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The recent UK Covid Lockdown meant that I no longer saw the mountains of Eryri on a daily basis. I really did miss looking at them from Ynys Môn and assessing the likely weather for the day.


At the same time I was home working for the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee. This included providing advice to Environment Platform Wales on their annual evidence conference. This year the theme is "Resilience in the Welsh Uplands - An Evidence Perspective" https://epwales.org.uk/environment-evidence
The wide ranging interpretation of the conference title has inspired this personal selection of art to provide an artistic perspective on resilience.

20 artworks
Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Nant Ffrancon, Snowdonia c.1979

Enid Chiverton (active 1975–1979)

Oil on board

H 48 x W 59 cm

Williamson Art Gallery & Museum

Farmer Amongst the Rocks
© Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales. Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Farmer Amongst the Rocks 1990–2006

Kyffin Williams (1918–2006)

Oil on canvas

H 60.7 x W 91 cm

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Three Welsh Sheep
Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Three Welsh Sheep c.1835

William Shiels (1783–1857)

Oil on canvas

H 109 x W 73.5 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Gylfinir / Curlew
© estate of C. F. Tunnicliffe, OBE, RA. Image credit: Oriel Môn

Gylfinir / Curlew 1935–1939

Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe (1901–1979)

Pensil, inc, dyfrlliw a gouache ar bapur / pencil, ink, watercolour & gouache on paper

H 47 x W 59 cm

Oriel Môn

View from a Railway Carriage; Snowdonia from the Cob
© the artist. Image credit: Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

View from a Railway Carriage; Snowdonia from the Cob

Anna Todd (b.1964)

Acrylic on board

H 109 x W 168 cm

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Llanberis Pass, North Wales
© the copyright holder. Image credit: City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection

Llanberis Pass, North Wales

Will Evans (1888–1957)

Oil on canvas

H 61.2 x W 66 cm

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Bethesda Quarry
© estate of Peter Prendergast. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Tate

Bethesda Quarry 1980–81

Peter Prendergast (1946–2007)

Oil on board

H 167.1 x W 192.8 cm

Tate

Parys Mountain
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Parys Mountain 1970 (?)

Karel Lek (1929–2020)

Oil on canvas

H 50 x W 75.6 cm

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Aberfan
© the artist's estate. Image credit: National Coal Mining Museum for England

Aberfan

Dorothie Field (1915–1994)

Oil on board

H 63 x W 106 cm

National Coal Mining Museum for England

Self Portrait on Garnedd Dafydd
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Self Portrait on Garnedd Dafydd 1938

Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971)

Oil on canvas

H 30.4 x W 30.4 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

The Red Dress
Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

The Red Dress 1917

Christopher Williams (1873–1934)

Oil on millboard

H 53.2 x W 63.2 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Arenig
Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Arenig c.1911–1912

James Dickson Innes (1887–1914)

Oil on panel

H 23 x W 33 cm

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

Coal and Snow, First Impressions of a Welsh Valley: Abertillery
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Coal and Snow, First Impressions of a Welsh Valley: Abertillery 1960s–1980s

Barbara Mary Russon (1930–2007)

Oil on canvas

H 117.9 x W 50.5 cm

Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Cofeb Tryweryn
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Cofeb Tryweryn c.1980

John Meirion Morris (1936–2020)

Bronze & slate

H 79 x W 51 x D 23 cm

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

In the Valley No. 5
© the artist's estate. Image credit: University of South Wales Art Collection Museum

In the Valley No. 5 c.1962–1963

Ernest Zobole (1927–1999)

Oil on hardboard

H 183 x W 122 cm

University of South Wales Art Collection Museum

Slate Quarry near Llangollen, Wales
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Grosvenor Museum

Slate Quarry near Llangollen, Wales 1998

John Kavanagh (1943–1998)

Oil on board

H 54.5 x W 38 cm

Grosvenor Museum

The Trout
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

The Trout 1970

Delia Portsmouth (b.c.1916)

Oil on board

H 23.7 x W 39.4 cm

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales

Llyn Idwal, Snowdonia
Image credit: University of Dundee Fine Art Collections

Llyn Idwal, Snowdonia 1871

Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923)

Oil on panel

H 38 x W 59 cm

University of Dundee Fine Art Collections

Afon Honddu Fach
© trustees of the David Jones estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Royal Watercolour Society

Afon Honddu Fach 1926

David Jones (1895–1974)

Watercolour on paper

H 58 x W 41 cm

Royal Watercolour Society

Evan Roberts (1909–1991)
© Oriel Ynys Môn. Image credit: Oriel Môn

Evan Roberts (1909–1991) 1990

Kyffin Williams (1918–2006)

Olew ar gynfas / oil on canvas

H 72 x W 72 cm

Oriel Môn