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Pakistan to Pentre Ifan Part 5: Further Afield Again

Pakistan to Pentre Ifan Part 5: Further Afield Again
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A. Carreg Coch (the Red Stone), Carmarthenshire
A. Carreg Coch (the Red Stone), Carmarthenshire
A beautiful reddish stone in a hedge surrounded by barbed wire.
B. Clôs Teg Fieldstone, Carmarthenshire
B. Clôs Teg Fieldstone, Carmarthenshire
One of two stones near Llangynydeyrn, the other is in a hedge. I went very abstract on this.
C. The Museum Stone, Carmerthen
C. The Museum Stone, Carmerthen
Staff didn't know about its history.
D. The mountain, Usk Mynydd, tested us!
D. The mountain, Usk Mynydd, tested us!
That sky hit us with horizontal snow! We survived.
E. Quadrant circle Mynydd Usk, a very quick impression.
E. Quadrant circle Mynydd Usk, a very quick impression.
After surviving the snow storm, I drew just a quadrant of the stone circle, very quickly!
F. Tair Cairn, Carmarthenshire
F. Tair Cairn, Carmarthenshire
People add to cairns all the time. They’re evolving.
G. Penlan Uchaf near Kidwelly
G. Penlan Uchaf near Kidwelly
Some stones look alive and may have been chosen because they look like a figure or face.
H. The Bridgend Stone.
H. The Bridgend Stone.
Outside the Bowls Club in Bridgend but was originally a few meters away.

I. Penlan Uchaf.
I. Penlan Uchaf.
This is covered with life, so many tiny plants create the colours.
J. Sant Elfys stone, Pembrokeshire.
J. Sant Elfys stone, Pembrokeshire.
Elfys (Elvis)? Preseli (Presley)? Coincidence?!
K. Parc Y Meirw (Field Of The Dead) Stone Row, Pembrokeshire.
K. Parc Y Meirw (Field Of The Dead) Stone Row, Pembrokeshire.
The prepared walnut paper really suited the subject.
L. Cylch Gors Fawr, Mynachlog Ddu
L. Cylch Gors Fawr, Mynachlog Ddu
Is this an early example of Environmental Art?
M. Bryn Maen Farm, Llannon, Carmarthenshire
M. Bryn Maen Farm, Llannon, Carmarthenshire
It's huge, Melvyn the filmmaker is six feet tall.

N. Bryn Maen Farm stone
N. Bryn Maen Farm stone
Soft pastels over the prepared walnut paper.
O. The Cairn at Carmel
O. The Cairn at Carmel
Sometimes a monument has all but disappeared.

P. Llangain stone, Carmarthenshire
P. Llangain stone, Carmarthenshire
An ancient presence against the 20th century pylons.
Q. Mynydd Drummau, Swansea / Neath Port Talbot border.
Q. Mynydd Drummau, Swansea / Neath Port Talbot border.
The intersection of a number of routes, possibly ancient animal trails.
R. Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire
R. Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire
Full circle from where I started my journey in Pakistan.
S. Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire
S. Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire
I've used ink and soft pastels onto handmade Khadi paper here.