Pembroke artist Fiona Miller will exhibit her work at the Joanna Field Gallery at the Torch Theatre this February. Born in Cwmbran, but very well-travelled since a newborn, Fiona’s exhibition called ‘Phoenix Rising’ is the rebirth of her creative spirit and her homecoming to Wales.

Visitors to the exhibition will be in for a visual feast with abstract artwork – acrylic on canvas - quirky photographic prints, writing and even some curated notes. Fiona says - “I love being guided through the inspirations, feelings and use of colours for each piece.”

The fourth daughter of entrepreneurial parents; Fiona’s parents inspired her creativity. Her father (George McCoach) was a chartered quantity surveyor and was ‘headhunted’ by a Sheikh in the early 60s to leave the UK and travel, with his young family, to the unknown - the Middle East!

She said: “My dad was essentially a creative and skilled ‘hobby’ artist and he is probably where I get my inherited creative streak from. I sadly lost my dad when I was 15 years old, but I was also inspired by watching my mum’s exquisite interior design skills and innate ability to work with colours, in an amateur way. She always knew if something wasn’t quite right visually and would move things even slightly to make it look better when she was putting our many homes together in different countries. I have inherited this ‘artist’s eye’ and will not usually settle until I have straightened that picture or rearranged the flowers to sit better in a vase!”

Self-taught, Fiona’s work concentrates on abstract artwork in painting and incredibly detailed photographic prints; a study in juxtaposition. She recently had an exhibition in Eastbourne, East Sussex, before moving to Wales in April last year. The exhibition at the Torch will be her first in Wales.

“It feels incredibly scary, challenging and exciting in equal measure.”

Fiona is setting up art workshops from the beginning of February and will be taking abstract acrylic art to everyone who wants to give it a go.

“Acrylic painting is so much fun and very forgiving - a great opportunity to have some fun with art!”.

Fiona is a qualified APCCA - Art as a Person-Centred Therapy - Practitioner and an NLP - Neurolinguistic Programming - Practitioner.

Phoenix Rising will open on Saturday 3 February until Thursday, February 28 during Torch Theatre opening times. Further information can be found by visiting torchtheatre.co.uk .