Jon Pountney

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

So great to see the doors of Capel Rhondda open today, after a fantastic community effort led by Rhian Hopkins to take ownership of the chapel. So excited for the future of the building, where Cwm Rhondda was sung for the first time. These Valley places get under your skin!

Thank you Sally!

haha, yep, they were built only a few miles from Treforest (where I live!). Always hankered after one

We left the farm 28 years ago and the house was demolished- I'll miss it for the rest of my days and dream about it regularly.

The other photo is looking from the dining room into the kitchen