur into memory. Through soft, atmospheric colour and fluid brushwork, I translate tides, weather, and movement She studied Fine Art at the University of Glyndŵr, a formative period that broadened her creative language and encouraged experimentation. Today, Gwen works from her home studio and Stiwdio Gwennel at Parc Glynllifon, developing her practice through regular sketching trips to the coast and ongoing exhibitions across the region.
Working primarily in acrylic, Gwen begins outdoors, capturing fleeting gestures and weather impressions in her sketchbooks. Back in the studio, these marks evolve into layered, atmospheric paintings guided by memory and intuition — calm, fluid compositions where horses, tides, and landscapes dissolve into sensation rather than strict representation.
Her paintings offer stillness within movement, inviting viewers into the wild, elemental places she calls home.
