THE EARTH’S OWN LIFE
GeoMôn UNESCO Global Geopark was pleased to host an exhibition of new work entitled The Earth’s Own Life by Judith Noble inspired by the lives and work of geologists Edward and Annie Greenly from July 9th – July 26th 2026 at GeoMôn, The Watch House, Porth Amlwch.
Over the last five years, artist Judith Noble has created a body of work inspired by pioneer geologists Edward (1861 – 1951) and Annie (1852 – 1927) Greenly and their mapping of the geology of Ynys Môn.
All these works have been made at one site; a rock outcrop on the beach at Rhosneigr that Edward Greenly drew and which featured in in his major work, The Geology of Anglesey. Inspiration is drawn from Greenly’s drawings, as well as from repeated observations of the site throughout the changing seasons and tidal conditions. The works include saltwater prints, textile pieces, image and text, handmade books, and found and scavenged objects. Together they map the unceasing processes of change, primarily the actions of water, wind and sand at the site and on the works themselves.
“… the Anglesey we see today is not a final term. It is but one more passing phase. The same unresting and resistless forces which brought it into being are, even while we gaze upon it, sweeping it away; and a time is, geologically speaking, not far distant, when it will have disappeared as utterly as have the vanished lands and seas whose place it occupies.” (Edward Greenly, A Short Summary of the Geology of Anglesey, 1922).
