Well, as the year winds to an end, I find myself taking stock of what I’ve managed to achieve the last year, which has been my most productive probably since my college days. Once again during October, I took part in Inktober, the yearly drawing challenge based around ink based…
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The first go at creating this picture was started around 1996. I got well into a piece on board, roughly A2 size that I ended up leaving and trashing around the 2000 mark. I don’t have photos of it to share, which is a shame as I was quite fond…
I’ve spent the last month and a bit focusing on finishing some unfinished works. My ways of working have evolved a lot since I started getting back into art work in 2016. These paintings were begun in 2018, developed in a manner that later warped into my way of working…
Hey all, been a while, been a lot going on and I’m not going to update with posts as it will just take to long. Here’s the highlights of the first part of the year… Feb 2021 – Lost Instagram account.March 2021 – Discovered NFT Art and made my Genesis…
For a number of years I’ve been spotting Inktober work being shared across my various social media. I always fancied trying to join in at some point, but year after year I’ve not got myself in a position to do it. This year however, was very different – I started…
Over the year I’ve been following the urge to work using pencils and inks, something I’ve not really done in anger for a long time. It has been a big old learning curve for me, and very labour-intensive. I’ve been training to improve my ability with pencils, along with developing…
The last few months I have been working on some newer digital based pieces, with a loose theme around Welsh religious fervour, hellfire and brimstone. These pieces marked a bit of a departure to the previous work as they have used additional steps to create the final piece. They also…
Happy to be able to present my newest piece today, entitled Days Gone – The Wind That Blows Over The Feet Of The Corpses. The piece was inspired by the old Welsh phrase / tradition of “Gwynt traed y meirw”, an easterly wind that was seen as a portent of…
One of the biggest surprises on visiting my area of Y Lle Celf 2019 at the National Eisteddfod in Llanrwst was finding a poem had been written and displayed alongside the work, about the work. The poem, entitled ‘Annwfn’ – (i waith David W J Lloyd) was composed by the…
My four pieces were exhibited at Y Lle Celf earlier this month, three of which sold during the exhibition. I took a trip up to Llanwrst to visit the opening evening event and take-in the work of the other artists at the exhibition. Prior to the exhibition, I was filmed…
Really pleased to be able to share the news that four pieces of my most recent work have been selected for inclusion at this year’s Y Lle Celf, the prestigious art exhibition held at The National Eisteddfod, which this year is up in Llanwrst. It’s been a long-term ambition of…
I’m pleased to announce that the Day Trip Art Etsy Store is now open, featuring a small selection of Giclée Prints that I will handmake for anyone who’d like to purchase one. It’s been a while since I started planning this out, and took a lot of work and research…
It’s been a fertile couple of months for me, working hard to complete a number of images based around the theme of “In Annwn, Everything Is Fine…” You can sing it to the tune of the song sung by the lady in the radiator in David Lynch’s Eraserhead if you…
Happy to have another completed image under my belt – working around other commitments I’ve managed to get this piece finished. Tapping into my love of giants, gothic Americana and old folktales / hoaxes, is a family portrait of the Cardiff Giant. Now, he’s not from my Cardiff, but one…
These are my first two pieces for 2019. The idea came from a photo I bought that featured the three people in cosutme. The central pair in each picture is two-thirds of that image, manipulated into a new place and uncertain narrative. Both of these will be featuring in my…