Jon Pountney

Each colour is an actual real colour taken from my photos of the area- covering everywhere from Ystalyfera to Blaenavon. If there is demand I will also do some A3 ones. Thanks to Helen Hallam for all her help with this!

VALLEYS COLOURS Forgive my piggy little eyes here folks, I was blinded by the brilliance of my Valleys Colours print! Here in an A3 test, but available from my VALLEYS show in @clwbffoto.bsky.social from Friday as an A2 Giclee print for £45!

Limited edition screen prints being printed by the lovely Printhaus the other day- screened white text on a Giclee image.

Available from my VALLEYS exhibition, opening Friday in Clwb Ffoto, Newport!

A folk horror event poster with mustard yellow borders and a central painted illustration. The artwork shows the same shadowy tentacled figure against a sunset sky. Text reads "TEASEL & SKYLARK" at top, then "The General Witchfinders are here to ensure the harvest is met. It is time to keep your appointment with... FOLK HORROR." Event details at bottom: "GENERAL WITCHFINDERS FIRST LIVE EVENT" at The Kings Arms Hotel, Dorchester; tickets £8 from teasandkylark.com/events and in store; Tuesday 7PM/5th May.

A painting of a shadowy humanoid figure standing in a green field at sunset. The figure has a featureless black head with green leafy growths and dark tentacle-like appendages extending outward. It wears a striped vest with a black belt featuring a gold crescent buckle, black trousers, and black boots. The background shows an orange and yellow sky with a bright sun, plus silhouettes of standing stones and a satellite dish.

A text-heavy promotional poster with mustard yellow background and dark red/brown typography. The text describes a folk horror event hosted by The General Witchfinders Podcast in league with Teasel and Skylark bookshop in Dorchester. It mentions Hammer Horror, Christopher Lee in The Wicker Man, and Nigel Kneale, plus live music from The Flaming Cactus Band and The Whitley Lake Band. The event culminates in the launch of the latest General Witchfinders Zine with Beltane-inspired content. Recommended for ages 15+.

A promotional poster with a mustard yellow background featuring the cover of "General Witchfinders" zine Issue 4 Beltane 2026. The cover illustration shows a hare with blood-red eyes, blackened antlers, and pink fungal growths emerging from its body against a green gradient background. The zine is subtitled "the 'zine of horrific british horror" in Gothic lettering. Below the cover, text reads: "OFFICIAL LAUNCH EVENT FOR GENERAL WITCHFINDERS ZINE ISSUE FOUR."

EXCITING NEWS!

We’re holding our first LIVE General Witchfinders event with Dorchester’s Teasle & Skylark Bookshop.

Tue, May 5th for a talk on Folk Horror & the launch of our next zine!

Tickets: tinyurl.com/gwL1VE

Zine cover by @scoobtoobins.bsky.social
Poster art by @jonpountney1.bsky.social

Thanks Paul!

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David's Day! Will have a few posts for you today, because... Wales!

Thank you Peter!

In that way it's a reflection of me and the things I choose to photograph- a story of love for a place.

Pentwyn, looking towards Fochriw, a few years ago

My Valleys show- 6th of March in Clwb Ffoto in Newport, this photo and much much more

The start to the year has been so busy there's not been time to really get out into my landscape (50 days of rain didn't help either).

My Valleys work is as much autobiographical as it is about people and place; about my love for exploration and the places I find in the Valleys

The #Beatles, New York, Peppermint Lounge, February 9 1964

Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946

The Messerschmidt in Windsor Great Park http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-the-messerschmidt-in-windsor-great-park-n05716

So excited to get this online! Merch for my upcoming Valleys show in Clwb Ffoto, Newport (launch event March the 6th)- definitely as a print, and hopefully as a tea towel! All the colours are picked from my own actual photos, and as such are part of the fabric of the Valleys!

One of the best documentaries of all time: a tender, warm, unshowy study of the threads from which communities are woven & the big-small moments that make up human lives.
It was a huge influence on Birding

New painting for sale, segmented grapefruit

Oil on roughly A2 paper, £200

Comment if interested!

So excited to get this online! Merch for my upcoming Valleys show in Clwb Ffoto, Newport (launch event March the 6th)- definitely as a print, and hopefully as a tea towel! All the colours are picked from my own actual photos, and as such are part of the fabric of the Valleys!

SOLD

LAST WEEKEND FOR SHEDS! At Turner House, Penarth today and tomorrow- and then it's over 😢. Thanks so much to all those that have visited so far- the feedback has been incredible! There's a few copies of the second batch of the book left too- take £5 in cash if you want

'Dr Who and the monsters'. TV Tornado (17th February 1968)

Eggs. Oil on A2 paper, £200. Comment if interested- don't message!

Another window, another net curtain, this time with a hefty dose of Andrew Wyeth. Capel Rhondda

Eggs. Oil on A2 paper, £200. Comment if interested- don't message!

On this day in 1974, Tom Baker's first photocall as Dr. Who took place at Television Centre. 1/2.

Another window, another net curtain, this time with a hefty dose of Andrew Wyeth. Capel Rhondda

"Granary," a piece by Paul Nash, features an evocative countryside scene with a striking interplay of organic forms and geometric structures, capturing the vibrant, unpredictable dynamism of nature. Known for his modernist style, Nash often drew inspiration from the British landscape, imbuing it with elements of surrealism and abstraction.

Granary https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/granary-1923

Paul, Jane Asher and her mother.
Jane Asher’s 21st birthday, April 25th 1967.
📷Judy Jarvis

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Some more of the different places and people I've met and have left a mark on me in Wales

New painting for sale, Savoy cabbage still life

Oil on paper, approx 46cm x 33cm £150