‘Colour Connections’ brings together two artists who are engaged with colour. This exhibition is the culmination of a continual dialogue over several years, and has led to a recent focused production time of new work and collaboration resulting from each artist’s similar as well as different perspectives of colour. Both artists use different methods and material to achieve strong and vibrant colour. The colour saturation and use of complementary are similar.

In terms of previous practice, both artists have searched for greater clarity in objective and subjective contexts, and both artists have developed parallel portfolios at different locations in Wales, Europe and global locations. In order to develop an understanding of and critically respond to each other’s creative methods, Smith and Hedley have made a series of paintings in their respective studios whilst maintaining a close critical dialogue that in turn has fed back to this joint exhibition.