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I have had some of these images printed on T shirts and a flag made based on the Penmon design.
A couple of years ago I was looking through the open studios booklet for Anglesey and I was horrified to read a disparaging comment by an artist about using photographs as an aid to creating an art work. Why not? As long as the art work is something original not just a 100% accurate reproduction of a photograph the fact that a photograph is used in its creation is in my opinion an irrelevancy. I of course would say this as I often use photographs as the inspiration/bedrock of images I create.
After retiring I decided I shouldn’t just sit back and do nothing so I decided to set up as an odd job man. It wasn’t really a success and I did very little work but as part of the set up I had a website oddjobmon.com and I designed this image as my logo.
This idea for this image was sparked by a caravan we saw which had 4 flags flying including REME and the Parachute Regiment, we had to look the former up on line. We thought why not have a Penmon flag so on our return I selected four Penmon related images, and combined them with a stylised Celtic cross and part of the Anglesey/ Hwfa ap Cynddelw flag.
The photomontage that inspired this print was originally created over 15 years ago as a montage of doorways in the Seriol area of Anglesey, primarily Beaumaris, which have had significance in my life at the time. A number of the doorways have changed including the doorway that forms the background for the others the building of which it formed a part having been demolished and redeveloped.
This print is based upon a painting I made many years ago inspired by the afforestation to the hill on the south west of Abergwyngregyn, the yachts that regularly sail up the Strait and the Christmas carol “I saw three ships” which I sung regularly each Christmas as a child chorister. The original which was in mixed media has deteriorated and now requires restoration.
This print was inspired by an incident at Paul Simon’s Homeward Bound Tour gig in Manchester in 2018. At the start Paul Simon announced that his music was made for dancing and invited anyone who wanted to, to dance. Jane who loves a good bop, got up to dance only to be told by a man in a nearby seat that her dancing was “spoiling it for his partner” who incidently had been singing along both out of tune and with a few seconds delay. The people we had gone with, who work for the company that runs the venue, told us that the tickets amongst of things warn customers that “Everyone is allowed to get up and stand around you during the show.”
“What we did on our holidays” was the band Fairport Convention’s second album released in 1969. Since1979 Fairport have played each year at the Cropredy Festival which we have attended most years since 1985. This print, created as a T shirt design, is based upon the original album cover suitable amended as it is copyrighted. It is my homage to the event which in 2019 celebrated its 40th anniversary.
This is not strictly a print but was a logo design I did for Canolfan Beaumaris when it was taken over by the community social enterprise which now runs it. It is still incorporated in their current logo.