FFIN Y PARC COUNTRY HOUSE & GALLERY
Estynnir gwahoddiad i chi a’ch gwestai i AGORIAD ARDDANGOSFA Dydd Sul 29ain Fai, 2 - 5 y.p.
Stephen John Owen James Guy Eccleston Gilly Thomas RCA You and your guests are invited to a PRIVATE VIEW Sunday 29th May, 2 - 5 p.m. 29.05.16 - 22.06.16
All works can be purchased on receipt of this invite and can be viewed on our website www.welshart.net
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Front Cover Image: Stephen John Owen - Y Lon o Nebo - Mixed Media on Canvas, 40x40cm Left Image: James Guy Eccleston - Benjamin - Oil on Board, 20x20cm
Stephen John Owen - Tyunos - Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x25cm
STEPHEN JOHN OWEN Ar ol ei sioe llwyddianus iawn llynedd, mae’n bleser cael casgliad o waith newydd gan Stephen.Fe’i aned yng Nghaernarfon ym 1959, ac erbyn hyn mae’n byw yn Groeslon. Ei destun yw’r tirwedd a’r cynefin gwledig sydd wedi ei ffurfio a’i ddylanwadu. Mae e’n paentio gydag uniongyrchedd a didwylledd sy’n mynegi’n glir ei gysylltiad a’i hoffter ddiffuant o’i destun. Mae’r modd penodol y mae’n cyfyngu ei balet i awgrymu ac i ddal y golau a’r tywydd, siapau a ffurfiau’r pensaerniaeth a’r tirwedd, yn gyfarwydd ond yn ddeheuig. Mae e’n rhoi iddynt hoen ac egni. Mae ganddo’r gallu i goethi’r hyn y mae’n ei weld, a’i symleiddio er mwyn datgelu ei hanfodion, ei chraidd, ei enaid.
After his sell-out show last year, we are pleased to have a collection of new works by Stephen. He was born in Caernarfon in 1959, and now lives in Groeslon. His subject is the landscape and the rural environment that made him. He paints with an immediacy and openness that clearly articulates his sincere love for and connection with his subject. The colours and the specific tone of the light and the weather, and the shapes and forms of the architecture and the landscape are familiar and deftly caught. He gives them freshness and vitality. He is able to refine what he sees, simplifying it in order to reveal its essence, its core, its spirit.
Stephen John Owen - Wind from the North - Mixed Media on Canvas, 60x50cm
Stephen John Owen
Stephen John Owen Slate Fence, Deiniolen Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x25cm
Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x20cm
Stephen John Owen Ty Nain Mixed Media on Canvas, 30x25cm
Stephen John Owen Terraced Houses, Groeslon Mixed Media on Canvas, 50x40cm
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Stephen John Owen - Low Tide, Porth Cwyfan - Mixed Media on Canvas, 60x50cm
James Guy Eccleston - Douglas - Oil on Board, 61x51cm
JAMES GUY ECCLESTON Ar gyfer ei sioe newydd yma yn Ffin y Parc, mae James wedi gwneud casgliad o bortreadau, gan gymryd ei ysbrydolaeth o artistiaid mor amryfath a Velasquez a Paula Rego. Mae e’n trin ei destunau diymhongar gyda’r un urddas a difrifwch sy’n addas i Frenin, neu’r Forwyn! Mae’r gwaith wastad wedi’i gyfansoddi’n drwyadl a’i baentio’n ardderchog, er y tro yma mae e’n chwarae ychydig – yn tynhau neu’n ymlacio’i waith-brwsh dros y cynfas, er mwyn tynnu ac arwain ein sylw. Mae e’n ein ffocysu i mewn ar fanylion penodol, gan rhoi fflach o fywyd a drama i’w fodelau. Mae dewis James o’i destunau a’u triniaeth, yn gadael i ni fwynhau ei sgiliau ac i gymryd rhan yn ei ymchwiliad i ystyr a gwerth y weithred o baentio. Ganed James ym 1972, a cafodd ei hyfforddi yng Ngholeg Bourneville a Prifysgol Wolverhampton. Astudiodd gyda R O Lenkiewicz am wyth mlynedd.
For his new show here at Ffin y Parc, James has made a collection of portraits, taking his cue from artists as diverse as Velasquez and Paula Rego. He treats his unassuming subjects with the same dignity and seriousness as one would a Monarch or Madonna! The work is always meticulously composed and beautifully painted, though here he is playing – tightening and loosening his brushstrokes over the painting, to lure and pull our attention. He focuses us in on particular details, giving the sitters a spark of life and drama. James’s choice of subject and approach allows us to both revel in his skill and to participate in his exploration of the meaning and value of painting itself. James was born in 1972, and trained at Bourneville College and Wolverhampton University. He studied under R O Lenkiewicz for eight years.
James Guy Eccleston - Stripey Woolen Jumper - Oil on Board, 51x61cm
James Guy Eccleston The Flying Lesson - Oil on Board, 46x38cm
James Guy Eccleston Marcello - Oil on Board, 30x30cm
James Guy Eccleston Lukas - Oil on Board, 20x20cm
James Guy Eccleston Dylan - Oil on Board, 30x30cm
James Guy Eccleston - The Secret - Oil on Board, 51x61cm
Gilly Thomas - Amor Fati 2, Acrylic and Oil on Panel, 75x75cm
GILLY THOMAS RCA Yn ei chasgliad newydd i ni yma yn Ffin y Parc, mae mordaith Gilly yn parhau. Mae’r dyfroedd yn ddwfn ac yn eang. Mae’r storm yn dod. Mae hi’n gallu achub negeseuon amhosib, diflanedig o ymylon ac atseiniau breuddwydion a’u dal yn glir ac yn sad yn eu holl amwysedd a hurtrwydd. Mae’r cysgodion hir, tywyll a’r persbectifau hirgul yn perthyn i’r tirwedd mewnol, byd dirgel ond cyfarwydd y meddwl. Lle preifat ydyw wedi’i amgau gan banig a phryder. Mae’r artist yn gwylio wrth arbrofi ar ei hunan, yn chwilfrydig ac yn glwyfus. Yn berchen ar llygad craff disyflyd a deallusrwydd sylwgar ffyrnig sy’n fendith ac yn felltith ar yr un pryd. Mae hi mewn artaith o eironi. Yn dawnsio ac yn gwingo’n gydamserol yng ngorfoledd a phoen bod yma. Yn rhan o’r holl beth, yn trysori pob eiliad ingol. Mae Gilly yn byw ac yn gweithio yn Llandegai, ger bangor. Fe’i hetholwyd yn aelod o’r Academi Frenhinol Gymreig yn 2008.
In her new collection for us here at Ffin y Parc, Gilly continues her voyage. The waters are deep and wide. There are storms ahead. She is able to rescue fleeting, impossible messages from the edges and echoes of dreams, and hold them clear and steady in all their ambiguity and absurdity. The long, deep shadows and elongated perspectives belong to an internal landscape, a hidden though familiar world of the mind. It is a private place beset with darkness and panic. The artist watches as she experiments on herself, curious and wounded. At once blessed and cursed with a keen unflinching eye and a fierce observant intelligence. She is left writhing in irony. Simultaneously dancing with the joy and reeling from the pain of being here. Being in it, treasuring every agonising minute… Gilly lives and works in Llandegai, near Bangor. She was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2008.
Gilly Thomas - Whispering Bird - Acrylic and Oil on Panel, 40x40cm
Gilly Thomas - Eureka! Acrylic, 46x54cm
Gilly Thomas - Falling into the Room 2 Acrylic,40x50cm
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Gilly Thomas - Moon Dance - Acrylic, 40x40cm
COUNTRY HOUSE & GALLERY
Open Wed - Sat (10am - 5pm) Sun (11am - 5pm) How to find us: Ffin y Parc is located 1 mile on the left on the outskirts of Llanrwst heading in the direction of Betws y Coed on the A470. Ffin y Parc, Betws Road, Llanrwst, Conwy, LL26 0PT Ff么n/Tel: 01492 642070
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Gilly Thomas - Reaching for the Angel - Acrylic, 70x90cm
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