Rhian Hicks

Rhian Hicks
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Rhian Hicks
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Rhian Hicks ProfileRhian Hicks Statement

One day, if you visit Cambrian's head office - provided the Welsh weather isn't living down to its reputation, take a lunchtime stroll beside the river.Chances are, you'll spot Rhian Hicks, her flowing hair stuffed into a hard hat, hammering fossil treasures from the Usk Silurian Inlier.

'I'm an avid fossil collector.Geology is definitely a passion for me.'

In fact, the natural world as a whole is her passion.Rhian has a BSc (Hons) in Geology and Biology from the University of Glamorgan.She's also a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a member of the Paleontological Society, a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London and a member of the Cardiff Naturalist Society.
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Rhian is also the mastermind behind INTOTOÔ, Cambrian's brand new geological reporting database.

'The development process involved in databases is actually quite creative and requires a lot of lateral thinking.For example, INTOTOÔ was born as a result of a direct challenge from a client with data from 200 wells.Time was at a premium and he wanted to be able to enter data once and use it many times on different reports and the final well report, without reformatting - and to share the information with all partners.Now there's a challenge!'

Drawing on Experience

But whatever the satisfaction of penetrating the mysteries of software, Rhian gives the distinct impression that she's also looking for bigger, more tangible adventures.
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With her quick intellect, curiosity and careful attention to detail, you might say that Rhian is quite a deep person.Sometimes she's very, very deep - underground.

Rhian Hicks

Rhian Hicks is an accomplished illustrator and painter

She says that she can't remember a time she wasn't painting and drawing having learned many of her initial skills at her grandmothers table.Her "Nan" being an accomplished painter in oils in her own right.

Rhian's skills were further developed through "O" and "A" level Art classes before she decided to follow a scientific career at university level following her other love geology.During this time Rhian developed a love for caving being a member of the University of Glamorgan Caving Club.

Following her time at University, she joined the Morgannwg Caving Club based in Cardiff and with them explored a large number of caves including Ogof Draenen which she was involved in discovering and exploring.It was during this time that Rhian once again found time for art and her interest in cave art was kindled.
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Rhian has a BSc (Hons) in Geology and Biology from the University of Glamorgan.She's also a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a member of the Paleontological Society, a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London and a member of the Cardiff Naturalist Society.

Rhian has been an active member of ISSA for many years and has attended most of their events including the trip to Matienzo.She has exhibited with them in most of their recent venues including Wells Museum & Kents Cavern.She was one of the featured ISSA Artists on the Radio4 programme Paint it Black

You can see more of Rhians work on her website www.carreg.org.uk

Rhian Hicks

Rhian Hicks is an accomplished illustrator and painter

She says that she can't remember a time she wasn't painting and drawing having learned many of her initial skills at her grandmothers table.Her "Nan" being an accomplished painter in oils in her own right.

Rhian's skills were further developed through "O" and "A" level Art classes before she decided to follow a scientific career at university level following her other love geology.During this time Rhian developed a love for caving being a member of the University of Glamorgan Caving Club.

Following her time at University, she joined the Morgannwg Caving Club based in Cardiff and with them explored a large number of caves including Ogof Draenen which she was involved in discovering and exploring.It was during this time that Rhian once again found time for art and her interest in cave art was kindled.
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Rhian has a BSc (Hons) in Geology and Biology from the University of Glamorgan.She's also a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a member of the Paleontological Society, a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London and a member of the Cardiff Naturalist Society.

Rhian has been an active member of ISSA for many years and has attended most of their events including the trip to Matienzo.She has exhibited with them in most of their recent venues including Wells Museum & Kents Cavern.She was one of the featured ISSA Artists on the Radio4 programme Paint it Black