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"Mynydd Tŵr or Holyhead Mountain from Bae Trearddur Bay" was inspired by a lovely early July day this year. I sat on Ravenspoint and decided to paint just a section of the view across Trearddur Bay.

This is my favourite view in the world. It gives me feelings of safety and security. It's a view I keep painting over and over again, in different seasons and light conditions. A few weeks ago, a friend enquired about buying a piece of my art featuring this view and when I looked I already had ten to show her!

I love the way the light moves on the mountain, one minute showing the light colours of the rock, the next moving to a majestic mauve-purple hue.

This piece was worked in Sennelier and other oil pastels. I hope you enjoy this take on my favourite place!

It's available in a mix of different types and sizes of prints, and on clothes, accessories, homewares and gift items at:

The A4 (29.7cm by 21cm) unframed original is available for £75 including UK postage or, if we live close enough for us to deliver, in a frame it's £95. Please just private message me to arrange your purchase.

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Holyhead is actually on Holy Island.  An island off an island.  Off yet another island, if you go as far as the English Channel.  Why 'Holy'?  It is named after Sain Cybi (pronounced 'cubby'), a 6th-century abbot who founded a monastery at Holyhead.  The island is called Ynys Gybi in Welsh.  It means 'Cybi's Island', though the point is not immediately clear without a [dictionary].  What you need to know is that adjectives and other qualifying words follow the noun in Welsh, so that it's literally 'island Cybi'; then you have to appreciate that the first consonant of a word can change ('mutate') if it combines with another word that has feminine grammatical gender.  The C of Cybi has changed to 'G' because ynys (pronounced 'uniss') is one of those feminine words...Cybi's church is thought to have been located within the walls of a fort, erected as coastguard defence during the late Roman period to protect the inhabitants from marauding Irishmen.  There's no sign of the original church now, but some of the Roman walls are still there, with their characteristic herringbone stonework.

Just a Phrase I'm Going Through: My Life in Language

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Lovely day today exploring Ynys Cybi / Holy Island #ynysmon #anglesey #ilovenorthwales #walktofitness #rspbsouthstack (at Holy Island, Anglesey)

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#SouthStack #NorthStack oil painting by #JennyAmeliaJones. Prints available via #etsy #NorthWales #northwalescoast (at Oriel Ynys Cybi / Holy Island Arts)

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Do you enjoy hearing what inspired a painting...?

"The View Down to Traeth Llydan or Silver Bay" was inspired by my birthday treat last year.

I'd seen a photo of Silver Bay on Facebook and really wanted to go there. But it's not easy to get to. It's near Rhoscolyn but there's no public parking at Silver Bay. Visits by car are not exactly encouraged, with the private road owned by the holiday resort, very tight country lanes approaching the bay and plenty of no parking signs all around.

But you can park in a layby near Rhoscolyn, which is what we did. When we were uncertain of the route, a friendly farmer with some holiday lets directed us across a field to a stand of pine trees, from the edge of which you get this magical view down the wooden stairs, down to this remote beach, across the sand, the bay and the Cymyran Straights to the main island of Anglesey.

It was the best birthday treat I could have imagined!

The A4 unframed painting is available for £75, including UK postage, or framed for £95 if it's feasible for me to deliver it to you. Please just private message me to purchase it.

Or it's available on prints and all kinds of lovely things at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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"Appreciate the little things in life."

Sometimes we can't have or fix the big things in life... the things we really need like good health, or the relationships we crave. So many people lack financial stability at the moment, and obviously that's a massive one.

Maybe it's at times like this that we most need to take a moment to appreciate the little things that are lovely, just to give us a few minutes rest from the things that make us anxious and unhappy.

Our favourite Christmas music, the frost on a leaf, the scent of fresh brewed coffee... the feeling of a hot water bottle at our feet.

Bees maybe both lovely and little, but they're essential to pollination and our food production. Sometimes the little things aren't so little after all.

To buy this art printed on all kinds of things, please go to: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/118640183 The original is for sale at Castle Park Arts Centre in Frodsham, Cheshire.

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Today, I'd just like to share how delighted I am that three of my artworks have been accepted into the Castle Park Arts Centre 37th Annual Open Art Exhibition

It's running from now till 23rd December and the Arts Centre is open Tuesday to Saturday 10am till 3:30pm, if you'd like to see the exhibition.

It's off Fountain Lane, Frodsham, Cheshire WA6 6SE.

Each of my ready-to-hang originals is less than £100.

If you can't make the exhibition or would like a print or some homewares, accessories, gifts etc featuring one of these pieces, they're all available on my Redbubble shop at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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We had such a great evening yesterday, celebrating being shortlisted for the Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize! I didn't win. I didn't expect to. Ian Fisher's magnificent "Wales Dragon Map" very deservedly won. But I felt so honoured to be included in the exhibition at Oriel Môn (Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Ynys Môn /Anglesey LL77 7TQ) - which is on till 7th July. If you can't make it there in person, all the drawings are here:

Mine's number 61 of the 77 pieces on exhibition (and sale) and shown on this website. Before the prize-giving, we popped into Popty Pizza (just next to Oriel Môn) for a quick change into gladrags and a quick but very delicious pizza. After, we headed over to Bragdy Cybi brewery in Caergybi/Holyhead, where we were made very welcome at an evening of song and comedy (in aid of Swtan, the wonderful c1900 Welsh longhouse at Traeth Swtan/Church Bay). The very best of Welsh hospitality! Diolch yn fawr iawn! Thank you very much! Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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During this cold and stormy winter’s season, are you enjoying the crisp frosty days or looking forward to warmer weather…?

“Hay Harvest at Rhyd Y Bont, Ynys Môn/ Anglesey” was inspired by a wonderful walk Steve and I took on a baking hot day last summer.

My A4 (29.7cm x 21cm) unframed original oil pastel piece is available for £75 including UK postage. Please just message me to arrange your purchase.

It's also available in a mix of different types and sizes of prints, and printed on all sorts of lovely things (like accessories, apparel, homewares, gift items, etc) at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Did you know that art teachers sometimes talk about painting or drawing something being a way to discover more about it…?

"The Inland Sea at Rhyd y Gari" is a watercolour painting of the beach between the main section of Ynys Mon (Anglesey) and Ynys Cybi (St Cybi's Island/Holy Island).

The small island to the West of Anglesey is called "Holy" because of the high concentration of standing stones, burial chambers, and other religious sites on it. The two islands are separated by Syth y Cymyran (the Cymyran Strait) which has powerful tidal effects cutting the images of moving water into the sands.

Mynydd Twr (Holyhead Mountain) the highest hill in Anglesey at 722 feet (220 m), stands in the background of the watercolour. On a clear day its summit offers magnificent views towards the Isle of Man, the Skerries and the mountains of Ireland.

But by studying this view with watercolour paint, I felt I learned more about it than the bare facts!

The A4 (29.7cm by 21cm) unframed original is available for £75 including UK postage or, if we live close enough for us to deliver, in a frame it's £95. Please just private message me to arrange your purchase. It's also available in a mix of different types and sizes of prints, and printed on all sorts of lovely things (like accessories, apparel, homewares, gift items, etc) at:

Thanks! Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Do you like lighthouses...?

Here's my sketch of Ynys Lawd or South Stack Lighthouse on Ynys Môn or Anglesey.

The A5 (14.8cm by 21cm with rounded corners) unframed original is available for £25 including UK postage, or if we live close enough for us to deliver, in a frame it's £35. Please just private message me to arrange your purchase.

Or it's available in a mix of different types and sizes of prints, and printed on all sorts of lovely things at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Do you have a favourite beach...? If you do, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!

Today I wanted to share with you my painting: "The View Down to Traeth Llydan or Silver Bay on Ynys Cybi / Holy Island, Ynys Môn / Anglesey".

This is one of my favourite beaches, even though I only discovered it a couple of years ago.

The A4 unframed painting is available for £75, including UK postage, or framed for £95 if it's feasible for me to deliver it to you. Please just private message me to purchase it. Or it's available on prints and all kinds of lovely things at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/145854608

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Love country aesthetic...?

This art featuring a lamb is perfect for those who love country living and rural activities, and it's available printed to your order on all sorts of things at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Just to share with you a little bit about my painting: "Hay Harvest at Rhyd Y Bont".

It's a piece inspired by a walk with Steve last month. We headed along the coast from Pont-Rhyd-Y-Bont or Four Mile Bridge on Ynys Môn / Anglesey. It was a sweltering day, so we just had to go for a beer at the Anchorage after...

Before that, we turned left on the Ynys Cybi side of the bridge (facing as if to cross the bridge), walked along the edge of the beach and eventually the footpath ran across a freshly harvested hayfield in front of a "bwthyn", a traditional Welsh cottage.

The scene looked ageless, despite the vehicles next to the homestead. The grass was so dry in parts it seemed to catch the light like gold and copper, and in other parts it seemed so bleached as to reflect the sky. It was achingly beautiful, as so much of Ynys Môn is to my mind. Do you ever want to cry because something is so beautiful...? Well, that's Ynys Môn to me.

This piece was worked in Sennelier and other oil pastels and set with Sennelier oil pastel fixative, which is great stuff for avoiding some of the practical problems of working in oil pastels... including any residual stickiness.

We artists call pastel pieces "paintings" even though the process is usually more like drawing. Maybe it's because we want works in this medium to be given as much respect as those created with a brush...

The A4 (29.7cm by 21cm) piece is available unframed but including UK postage for £75, or £95 framed if you're close enough for me to deliver. Please just private message me to purchase it.

Or it's available in various types and sizes of prints, and printed to your order on all kinds of lovely things, at:

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Just to share something very new I've been inspired to try by the work and kind recommendations of two of my incredibly talented fellow artists at Gavriella Abekassis Learn How to Sell Your Art Online's Artists' Club! Thank you, Eleanor Crook and Stasa Hlava!

It's an AI (artificial intelligence) design created from one of my own images!

Only available at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/122532289

It's a very different style to how I choose to paint, and so a very different feel, maybe a bit edgier (?), but I've really enjoyed learning the new tech this week!

And no, I'm not immediately going to start issuing NFTs (non-fungible tokens)!

I have in-principle concerns about how the cryptocurrencies behind NFTs are currently "mined", especially at a time when the basic energy supplies of so many are under threat!

I think I prefer my usual, more time consuming, analogy way of creating images, with brush or pen, but I can see myself playing with this AI technology some more!

If anyone wants to know more about this kind of "AI art", please feel very welcome to comment below or private message me... You'd not be "disturbing me" or anything like that. I'm always happy to talk, especially about art!

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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Bee on the Beach at Trearddur Bay!

Available at: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/118640183

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx