New linocuts

Penderyn Church Collage

Its along time since I first visited Penderyn Church and ended up making a large collage of the place based largely on drawings from memory. I decided recently to rework the original image (now on display at the Coliseum Theatre in Aberdare) using collagraph and linocut with collage.

Red Church mono/lino/collagraph/cutout

Each print is a lot smaller than the original but hopefully has some of its character. This one is in red but I have done another in blue. As well as the monoprints there is another smaller reworking of the original as collage

New collage detail

Bwllfa farm painting

Developing ideas, perhaps for future linocut print.

Sketch of Pen y Fan from Dare Valley

Pen y Fan

This is a fairly distant view of the Mountain from near Aberdare. Pencil and watercolour on mountboard. Experimenting with base materials that won't warp. Approx 4 inches x 2 1/2 inches.

Darren y ysgol walls

Sheep folds mixed media

Beautiful old dry stone walls near Dare Valley Country Park, gradually collapsing

Bwllfa Dare

Bwllfa Dare cottages with Farm on left

Mixed media  sketch.

Bwllfa Farm

Bwllfa Farm at Dare Valley Country Park

Plein air sketch of Bwllfa farm from opposite side of valley. Mixed media, wax resist and acrylic ink.

Wind Farm above Bwllfa Dare

This plein air sketch was made a couple of weeks ago. Oil on hardboard approx 7 x 5 inches. Yellow ochre ground (PY 42 pigment).