Tag Archives: Melvyn Williams

Cornflour And Vinyl

I carved a few small vinyl blocks today, based on my field drawings a few years back when I travelled around South Wales with pre-historian Dewi Bowen and film-maker Melvyn Williams. Dewi was researching his book, “Hunting the Wild Megalith“. I used cornflour sprinkled onto the blocks today, to get an idea of the carvingContinue reading “Cornflour And Vinyl”

#StandingStoneSunday

Through 2016 to 2019, I did a large series of drawings of standing stones out in the field, en plein air as we artists call it, across South Wales, which has been described to me as a Neolithic Landscape of the Dead, there are so many ancient tombs. I was accompanied by archaeologist Dewi BowenContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday”

#StandingStoneSunday – Y Garreg Coch

Here’s my mixed media work featuring Y Garreg Coch (the Red Stone), a Neolithic monument in Carmarthenshire. Throughout 2016 I did a large series of drawings of standing stones, en plein air as we artists call it. I was accompanied by archaeologist Dewi Bowen who was researching his new book on Neolithic / Bronze AgeContinue reading “#StandingStoneSunday – Y Garreg Coch”

Private View: In These Stones (new date).

THE PRIVATE VIEW IS NOW ON TUESDAY, JULY 30th AT 7pm. You are very welcome to join the artists at the launch of our exhibition in Aberdare. I spent three years travelling cross South Wales with Rhondda pre-historian Dewi Bowen and Swansea filmmaker Melvyn Williams, drawing and painting Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age stone monuments.Continue reading “Private View: In These Stones (new date).”

A Short Film: Getting Messy With Charcoal.

Here’s a short film that Husb made of one of my adult teaching sessions at GS Artists in Swansea, part of the 9to90 Community Arts programme, originated and organised by the artist Jane Simpson. It’s a 2 hour session edited down to under 2 minutes.

The Name Of The Stone …

I’ve been looking at Google maps recently, exploring the city online and finding interesting nooks and crannies. I knew about this Bronze Age stone in Bon-y-maen, to the North East of the city, and I have even visited and drawn it, but I never really gave much thought to the area around it. The nameContinue reading “The Name Of The Stone …”

From My Archives: Concertina Screenprint

Here’s a screenprinted concertina booklet I made in 2018, 2 years BC (Before Covid) at a weekend workshop with the inspirational Kelly Stewart. I used motifs from my collaborative project with Dewi Bowen and Melvyn Williams, Hunting The Wild Megalith. Kelly will be running another weekend of screenprinting at Swansea Print Workshop at the endContinue reading “From My Archives: Concertina Screenprint”

A Simple Still-Life: A “How To” Film.

Here’s a short (2 minute) “How To” film from a recent session I ran at GS Artists in Swansea, as part of their 9to90 Community Arts programme. It was a simple still-life in acrylic paints. The film shows how I started with a couple of basic drawing techniques and then took a look at some examples of still-life paintings ofContinue reading “A Simple Still-Life: A “How To” Film.”

Charcoal Drawing: A “How To” Film.

Here’s a short “How To” film from a recent drawing session I ran at GS Artists in Swansea, as part of their 9to90 Community Arts programme. We did HUGE charcoal drawings onto big rolls of paper on the wall and the film shows all the mark-making we did. It was MESSY 😀 Here’s the filmContinue reading “Charcoal Drawing: A “How To” Film.”