Ar Ben y Byd (On Top of the World)
Limited Edition A1 1/30
The first of this A1 Limited Edition was bought recently by my fantastic Welsh teacher and true friend, Ann Corkett from Bangor. Ann and her husband, eminent lexicographer Dr Bruce Griffiths are the translators for all of my art books, meaning she is intimately acquainted with all of my images. It is therefore even more satisfying that this print has been carefully considered as one of her personal favourites from all of my work.
"ON CLOUD NINE The views from Yr Eifl are spectacular at most times, but today was particularly dramatic and spacious. The huge fluffy clouds were racing up the coast over the tiny-looking villages of Trefor and Clynnog Fawr, and the morning sunshine cast distinct shadows down across a green-grey sea. They towered high above the land and dwarfed even the mountains. From my elevation, it gave an impression of flying, that ability to look down on the world below as if it were a map. When staying in Y Nant, surrounded on three sides by mountains, nestled amongst dark trees, the contrast between the escape of this nearby hilltop and the seclusion of the village was even more striking"
"AR BEN Y BYD Mae’r golygfeydd o’r Eifl fel arfer yn rhai ysblennydd, ond ’roedd heddiw’n arbennig o ddramatig ac eang. Ysgubai’r cymylau gwlanog, anferth ar hyd glan y môr, uwchben pentrefi bychan yr olwg Trefor a Chlynnog Fawr, a thaflai heulwen y bore gysgodion eglur ar draws môr llwydwyrdd. Ymgodent yn uchel uwchben y tir, gan wneud i hyd yn oed y mynyddoedd edrych yn bitw. O’m huchelfan, cefais yr argraff fy mod i’n hedfan, gyda’r gallu hwnnw i edrych i lawr ar y byd islaw fel petai ar fap. Pan fyddwn yn y Nant, a mynyddoedd o’i amgylch ar dair ochr, yn swatio ymysg coed tywyll, byddai’r gwrthgyferbyniad rhwng dihangfa’r bryn cyfagos hwn ac encilfa’r pentref yn fwy trawiadol byth"
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