Artist Submissions – Richard Wells

After The Storm

This was taken in the summer of 2020, it was a period between lock-downs and we took a trip to the beach. It had been raining all day but then there was a break in the storm and out of the drizzle I spotted a lone figure walking his dog.

Adrift

Spring 2022 – This image of birds resting on the water didn’t come out as intended, its underexposed but i like it, the graininess of the image adds a nice atmosphere.

Fortitude

August 2022 – You could hardly tell there had been a pandemic by this point. people had given up on masks, social distancing and were resuming life as normal. this was a summers day but a sea fret had drifted in and people continued with their picnics in the mist. There’s a surrealism and humour to this image but its also characteristic of the British mentality to not let the weather ruin your day.

Derealisation

June 2021 – I was really unwell at the point that this photo was taken, a week later I hit crisis point. At this stage I was experiencing severe anxiety and dissociating. I took a walk in the rain through the local fields to try and ground myself, i ended up drenched and covered in grass seeds and this is one of my favourite photo’s from that walk.