Category Archives: Art

Cwm yr Eglwys and its Mediterranean climate

Posted on January 3, 2014 by bookvolunteer

Our local beach warrants an article on Wikipedia and I’m quoting here from the text: Sheltered from prevailing winds, Cwm-yr-Eglwys is renowned for having its very own microclimate, it being a few degrees warmer and dryer compared to other parts of … Continue reading →

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Driven to reading

Posted on December 20, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Bridget and Barbara have been commuting through Dinas for the past four years, from their homes in Newport and Newcastle Emlyn to their beautiful ‘Seaways’ bookshop in Fishguard’s West Street. The shop has been there a long time, but was rescued … Continue reading →

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Len Rees’ wonderful wall

Posted on December 6, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Len Rees is a Dinas potter with a garden wall that celebrates his friends, family and neighbours, both as models and contributing artists.  Here are just a few in more detail. Click on a face for a close-up view. The … Continue reading →

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What does a newly retired teacher do?

Posted on December 3, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Nick is so newly retired that his name in Google brings you to Fishguard High School (Ysgol Bro Gwaun) where, as head of the art department, he was responsible for the art policy and high ratings from his ex-students. He … Continue reading →

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Same old same old

Posted on November 8, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Had we kept all the post-cards received over the years, our long-standing family connections with Dinas mean that we would now be able to paper a room with versions of this one. The countryside side around Dinas is one of the … Continue reading →

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Self sufficiency in West Wales

Posted on September 10, 2013 by bookvolunteer

  Sally Seymour’s lovely scraper board illustrations*are based on the farm near Dinas where the Seymour family strove to become self-sufficient in the 1970s. The illustrations appear in the book  Self-Sufficiency – The Science and Art of Producing and Preserving … Continue reading →

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Film locations

Posted on August 30, 2013 by bookvolunteer

The Pembrokeshire coastline is so dramatic, wild, picturesque and undeveloped that it has inevitably featured in a number of films. Richard Burton’s Under Milk Wood was made in Fishguard Lower Town, and more recently Russell Crowe’s Robin Hood was filmed on … Continue reading →

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Landscape and Light for Artists

Posted on August 27, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Pembrokeshire is full of art galleries, artists’ studios and memories of well known figures from the art world. Graham Sutherland, who left a collection of his paintings to Wales  first visited Pembrokeshire in 1934 and said it was the place … Continue reading →

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