Ifor Pritchard

Memories are my inspiration.
Memories of a childhood in the village of Carmel in the ‘40’s
This is a village situated within a stone’s throw of the Dyffryn Nantlle slate quarries and was, therefore, a village that was almost totally dependent on the slate.
After a lifetime of producing and teaching art, memories now transport me back to those early days.
It is an endeavour to depict an extremely claustrophobic life that was, in the main, based on the quarry and the Chapel.
I am only interested in the human aspect of the industry.
I have slate, but not the dust, in my veins

Atgofion yw fy ysbrydiolaeth.
Atgofion o blentyndod yng Ngharmel yn y 40au. Pentref a oedd o fewn tafliad carreg i Chwareli Llechi Dyffryn Nantlle a oedd,oherwydd yn dibynnu bron yn llwyr ar y lechen.
Ar ôl oes o greu a dysgu celf, trosglwyddir fi gan fy atgofion i’r dyddiau hyfryd yma.
Ceisiaf ddehongli bywyd cûl y chwarelwr a oedd bron i gyd yn seiliedig ar waith a chapel.
Fy niddordeb yw dynoliaeth y diwydiant.
Mae’r lechen, ond dim y llwch, yn fy ngweithienau


The Gang in Harmony
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm
sold

The Incline
oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm
sold

First Day Pride
Oil on canvas
sold



Another Day
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm
sold

Man on Rope
Oil on canvas
60 x 40 cm
£950

A Watched Kettle
oil on canvas
40 x 60 cm
sold



A Welcome Break
sold

Tender Hands
oil on canvas
35 x 50 cm
sold

The Chapel
sold



Eisteddfod y Caban
sold

Sunday Best
sold

The Long and Weary Road Home
sold



To work in all weathers
sold

Loading Caernarfon Castle
oil on canvas
110 x 50 cm
sold

Royal Ascot Day
sold



Pwls, Te ac Oxo
Oil on canvas
47 x 70 cm
£1350

Sunday School
sold

The Modulator
sold



The Foreman's Watch
Oil on canvas
70 x 49 cm
sold

Barod ir Llwyfan Ready for the Competition
Oil on canvas
32 x 51 cm
£750


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