Cenotaph and Victoria Square, Aberdare

Another attempt of the view towards The Black Lion Hotel that I painted this time last year, this time in acrylic.

St John's Church collage

Another image of St John's Church, Aberdare. Watercolour paint and acrylic ink on watercolour paper. A 'fractured' memory collage.

St John's linocut

A proof of a linocut, again 4"x 4" this time just a single block. Based on a memory drawing of St

John's Church, Aberdare.

St John's Church Collage

Acrylic and printing ink cut outs and background, based on a number of sketches and photographs. On canvas and mounted on hard board.

St Cynogs again

Added to and cropped picture, will put on one side and look at it again in a few weeks time

St Cynogs Church, Penderyn

Right at the top of the Cynon valley, Penderyn Church feels like stepping back in time.

The churchyard is largely encouraged to return to nature and most of the gravestones are gradually being covered in rank grasses while sapling trees are starting to turn parts into woodland. This picture (in progress) is based on a couple of pencil sketches drawn on a wonderful sunny autumn day. I decided to do the collage from memory so there are probably a lot more gravestones than in reality.

Printers Stint

This is the poster for the exhibition at Rhondda Heritage Park. The quality of the work is very high (I am not including myself!) with a wide range of work from South Wales artists. A significant number are members of Swansea Print workshop, that is Sheila Clark, Jackie Ford, Michael Goode, Lesley Lilywhite and Alison Porter. Valerie Ganz is a well established Swansea born artist and the late William Brown lived in Bridgend. Nigel Bowles and Georgina Brownlow are Cardiff based while Alan Atkins is based in nearby Mountain Ash.