Collection: Arwel Micah : Painter : Swansea

Essentially I create work that is an amalgamation of memories and observations. I am influenced by my upbringing in rural Wales as well as journeys and experiences of foreign cultures. The landscape, memories and journeys are important elements in my work, but these images are often unrecognizable having been stripped back to basic shapes and forms. 

Recently I have been focused on issues of identity and my relationship with the area where I grew up, that being Southern Eryri. It is a place that I feel firmly rooted in, my family having farmed the land there for centuries. I was brought up on stories that fuelled my imagination, colouring the landscape with a multitude of layers and giving me an awareness of it’s history and how it is continually changing.

Yn y bôn rwy’n creu gwaith sy’n gyfuniad o atgofion ac arsylwadau. Mae fy nylanwadau yn gwreiddio o fy magwraeth yng nghefn gwlad Cymru yn ogystal â theithiau a phrofiadau o ddiwylliannau  estron. Y mae’r tirlun, atgofion a theithiau yn elfennau pwysig yn fy ngwaith, ond mae’r delweddau yma fel arfer yn amhosibl ei adnabod gan eu bod wedi symleiddio i siapiau a ffurfiau craidd.

Yn ddiweddar rwyf wedi bod yn ffocysu ar faterion yn ymwneud a fy hunaniaeth a fy mherthynas efo’r ardal ble gefais fy magwraeth sef Deheudir Eryri. Mae’n le rwy’n teimlo cysylltiad cryf efo. Mae fy nheulu wedi ffermio yma am ganrifoedd. Fe gefais fy magu ar straeon am yr ardal ac o ganlyniad cafodd fy nychymig ei danio gan liwio’r tirlun efo haenau ychwanegol i’r arwynebol gan roi ymwybyddiaeth o’i hanes a sut mae’n newid yn barhaol.

Arwel Micah