Keith Bowen

BIOGRAPHY Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for Fine Art 1986. Portrait Awards National Portrait Gallery, London 1982 & 1986. Wales Portrait Awards 2006 & 2008. Selected Solo Exhibitions: Royal Cambrian Academy 2005 & 2010. National Library of Wales 2005. Oriel Tegfryn, Menai Bridge 1992, 2013, 2017. Books: Snowdon Shepherd 1991 (new edition 2009). Among the Amish 1996/ Ivver Sen 2008. Royal Mail Stamps: Welsh Bible 1988, Wintertime 1992.

Karen Pearce

BIOGRAPHY I’m an Aberystwyth based painter who has exhibited my work widely in Wales and England since 1987.  I established a reputation early on in my career, with the publication and worldwide distribution of my semi-abstract floral work, as posters for The Art Group, Ikea and Habitat in the 1990’s. I undertook  formal art training at Aberystwyth University in 1998, completing a BA (1st class hons) and an MA in Fine Art (2003).  I have been represented locally by OrielRead More→

John Rowlands

BIOGRAPHY I’m originally from Llanrhystud, Ceredigion and was educated in Aberystwyth. I studied Art in Cardiff, Bristol and Trinity College, Carmarthen before working as an Art teacher in Buxton, Ystradgynlais and Aberystwyth and subsequently became the Art Education Officer in the National Museum, Cardiff.  I won the crown in Pontrhydfendigaid Eisteddfod 1986 and  published two volumes with Lolfa Press – ANNWYL ARHOLWR and ABER. My home is now  in Tremadog, Gwynedd. My work has developed from landscape inspired semi-abstracts toRead More→

Jan Gay

BIOGRAPHY My inspiration to paint has often started in Wales. ‘Snowdon Horseshoe’ was a painting that I developed from a sketch one very overcast afternoon just before the Heaven’s opened! And ‘View from Grace’s window’ was indeed my daughter’s lovely view of Aberystwyth pier! She is lucky enough to live in Aberystwyth and introduced me to Oriel y Bont.  Currently I am looking forward to developing some paintings of the Mawddach estuary. I have always felt that observation underpins everythingRead More→

Ian Phillips

BIOGRAPHY My printing process today starts, as it’s always done with a walk and a sketchbook. Following lonely trails over empty hills, through twisting forests tracks, or along cliff side paths looking for colour, pattern and texture. I’m looking for fully complete compositions out in the landscape. All I have to do is find the right place to stand, the right direction to look and start drawing. Once back in the studio the work consists of scaling up the imageRead More→

Gareth Parry

BIOGRAPHY I was born in Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1951 and left my native north Wales in the 1960s to study at the Manchester College of Art.  I quickly returned home and worked in the slate quarry for a few years before picking up the professional paint brush to work on varied work to include portraits and still life. In the early years, the majority of my work was sourced by private commissions; however, in 1980  I changed direction and choseRead More→

Gareth Lloyd-Hughes

BIOGRAPHY I was born and raised in Maentwrog, near Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1952. The village was surrounded by woodland and forest steeped in Welsh history and legend. Those early years walking in the woods and exploring the landscape have stayed with me to this day. Painting has always been part of my life and I have exhibited at various galleries and venues but after retiring from the National Library of Wales in 2010 I have been able to dedicate mostRead More→

Elizabeth Haines

BIOGRAPHY Many of my paintings are based on the Preseli, where I’ve lived for 50 years. They may evolve from studies of a particular place – my sketchbooks are full of drawings of the landscape both at home and abroad, as well as anything else which seizes my attention. My subjects evolve from things which I have seen and contemplated: sometimes I start again on top of a discarded image, some of which may be retained as a kind ofRead More→

Charlotte Baxter

BIOGRAPHY Conveying a sense of movement and life is particularly important to me and is one of the reasons I am drawn to the coast. The tides, weather and waves provides an ever changing subject matter and I enjoy the challenges of trying to capture these fleeting moments in this beautiful landscape. I work primarily with lino and woodcut as I enjoy the possibilities and the challenges I encounter whilst working with this method – most notably the unpredictable resultsRead More→

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