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A Gap In the Trees

Etching, from the exhibition Darkness and Light at the Bleddfa Centre, Mid Wales July 2021 Drifting down the river a mysterious figure allows his oar to rest in the moving water. His boat is the heather and blackthorn boat sculpture from the exhibition.
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