Swimming in Snowdonia is something that will crusade a shiver even thinking about it.

Simply merely imagine doing and then naked, even in the depths of winter.

Fine artist Natasha Brooks swims year circular in the common cold mountain lakes.

Her love of the fresh water coupled with her talent as an artist and lensman inspired her to make a brusk picture, chosen "Blue Hue".

The 36-year-old mum of ii, who works as a gardener on Anglesey, has since been nominated and won a series of awards for the film, which was selected for the Canadian Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour.

Natasha is a member of the Outdoor Swimming Society and has written, produced and edited her motion picture.

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In it, she describes the sense of freedom pond in the pure, common cold water gives her.

"There has been an amazing reaction," said Natasha.

"Essentially I am a fine artist and this was my outset attempt at making a film. I had this ridiculous idea of filming, editing and existence in it and so I could accept complete control."

In the film Natasha explains her affinity with the blue depths of the lakes.

"The mountains continually seep and trickle, stand anywhere and listen and you lot will hear information technology. For me I'm attracted tot he lakes where this collects. I'm a swimmer but I don't come up up here to train, I come up here to feel the water and all that goes with it.

"I like to experience the elements on my peel; exist connected to the seasonal changes. Information technology'southward nourishing. Only information technology's more than that. The water in these lakes offers a whole unlike earth."

Whilst recently studying a B.A in Fine Fine art at Bangor, Natasha increasingly came to employ video and photography every bit means of her expression, although still classes herself every bit a mixed media artist.

Natasha at Llyn Glaslyn

"From above they [the lakes] often expect uninviting and in the winter it is somewhat of mental claiming to make it. Only in one case you lot've seen what lies beneath the surface you end upward returning once again and again.

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"The sensation of that cold on every part of your body eclipses all thoughts. Y'all leave everything behind, and it offers you the space to truly appreciate the moment.

"Some people find it strange that I like to swim naked, but to me it makes no sense to put anything between my skin and that water.

Natasha at Llyn Idwal

"People come up into the mountains to have space and solitude away from the decorated world and for me, as I peel away the apparel, I feel freer and freer. Mayhap it is foreign, but all I know is that I've always washed it and I always will do. Information technology feels pure and natural and right," she said.

Too as being included in the Banff Mountain Motion-picture show Festival, where a choice of the best films proceed tour internationally, Blue Hue was winner of our Women in Mountain Adventure film contest 2022 and the Spirit Of Run a risk film award, at the Llanberis Adventure and Mount Film Festival.

"I've always swum. I used to swim train for three hours every morning time when I was in my twenties, and and then I had children and things got busy. I haven't swum competitively since and then. At present I just swim for pleasance and to be in those places, and often with my children."

"Swimming Snowdonia is incredible because there are so many lakes, and each is unlike, whether information technology's a different temperature and depth or clearness and colour."

Only despite her creativity Natasha was worried that she would be criticised for pond naked.

Llyn Cwm Silyn

"I prepared myself for internet abuse, like, '"why is that woman getting her kit off", but the response has been actually positive."

To see more of Natasha's, photographs and artwork, visit her website or follow her on Facebook or instagram.