Working as a Police Officer in South Wales and in particular Cardiff Bay has given Ian a real insight into the stories of tough hard-working people, who grew up through hardship and difficult times.
Today, Ian tells of these stories through his artwork of a prosperous period of Welsh history, starting in the 1890’s when Cardiff Bay was seen as the most successful dockland in the world, exporting coal from the South Wales valleys to countries afar. The Third Marquis of Bute who owned the docks, become the richest man in the world, and the first million-pound cheque was written in Cardiff Bay.
However, with such fortune came a darker side to life. Gritty determined hardworking miners died young, sailors left and never came back, and the unscrupulous preyed on the poor. Times were difficult, work was hard, but life was certainly vibrant and never stood still.
These paintings are the first of a series of artwork telling the stories of Wales, South Wales and in particular Cardiff Bay in a way that has not been told before.
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