Jude Rogers is a local artist, born and raised in South Herefordshire where she still lives.

‘I am someone who has discovered my talent and love for painting portraits in 2018. That year, in August, I had my right arm amputated after 13 years of having limited mobility and extensive metal prosthetics in my right arm. I was right-handed. As a
means of recuperation and physiotherapy I started to paint with a dear friend of mine. I had only painted a handful of pictures in my teens and then of course it was with my right arm 40 years ago. The landscapes I have painted have been of local scenes, some of them are the view from my home where I can see the Golden Valley and the Black Mountains every day.’

Jude specialises in commissioned pet portraits and landscapes.

Gemma Crowther, originally from Bristol, now calls neighbouring Ewyas Harold home. Commenting on this being her first exhibition of her extensive images of the local landscape and wildlife, Gemma adds: “This exhibition and its process feels deeply human. The C.A.R.E. team’s involvement has quietly reaffirmed everything this exhibition is meant to stand for: connection, collaboration, presence, and the gentle slowing down that brings all those threads together.

My photography exhibition is an invitation to pause, to reflect, to question where we are and how we’re showing up. We live in a culture that celebrates doing, achieving and becoming- constant motion that leaves little room to simply be. Nature asks nothing of us. It does not demand progress or perfection -only presence. I hope my work sparks conversations, introspection, and maybe even a little stillness.”