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Article: Peak performer who seeks inspiration at the rock face; SHELLEY HOCKNELL: 'Both climbing and painting require absolute absorption'.(Arts)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2002
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Byline: HANNAH JONES Arts and Media Editor
HUNDREDS of feet above the earth, Shelley Hocknell finally breathes a sigh of relief.
It's an eager breath, the kind she works towards on the slow but deliberate path to the pinnacle of her journey.
There, closer to any systematic belief in the glory of heaven as opposed to the solidity of earth, the artist finds her feet.
But it's when she first meets the rugged splendour of a mountain's body, cold, stiff and stubborn, that ...