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.
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 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 c.1835
William Shiels (1783–1857)
Oil on canvas
H 109 x W 73.5 cm
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales
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
Anna Todd (b.1964)
Acrylic on board
H 109 x W 168 cm
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Will Evans (1888–1957)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 66 cm
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
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
Dorothie Field (1915–1994)
Oil on board
H 63 x W 106 cm
National Coal Mining Museum for England
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 1917
Christopher Williams (1873–1934)
Oil on millboard
H 53.2 x W 63.2 cm
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 1960s–1980s
Barbara Mary Russon (1930–2007)
Oil on canvas
H 117.9 x W 50.5 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
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 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 1998
John Kavanagh (1943–1998)
Oil on board
H 54.5 x W 38 cm
Grosvenor Museum
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
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831–1923)
Oil on panel
H 38 x W 59 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
Afon Honddu Fach 1926
David Jones (1895–1974)
Watercolour on paper
H 58 x W 41 cm
Royal Watercolour Society
Kyffin Williams (1918–2006)
Olew ar gynfas / oil on canvas
H 72 x W 72 cm
Oriel Môn