Church of St Peter, Lampeter, Ceredigion

This was part of my personal tour of the An Tur Gloine/tower of Glass artists’ work in Wales and England.  I wanted to see Geddes’ tree trunks of figures up close, and this window with its monumental saints does not disappoint. It refuses to be ignored, but not for just its own sake- it speaks an old story in a new, highly personal artistic language.

As a glass painter I am always looking at how the artist has used paint as an ingredient within the piece and Geddes has a most intriguing way of layering seemingly insubstantial layers of painting one over the other to create tonal maps that give form and delicacy to her monumental forms.