{"id":8,"date":"2011-11-04T16:12:08","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T16:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2017-10-15T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T15:30:58","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Window onto Wales:  About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Window onto Wales<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_798\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WOW-artists-small.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-798\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-798\" title=\"WOW artists \" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WOW-artists-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WOW-artists-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WOW-artists-small-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/WOW-artists-small.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The WOW! artists: Roy Guy, Hilary Bryanston, Ian Glendenning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Wendrich artHouse has the pleasure and privilege of displaying some of the paintings of Hilary Bryanston and Roy Guy, and the astro\/landscape photography of Ian Glendenning: a glimpse through a window onto their unique perspectives.\u00a0 Each of the artists lives in Wales.\u00a0 Scroll down this page to see the profiles of each of the featured artists.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Hilary Bryanston<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;I love Hilary\u2019s work \u2013 her imagery reminds me of the soul\u2019s impressions as it journeys through the Welsh landscape, passing from the concrete, visible universe into a fluid portal of magical potential.&#8221; \u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Harry Wendrich<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\">The art of Hilary Bryanston falls loosely into four main catogories:-<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_183\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-4-levels-copy.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-183\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-183 \" style=\"border: 5px solid black;\" title=\"The Cave\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-4-levels-copy-300x174.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-4-levels-copy-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-4-levels-copy-550x320.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Image-4-levels-copy.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cave by Hilary Bryanston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Painting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Carvings in wood and stone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Assemblages<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #003300;\">Ceramics and mosaics<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\">&#8220;My understanding of art is that it takes you to a place that you have never been before.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #003300;\"> Sometimes I paint the journey to the places, and sometimes I paint the places that I find.<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u00a0 These places may contain buildings or animals or people. At times the places are silent and sometimes they are full of sounds &#8211; musical sounds.\u00a0 The places are not static either &#8211; they move, they breathe.\u00a0 I make them tangible.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003300;\">See more of Hilary&#8217;s work at<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hilarybryanston.co.uk\/\">http:\/\/www.hilarybryanston.co.uk\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Ian Glendenning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;Ian has a unique eye for astro\/landscape photography.\u00a0 His images remind me of what I love about this beautiful land \u2013 its rugged wildness, as if man could never tame it; its beauty, and its magical undercurrent \u2013 beneath the canopy of the endless lights that pinpoint our place in the Universe.&#8221;<\/strong> \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Harry Wendrich<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_224\" style=\"width: 317px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-of-Ian-small1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-224 \" style=\"border: 8px solid black;\" title=\"Ian Glendenning\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-of-Ian-small1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"307\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-of-Ian-small1.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Pic-of-Ian-small1-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ian Glendenning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I have a life-long love of the stars that has led to a passion for science and work as an astrophysicist. Living in Wales has communed a meeting place, for me personally, between the earth and sky with an appreciation of &#8216;God&#8217;s Own Country&#8217; in the stars, stones and waterfalls that are all around us here.\u00a0 Hence the two sections\u00a0for my photographs &#8216;terrestrial&#8217; and &#8216;celestial&#8217;, although some &#8211; especially those of &#8216;star\u00a0trails&#8217; &#8211; involve both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In the future months I hope to develop and extend the astrophotography and also simultaneously visit, with camera, yet more of the beautiful &#8216;haunts&#8217; of Wales and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_423\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-423  \" style=\"border: 5px solid black;\" title=\"Catch the Moon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON-550x825.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.wendricharthouse.com\/wow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/CATCH-THE-MOON.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Catch the Moon, by Roy Guy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Roy Guy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;I first met Roy in Art College and we have remained close friends ever since.\u00a0 I have watched him become a Master in his unique field of portraiture, and agree with the sentiment that Roy Guy has become a national treasure.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0 Harry Wendrich<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What inspires me?\u00a0 That is a dilemma that I find almost impossible to explain, but my main inspirations are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Literature<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Children<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Family and <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Wales.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Each one is as important as the other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">I love to read, I read everything, it is something I do to relax.\u00a0 I can put a book down and not think about it until I pick it up again.\u00a0 It&#8217;s totally different to painting which can undermine your physical and mental wellbeing. (Too long to go into.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Children inspire me:\u00a0 I have nine children of my own, and my wife and I have been fostering for over twenty one years.\u00a0 When I finish a painting I always ask the youngest what they think.\u00a0 I honour their opinion because they can be brutally honest (The Emperors New Clothes) unlike the people who profess to know everything about Art. (Again too long to go into.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Family needs no explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Although most of my work is either based on a Welsh great, as in the painting of R. S. Thomas, or has a Welsh connection, like <em>The Seeds of Time<\/em> I believe they can also be seen as universal, in that their psychological and philosophical aspects can be applied to anyone no matter what nationality.\u00a0 Do I get any inspiration from artists? Well, I admire many, both classical and modern, but I can honestly say that apart from technique none actually inspire me to paint.\u00a0 I think that comes from a far superior internal authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So does the mind of a creative individual have to create because some inner force says it has to? I know I don\u2019t like being controlled, I will take constructive criticism and advice from anyone but I hate it when some one tries to tell me what to do.\u00a0 Yet funnily enough that determination manages to fall by the wayside when I try to rebel against my inner self. (That\u2019s enough of that Roy.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">People have asked me why I don\u2019t sell my work, well there are many reasons, but I won\u2019t bore you to death by going through all the ones I know about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">For instance, if I sold my work I would have to get involved in the market and paint for a living, and to have to get up every day and have to produce would be my interpretation of Hell.\u00a0 In my mind I would be betraying my creative spirit, a selling of my soul to produce work that wouldn\u2019t normally think of doing.\u00a0 I paint what I want to so I don\u2019t need to cow-down to the Art establishment and abide by its rules, which is something I have fought against for years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Every painting I produce is comparable to a child, it is an integral part of me, so rather than sell them out I try to find them a secure loving home. Either by giving them away to people I know will cherish them as their own, or, as in the case of paintings I\u2019ve done of Welsh legends like Dylan Thomas, Richard Burton, Alexander Cordell etc, I get them displayed on permanent loan in the area&#8217;s where they belong.\u00a0 For example, the Dylan Thomas painting is hanging in the house he grew up in, in Cwmdonkin.\u00a0 <em>Richard Burton<\/em> is in Port Talbot and <em>Alexander Cordell<\/em> at the Cordell Museum in Blaenavon, therefore they can be viewed by anyone.\u00a0 If I was to sell my work they would be stuck away in a strange house on view to a privileged few.\u00a0 Having my work on display in public places around Wales gives me immense satisfaction.\u00a0 Why am I like this, where have my opinions come from?\u00a0 Well, I was born in the bedroom of my Nana\u2019s house in Newbridge (a village situated in the Western Valleys of Wales), reared by a family of miners within a Socialist environment, so I naturally relate to the working class and the underdog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">My mother came out of Scottish stock and was overly proud of her ancestry, and my father\u2019s family were English, so I\u2019m definitely a Welsh mongrel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So with this totally British pedigree why am I so preoccupied with painting pictures relevant to Wales?\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you because I don\u2019t really know. I can only say that giving my work away freely and without strings to all areas of Wales fulfils and satisfies an inner need to give something back to the country of my birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">See more of Roy Guy&#8217;s artwork at his website:<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.royguyartsoul.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.royguyartsoul.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WINDOW ONTO WALES&#8230;WINDOW ONTO WALES&#8230;WINDOW ONTO WALES<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hosted by Wendrich artHouse<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Window onto Wales Wendrich artHouse has the pleasure and privilege of displaying some of the paintings of Hilary Bryanston and Roy Guy, and the astro\/landscape photography of Ian Glendenning: a glimpse through a window onto their unique perspectives.\u00a0 Each of the artists lives in Wales.\u00a0 Scroll down this page to see the profiles of each of the featured artists. 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