I find portraits are a great discipline. They require focus, insight and accuracy to get right. This is a selection. I have used various media. I am currently working on a series of portraits of prominent and eminent people in Wales. The first completed portraits are now in the collection at The National Library of Wales.
The Pantomime Dame. Ioan Guile as Nanny Myfanwy in the annual Aberystwyth Panto 2019. Acrylic on canvas - now at the Ceredigion Museum
‘Elvis’ created in sand in the shape of an hour-glass. Even the fame of even the greatest celebrities will run their course in time
Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams seen reading R S Thomas’s poetry before giving a lecture about the poet. Charcoal on paper. National Library of Wales
‘Carys at 19’ a portrait in acrylic of my granddaughter given to her for her 20th birthday
A self-portrait painted in acrylic on canvas in 2020 after a diagnosis of Bell’s Palsy which paralysed half of my face
Sue Jones-Davies whose most famous role during her acting career was as Judith Iscariot in Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’. National Library of Wales
The Welsh medieval scholar Daniel Huws. Portrait in acrylic on canvas and now at the National Library of Wales
David Smith, Paralympic gold medallist. Acrylic on canvas. Now at Swansea Leisure and Sports Centre
Gerald Williams, the nephew of the celebrated Welsh poet Hedd Wyn who conserved the poet’s farm-house home and Eisteddfod poet’s chair as a memorial museum to his uncle. National Library of Wales
Mother Mary an Orthodox solitary who lives on Unst, Shetland
I do not know this gentleman’s name. He used to be seen carrying his worldly belongings around the lanes around Aberystwyth. I spotted him sitting alone in a shop in the town and drew this picture of him in charcoal when I got home