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Mary Griffiths R.C.A.

Biography

Born in Llanelli in 1956, and trained at Dyfed College of Art and Croydon College of Art, Mary Griffiths is an established figure on the British art scene. Winner of numerous prizes for her drawings and paintings, including the Hunting Prize, she was recognised in Wales with the Gold Medal in Fine Art at the 1994 Eisteddfod.

Her outstanding draughtmanship, combined with a very direct and unsentimental approach to her subject matter, have garnered rave reviews in the art press and a loyal body of collectors. Her paintings are always figurative and beautifully lit, often portraying elderly men and women, whose characterful faces she particularly enjoys painting. These figures are sometimes alone, sometimes frozen in intriguing tableaux, but always memorable.

Mary exhibits infrequently, but her shows have included several prestigious exhibitions in London and abroad.

Prizes

1988 Lady Evershed Drawing Prize, Eastern Open

1991 Highly Commended, Britain’s Painters, London

1992 Highly Commended - Painting, Eastern Open

1993 Highly Commended - Drawing, Eastern Open

1994 First Prize, Drawings For All, Suffolk

1994 Highly Commended, Hunting Competition

1994 Gold Medal In Fine Art, National Eisteddfod of Wales

1995 First Prize, Hunting Art Prizes, R.C.A. London

1997 Lady Evershed Drawing Prize, Eastern Open

1999 Painting Prize, Eastern Open

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Yn ôl

Bywgraffiad

Wedi e'i eni yn Llanelli ym 1956, a'i hyfforddi yn Ngholeg Celf Dyfed a Choleg Celf Croydon, mae Mary Griffiths yn ffigur sefydledig o fewn y golygfa celf Prydain. Enillydd nifer o wobrau am ei lluniadau a phaentiadau, gan gynnwys y Wobr Hela, cafodd ei gydnabod yng Nghymru yn y Fedal Aur mewn Celfyddyd Gain yn Eisteddfod 1994.

Mae ei waith ddraft eithriadol, ynghyd ag ymagwedd iawn uniongyrchol ac unsentimental at ei destun, wedi ei ddysgu adolygiadau gwych yn y wasg celf a chorff ffyddlon o gasglwyr. Mae ei baentiadau bob amser yn ffigurol a'i goleuo'n hardd, yn aml yn portreadu dynion a menywod oedrannus, eu wynebau cymeriadol y mae hi'n mwynhau paentio yn arbennig. Mae'r ffigurau hyn weithiau ar eu hun, wedi'u rhewi mewn tableaux diddorol, ond bob amser yn gofiadwy.

Mae Mary yn arddangos yn anaml iawn, ond mae ei sioeau wedi cynnwys nifer o arddangosfeydd fawreddog yn Llundain a thramor.

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Gwobrau

1988 Gwobr Arlunio Lady Evershed, Eastern Agored
1991 Canmoliaeth Uchel, Arlunwyr Prydain, Llundain
1992 Canmoliaeth Uchel - Peintio, Eastern Agored
1993 Canmoliaeth Uchel - Drawing, Eastern Agored
1994 Wobr Gyntaf, Darluniau i Bawb, Suffolk
1994 Canmoliaeth Uchel, Cystadleuaeth Hela
1994 Medal Aur Yn Celfyddyd Gain, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
1995 Wobr Gyntaf, Hela Gwobrau Celf, RCA Llundain
1997 Lady Gwobr Arlunio Evershed, Eastern Agored
1999, Gwobr Paentio Agored Dwyrain

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