Best part of ‘lockdown’ is meeting wonderful people like you without the obnoxious showiness of commercial media. Thanks. I’m totally enjoying your visits.
Each time I watch one of these videos, I come away not just better informed, but much calmer and happier. The wide open outdoor spaces (with your gorgeous dog) remind me of Life outside these four walls, while each visited room filled with art, books, wonderful carpets and storied furnishings feels like a warm embrace. Aside from being an incredibly informative series, I think you're also performing a necessary public service. Thank you!
One of my favourite episodes to date! Born and raised in New South Wales (a descendant of fore-fathers who originally immigrated from Wales in the late 19th), I’ve often wondered what it was about New South Wales that reminded James Cook of Wales - beyond a similarity on coast line. I now see it might be the tough robust nature of the landscape , unyielding, and requiring hard toil to scrap a living from it. I also enjoyed the phrase “ like many artists, he found a way to relating to the world that suited him best.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Kyffin was a painter for the people and extremely popular in his life time. Your painting is typical of his work and a true delight. I am just surprised that he is not as well known as Lowry in which his life shares many similarities. So pleased you have shown a piece of this fabulous artist.
My model knew him very well he was quiet.Huge bucks now.He would wave and say hello was a gentle creature.That was at the end of his life.He had a Morris traveller and they had brew (cuppa) now and again.She wasn't really into painting but galssware and stained glass.She told him and they shared his love of transparencies and cathedral windows.A shared passion.
Love these videos. Have a special soft spot for the father and son thing. My son helped me move soil for a new garden I was filling for his mother the other day, and he even pumped up the tyres on the wheel barrow for me. He is probably a little too young (even at 25!) to know how I cherish things like that. Of course, I can’t mention my feelings to him. So I thought I’d record it here.
MUCH GRATITUDE PHILIP AND OLIVER LOVING THE WHOLE SERIES THANKYOU FOR OPENING YOUR HOME AND EXPRESSING THROUGH SHARING YOUR DEEPLY FELT LOVE OF ART AND ARTISTS PROVIDING MUCH MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL...DURING THIS EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD OF HUMAN STRUGGLE.... TODAY'S EPISODE IS PARTICULARLY HEARTWARMING... THANKYOU BOTH !! FOR ALL YOUR SINCERE EFFORTS TO LIGHTEN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF SO MANY ACROSS THE GLOBE THROUGH A SHARED LOVE OF ART , ARTISTS, AND THEIR LIVES... Geraldine Dublin, Ireland
Fantastic, yet again...excellent production the TH-cam has to offer the public these days. Congratulations father AND son!! I am enthralled and appreciative!!
Kyffin taught me art at school. Lovely guy always good humoured never saw a sign of illness. He used to tell us terrifying Welsh ghost stories at the end of term He was nicknamed Kiffy.
@@peterellison3478 Hey Peter hello and that's nice but don't remember Patagonia. I remember sketching AE Housman's house across the road and in Highgate Cemetery which was scary in those days. He liked my drawings of drum kits.
I grew up in mid wales until the age of 14, the starkly beautiful landscape has an ancient and mystical quality that never leaves you. The artist has captured the spirit of the place, a land he obviously knew well. Keep these videos coming-they are much appreciated!
This tutorial was mind blowing. Several months ago a fine auction house in Boca Raton, Florida had for sale on eBay a piece by “mystery artist” I knew it was important but I couldn’t remember who it was. I saved it to my photos so now I can look at the one that got away for a stupid price. Looking forward to your next installment, excuse me now while I go bang my head against the wall.
I absolutely love this painting. Thanks to you and your series I have become aware of paired art. I was never around it or introduced to it. I am now 75 years old and it’s coming alive to me because of you Philip. Thank you so very much. I hope you do many more of this episodes ♥️
Philip Mould & Co I'm also rewatching all the 'Fake or Fortune' episodes that I can find on You Tube. I hope you keep making shows like this! Again a big thank you from the Netherlands.
Greetings from the Oregon Coast, USA. Such a captivating series and this one in particular, with the music and all I could almost smell the smoke of peat. Can't wait for the next episode.....
Ahhhh! The smoke of peat. I think I will re watch all the episodes with a nice single malt Scotch before turning in this evening. Once again, it is so personal, so pleasant, it is like a daily visit with you and Oliver. Can't thank you enough for opening up your home, your mind, and your vast knowledge of art. Absolutely great!
On second viewing I am even more enamoured of this picture. My husband and I cycled in Wales in the very late eighties/early nineties, and I loved its rugged beauty and pure water. Sunday lunch at a pub: Welsh lamb’s liver cooked to perfection by the owner’s wife - an iconic farmer’s wife, painterly, pink cheeked and with capable hands - I can see her now. Oh glorious days! Thank you for the memory. ❤️🌹❤️
This painting works so well on that wall, between those windows, in front of that couch....the colors, the style - everything works together. Really good.
Thank you for this fantastic series, Philip's enthusiasm for the pictures and perceptiveness brings out another layer of interest and beauty to them that otherwise I wouldn't see. I went to North Wales last summer and was struck by the harshness of the landscape, so was especially enchanted by this painting and how it takes it on. All the best
As the saying goes, sometimes 'less is more' and for this one, it really is true. Ascetic and plain, yet beautiful painting. These episodes have been a real eye-opener and an interesting journey into a wide variety of art. I have really enjoyed every minute of these videos. Thanks again Philip & Oliver, and hugs to the lovely 'garden assistant' Cedric :)
Thank you. Everytime i watch one of those episodes i learn something more about british art. What a beautiful beautiful accent you have, Mr Mould. Greetings from italy
Thank you - how lovely that you own one of his! I love that all your pictures have stories and very how much you appreciate them. They are not just "acquisitions" or for "show". You and your art and home are blessing so many.
Thank you for your lovely series. I am so glad you have a home that reflects you and your family. I am tired of so many places having no personality. My husband is a portrait painter and I studied art history so we have a lot of filled walls too. Not the same snack bracket, but loved. Thank you again.
....I am awe-struck by the Williams Painting... the knife-work is stunning! .... the joy art brings to us, to our lives, our souls... no words... one gets emotional just pondering the impact
Thank you for this marvelous series - a breath of fresh air during these blinkered times, and what a privilege to view your beautiful life in isolation. I was so pleased to see that you have Julian Calder's wonderful photograph of our Scottish Queen hanging on your wall - probably my favorite portrait of her. Thanks again for taking the time to illuminate these dark times.
Thank you for showing us this paintimgs, and sharing your feeling about it. Makes me tearful and long for the simple act of painting en pleine aire. The song is wonderful too. An expat who chose the sun a long time ago.
Wonderful again. I recalled Rupert Maas discussing one of his on a well-known television program on location at Pembroke Castle. In that instance the artist had used the reverse side of a board with his own self-portrait on it!
I so enjoy starting my day (at least it's morning here in Chicago) with your videos - in these times when it is hard to think of anything but the news - seeing your beautiful art and home are just good for the soul! Thank you!! By the way - I keep wondering with what art are your viewers isolating?
OMG. OMG. He's a master. I'd never heard of him before. Thank you so much for showing us this. He's the Seamus Heaney of landscape. I looked up more of his work. He's phenomenal. The limited pallet, the composition, the depth of plane, rule of thirds, the atmospheric sky, buttered texture...and his work is consistent. You can feel the shape of the landscape and the circumference of the earth. And with a pallet knife? The frame is perfect for the piece. You have a jewel, there. The web refers to him as "Sir Kyffin Williams." He was knighted? Love the door. This is one of my favorite Seamus Heaney poems: Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney The pockets of our greatcoats full of barley... No kitchens on the run, no striking camp... We moved quick and sudden in our own country. The priest lay behind ditches with the tramp. A people hardly marching... on the hike... We found new tactics happening each day: We'd cut through reins and rider with the pike And stampede cattle into infantry, Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown. Until... on Vinegar Hill... the final conclave. Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon. The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave. They buried us without shroud or coffin And in August... the barley grew up out of our grave.
You are so right it totally captures that melancholic feeling that the windsweptness (is that even a word) of north wales provokes. I always come away feeling braced and scoured yet cleansed and spiritually more positive somehow and this picture really encapsulates this. Thank you so much for sharing
A delightful episode that got me thinking on how the local slate would cleave into clean flat lines and sufaces with so many cottages, roofs and walls are made from that slate. Using a palette knife in such a landscape that is devoid of gentler curves makes sense and is in harmony with the slate and rock that defines the spirit of the area. This episode prompted me to take some R S Thomas poems off my bookshelf and travel back there in my mind's eye, I'm really loving your series Mr Mould (& Son) and hope you feel encouraged to do more of these personal looks at art and the joy it brings you and us. Thank-you.
Thanks from Canada for sharing your wonderful art collection. I so enjoy watching and learning ... kudos to your son Oscar for helping with your project.
Thank you for this delighful series Philip.I'm so enjoying the way you communicate your love of art,you really bring it to life, and I'm learning so much! Bless you! Anna from Walsingham
A wonderful painting and - as you say - very melancholic. The darker dry stone walls depicted (unlike the lighter ones in the Yorkshire Dales) remind me a lot of the Staffordshire Moorlands where my father grew up. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for showing us how he applied the paint to the canvas. It was fascinating. His technique brought the picture to life and I understand why you like it.
I love these videos. Perfect to watch when you have a quiet moment. Informative and fascinating. Thank you so much. I adore this painting; the solidity of the little houses and especially the beautiful patch of blue/green in the center. Once I noticed it, I could barely look at anything else. Wonderful! :)
I have thoroughly enjoyed your short films. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. What a wonderful collection! Your passionate descriptions of each piece conveys why each one is special. While I can appreciate all of the artwork you’ve highlighted, this is the first picture that I want, and that I can envision on a specific wall in my home.
Kyffin Williams is one of my favorite British painters, the mournful capture reminds me of the high country in some parts of New Zealand, I first saw a story about his work on Antiques Roadshow i think, wonderful work to see, especially from back in the room, the dark/light balance so satisfying.
The nostalgia you attach to this piece is quite palpable. It highlights one of the major influences in our admiration for certain pieces. I wonder, what else or who else has influenced your attraction to specific works? Can you give an example of a piece of work you have been drawn to due to influences through personal relationships, for example, a wife, a friend or a parent, etc?
I do like this painting shows barren and rocky wales at its best.I wonder what KYFFIN means in Welch. Thankyou Philip again great info on painter and painting.
Sending you, Oliver, and Cedric many thanks from Toronto for your wonderful series! This has been a great treat to watch and very relaxing. We love learning about art and you've been a such a pleasant lunch guest. Thank you!
Very well done. Absolutely beautiful painting and sound track. Man on the camera is very talented. Makes me want to visit that location. Thanks Cheers from Canada
Although the work isn't my cup of tea, no, life is hard enough without adding moody olive landscapes of hard rocky Wales, but I totally understand your appreciation of what he was doing. What was interesting was the palette knife application, yes, it is cleaner than brushes, its hard to get paint really out of a brush. Mixing own paint with a knife is perfect...I used the side of a cut piece of mount board for painting my early work to define the lines and structure, dragging the paint across. I didn't use brushes at all, just card and rags..., much more liberating, then scrubbing it half off, beautiful effects. Only recently have I tried brushes more for oil works. Loved the photo view of Wales, what a painting that would make! Thanks for these lovely little insights into your life and love of art at home.
Thank you, so much, for your on-going series. So inspiring and life-giving, especially during these challenging times! I love the way you openly share about your memories and life which are evoked from art; as any good art will do. I'm wondering... could you do a video about some of the artwork of Francis Bacon? I had a chance to see some of his work at an exhibition in Italy last spring on art and mental illness. Bacon is such a complicated personality and artist.
That landscape is, I think, my favorite piece of your art collection. It is so solid and still. I agree that is somewhat moody, it seems that the most beautiful things have a touch of melancholy and touch the heart in a deep and complex way.
This comment is addressed to Oliver: Oliver, you are going from strength to strength with each video. The quality of your work is exceptional considering you are using only the iphone. Can I quietly add that I enjoy the way your dad's voice becomes louder as you move closer in. It makes me feel I am there inside your home and how much I would be enjoying sitting on a sofa with Cedric's head on my lap as I watched you work and listened to your father. I sincerely hope this series of TH-cam videos will earn you credits towards your degree course at the American University in Paris. Kindest regards for your welfare, and that of your family and friends in the UK.
Thank you again for bringing absolute delight. It does not get better than this dogs art countryside and erudition. You made me think about paintings in my home. As an expat Australian living in HK I have many childhood memories of lying in the garden looking at the sky through eucalyptus trees. I have two paintings by Juan Ford because I love the light in the sky that he paints. I can almost hear the lawnmower in the next garden and smell the grass. Thank you for connecting me even more with the art I already love.
A church door for the sitting room???.....wow...love the patina, robustness and the drape like effects on the lower panels. Funny thing you mentions robust...Williams technique of palette knives...hard and edgy but has a volume of depth you don't see in most brushes.
its quite coincidental that my father whose name is Cedric just like one of your favourite artists and your precious whippet grew up in North Whales and liverpool. Also he is completely your doppleganger, so much so that people have mistaken him for you!
You are a work of art. What paint knife smears and what dark gray stones from Wales lie beneath your London varnish? Do you have an autobiography in the works?
What a wonderful series! I can happily stay confined as long as you continue making these. This is a breath of fresh air, especially now that all galleries and museums are closed. From Luxembourg with infinite thanks to you for sharing your knowledge and passion and to your son for making it possible.
Best part of ‘lockdown’ is meeting wonderful people like you without the obnoxious showiness of commercial media. Thanks. I’m totally enjoying your visits.
Each time I watch one of these videos, I come away not just better informed, but much calmer and happier. The wide open outdoor spaces (with your gorgeous dog) remind me of Life outside these four walls, while each visited room filled with art, books, wonderful carpets and storied furnishings feels like a warm embrace. Aside from being an incredibly informative series, I think you're also performing a necessary public service. Thank you!
We are so pleased that you are following the series, and finding solace in the artworks we discuss. Thank you so much for your kind words.
poetryqn Very much agree. You put it well
One of my favourite episodes to date! Born and raised in New South Wales (a descendant of fore-fathers who originally immigrated from Wales in the late 19th), I’ve often wondered what it was about New South Wales that reminded James Cook of Wales - beyond a similarity on coast line. I now see it might be the tough robust nature of the landscape , unyielding, and requiring hard toil to scrap a living from it. I also enjoyed the phrase “ like many artists, he found a way to relating to the world that suited him best.” Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
Kyffin was a painter for the people and extremely popular in his life time. Your painting is typical of his work and a true delight. I am just surprised that he is not as well known as Lowry in which his life shares many similarities. So pleased you have shown a piece of this fabulous artist.
My model knew him very well he was quiet.Huge bucks now.He would wave and say hello was a gentle creature.That was at the end of his life.He had a Morris traveller and they had brew (cuppa) now and again.She wasn't really into painting but galssware and stained glass.She told him and they shared his love of transparencies and cathedral windows.A shared passion.
Love these videos. Have a special soft spot for the father and son thing. My son helped me move soil for a new garden I was filling for his mother the other day, and he even pumped up the tyres on the wheel barrow for me. He is probably a little too young (even at 25!) to know how I cherish things like that. Of course, I can’t mention my feelings to him. So I thought I’d record it here.
MUCH GRATITUDE PHILIP AND OLIVER
LOVING THE WHOLE SERIES
THANKYOU FOR OPENING YOUR HOME AND EXPRESSING THROUGH SHARING
YOUR DEEPLY FELT LOVE OF ART AND ARTISTS
PROVIDING MUCH MEDICINE FOR THE SOUL...DURING THIS EXTRAORDINARY PERIOD OF HUMAN STRUGGLE....
TODAY'S EPISODE IS PARTICULARLY HEARTWARMING...
THANKYOU BOTH !!
FOR ALL YOUR SINCERE EFFORTS
TO LIGHTEN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF SO MANY ACROSS THE GLOBE
THROUGH A SHARED LOVE OF ART , ARTISTS, AND THEIR LIVES...
Geraldine
Dublin, Ireland
Fantastic, yet again...excellent production the TH-cam has to offer the public these days. Congratulations father AND son!! I am enthralled and appreciative!!
I love the way that u describe each painting! U make them seem delicious. Can u make these videos forever. U make my day. Thank u so much!
We will do our best to continue bringing you these short films!
Kyffin taught me art at school. Lovely guy always good humoured never saw a sign of illness. He used to tell us terrifying Welsh ghost stories at the end of term He was nicknamed Kiffy.
Such a charming biographical insight - thank you for sharing.
Me too. I remember watching his slides of Patagonia
@@peterellison3478 Hey Peter hello and that's nice but don't remember Patagonia. I remember sketching AE Housman's house across the road and in Highgate Cemetery which was scary in those days. He liked my drawings of drum kits.
@@MikeNewland I remember the cemetery too. He spent some time painting the Welsh in Patagonia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonian_Welsh
@@peterellison3478 Anthony Green RA was taught by Kiffy.
I don't see any advertisements on these shows, so I know that they are a labor of love. It is appreciated.
I grew up in mid wales until the age of 14, the starkly beautiful landscape has an ancient and mystical quality that never leaves you. The artist has captured the spirit of the place, a land he obviously knew well. Keep these videos coming-they are much appreciated!
Indeed, an immensely beautiful landscape.
@@philipmouldco4360 Please show more of the art of Wales.
This tutorial was mind blowing. Several months ago a fine auction house in Boca Raton, Florida had for sale on eBay a piece by “mystery artist” I knew it was important but I couldn’t remember who it was. I saved it to my photos so now I can look at the one that got away for a stupid price.
Looking forward to your next installment, excuse me now while I go bang my head against the wall.
I absolutely love this painting. Thanks to you and your series I have become aware of paired art. I was never around it or introduced to it. I am now 75 years old and it’s coming alive to me because of you Philip. Thank you so very much. I hope you do many more of this episodes ♥️
Dear Philip, this is so interesting and enjoyable! Thank you so much for all your episodes.
Thank you!
Philip Mould & Co I'm also rewatching all the 'Fake or Fortune' episodes that I can find on You Tube. I hope you keep making shows like this! Again a big thank you from the Netherlands.
Greetings from the Oregon Coast, USA. Such a captivating series and this one in particular, with the music and all I could almost smell the smoke of peat. Can't wait for the next episode.....
Ahhhh! The smoke of peat. I think I will re watch all the episodes with a nice single malt Scotch before turning in this evening. Once again, it is so personal, so pleasant, it is like a daily visit with you and Oliver. Can't thank you enough for opening up your home, your mind, and your vast knowledge of art. Absolutely great!
@@hawkowldolphin A delightful image! Thank you so much for following the series.
On second viewing I am even more enamoured of this picture. My husband and I cycled in Wales in the very late eighties/early nineties, and I loved its rugged beauty and pure water.
Sunday lunch at a pub: Welsh lamb’s liver cooked to perfection by the owner’s wife - an iconic farmer’s wife, painterly, pink cheeked and with capable hands - I can see her now. Oh glorious days! Thank you for the memory.
❤️🌹❤️
This painting works so well on that wall, between those windows, in front of that couch....the colors, the style - everything works together. Really good.
Powerful piece. The knife strokes give it an almost mosaic-like quality. Many thanks again for sharing another artist I need to learn more about.
Always so delightful Philip your welsh memories are lovely especially that painting ...means a lot for those of your children who will inherit ⭐️🙏🌿
Thank you for this fantastic series, Philip's enthusiasm for the pictures and perceptiveness brings out another layer of interest and beauty to them that otherwise I wouldn't see. I went to North Wales last summer and was struck by the harshness of the landscape, so was especially enchanted by this painting and how it takes it on. All the best
As the saying goes, sometimes 'less is more' and for this one, it really is true. Ascetic and plain, yet beautiful painting. These episodes have been a real eye-opener and an interesting journey into a wide variety of art. I have really enjoyed every minute of these videos. Thanks again Philip & Oliver, and hugs to the lovely 'garden assistant' Cedric :)
Thank you.
Everytime i watch one of those episodes i learn something more about british art.
What a beautiful beautiful accent you have, Mr Mould.
Greetings from italy
Oh and the linenfold door is divine!
Thank you!
Thank you - how lovely that you own one of his! I love that all your pictures have stories and very how much you appreciate them. They are not just "acquisitions" or for "show". You and your art and home are blessing so many.
Thank you for your lovely series. I am so glad you have a home that reflects you and your family. I am tired of so many places having no personality. My husband is a portrait painter and I studied art history so we have a lot of filled walls too. Not the same snack bracket, but loved. Thank you again.
How wonderful that you are, also, isolating with cherished artworks.
....I am awe-struck by the Williams Painting... the knife-work is stunning! .... the joy art brings to us, to our lives, our souls... no words... one gets emotional just pondering the impact
Thank you for this marvelous series - a breath of fresh air during these blinkered times, and what a privilege to view your beautiful life in isolation. I was so pleased to see that you have Julian Calder's wonderful photograph of our Scottish Queen hanging on your wall - probably my favorite portrait of her. Thanks again for taking the time to illuminate these dark times.
I'm of Welsh descent, but generations ago. I've read & watched much about Wales, but this!
Thank you for your channel
I really like Kyffin Williams painting. I love the honesty of them, and the light, or lack of, that he captures.There is no embellishments..
Really enjoying this series. I do hope you have a catalogue of all your collected works which includes all these fascinating details. Thank you.
What a wonderful painting. It does display a sense of melanchology...which I like. I could stare at this painting for hours.
Thank you for showing us this paintimgs, and sharing your feeling about it. Makes me tearful and long for the simple act of painting en pleine aire. The song is wonderful too. An expat who chose the sun a long time ago.
Wonderful again. I recalled Rupert Maas discussing one of his on a well-known television program on location at Pembroke Castle. In that instance the artist had used the reverse side of a board with his own self-portrait on it!
I so enjoy starting my day (at least it's morning here in Chicago) with your videos - in these times when it is hard to think of anything but the news - seeing your beautiful art and home are just good for the soul! Thank you!! By the way - I keep wondering with what art are your viewers isolating?
Love this painting! Really fantastic! Great episode!
Thanks for your sharing these insightful moments . Tell your son thanks from me, that he is doing a great job.
You continue to produce marvellous, interesting, and insightful videos. Thank you!
Thank you.
OMG. OMG. He's a master. I'd never heard of him before. Thank you so much for showing us this. He's the Seamus Heaney of landscape. I looked up more of his work. He's phenomenal. The limited pallet, the composition, the depth of plane, rule of thirds, the atmospheric sky, buttered texture...and his work is consistent. You can feel the shape of the landscape and the circumference of the earth. And with a pallet knife? The frame is perfect for the piece. You have a jewel, there. The web refers to him as "Sir Kyffin Williams." He was knighted? Love the door. This is one of my favorite Seamus Heaney poems:
Requiem for the Croppies by Seamus Heaney
The pockets of our greatcoats full of barley...
No kitchens on the run, no striking camp...
We moved quick and sudden in our own country.
The priest lay behind ditches with the tramp.
A people hardly marching... on the hike...
We found new tactics happening each day:
We'd cut through reins and rider with the pike
And stampede cattle into infantry,
Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown.
Until... on Vinegar Hill... the final conclave.
Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon.
The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave.
They buried us without shroud or coffin
And in August... the barley grew up out of our grave.
Tina Thank you for sharing that amazing poem.
Thank you, Tina. Such an insightful response to this works of art, and a moving poem - thank you for sharing.
I love the way you explain and value the art work. I am myself an artist, I learn so much from your episodes. Thank you so much!
You are so right it totally captures that melancholic feeling that the windsweptness (is that even a word) of north wales provokes. I always come away feeling braced and scoured yet cleansed and spiritually more positive somehow and this picture really encapsulates this. Thank you so much for sharing
A delightful episode that got me thinking on how the local slate would cleave into clean flat lines and sufaces with so many cottages, roofs and walls are made from that slate. Using a palette knife in such a landscape that is devoid of gentler curves makes sense and is in harmony with the slate and rock that defines the spirit of the area.
This episode prompted me to take some R S Thomas poems off my bookshelf and travel back there in my mind's eye, I'm really loving your series Mr Mould (& Son) and hope you feel encouraged to do more of these personal looks at art and the joy it brings you and us. Thank-you.
Thanks from Canada for sharing your wonderful art collection. I so enjoy watching and learning ... kudos to your son Oscar for helping with your project.
Thank you for this delighful series Philip.I'm so enjoying the way you communicate your love of art,you really bring it to life, and I'm learning so much! Bless you! Anna from Walsingham
A wonderful painting and - as you say - very melancholic. The darker dry stone walls depicted (unlike the lighter ones in the Yorkshire Dales) remind me a lot of the Staffordshire Moorlands where my father grew up. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for showing us how he applied the paint to the canvas. It was fascinating. His technique brought the picture to life and I understand why you like it.
Brilliant I'm glad I stumbled on you.
Thank you for joining us!
I love these videos. Perfect to watch when you have a quiet moment. Informative and fascinating. Thank you so much. I adore this painting; the solidity of the little houses and especially the beautiful patch of blue/green in the center. Once I noticed it, I could barely look at anything else. Wonderful! :)
i have just discovered these videos, and what a joy they are.
From South Africa.
I have thoroughly enjoyed your short films. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. What a wonderful collection! Your passionate descriptions of each piece conveys why each one is special. While I can appreciate all of the artwork you’ve highlighted, this is the first picture that I want, and that I can envision on a specific wall in my home.
That’s a gorgeous painting. Both with substance and by chance quite decorative by today’s fashions.
Kyffin Williams is one of my favorite British painters, the mournful capture reminds me of the high country in some parts of New Zealand, I first saw a story about his work on Antiques Roadshow i think, wonderful work to see, especially from back in the room, the dark/light balance so satisfying.
The nostalgia you attach to this piece is quite palpable. It highlights one of the major influences in our admiration for certain pieces. I wonder, what else or who else has influenced your attraction to specific works? Can you give an example of a piece of work you have been drawn to due to influences through personal relationships, for example, a wife, a friend or a parent, etc?
I love this painting, the colours, application and bold starkness is very appealing to me.
I am pulled to this scene by heart. It is at once hard and wild as well as comfort in belonging… a personal, mysterious thing.
I do like this painting shows barren and rocky wales at its best.I wonder what KYFFIN means in Welch. Thankyou Philip again great info on painter and painting.
Sending you, Oliver, and Cedric many thanks from Toronto for your wonderful series! This has been a great treat to watch and very relaxing. We love learning about art and you've been a such a pleasant lunch guest. Thank you!
Thank you.
That is the most relaxed dog I've ever seen.
Thanks Philip, really enjoying your art historical enthusiasm of all your collection, as a painter, I follow it keenly, more please !
Such a harsh landscape painting, exactly like the mountains in Wales. Your passion for that painting is wonderful.
Thank you both!
Very well done. Absolutely beautiful painting and sound track. Man on the camera is very talented. Makes me want to visit that location. Thanks Cheers from Canada
Big beauty here, this work especially touching. Fine music. Thank you--
I’ve only just discovered these videos, what a joy! So interesting and delightful to see some of your art purchases to keep.
My favourite artwork so far.
I love that painting!
Simply love your programmes
Although the work isn't my cup of tea, no, life is hard enough without adding moody olive landscapes of hard rocky Wales, but I totally understand your appreciation of what he was doing. What was interesting was the palette knife application, yes, it is cleaner than brushes, its hard to get paint really out of a brush. Mixing own paint with a knife is perfect...I used the side of a cut piece of mount board for painting my early work to define the lines and structure, dragging the paint across. I didn't use brushes at all, just card and rags..., much more liberating, then scrubbing it half off, beautiful effects. Only recently have I tried brushes more for oil works. Loved the photo view of Wales, what a painting that would make! Thanks for these lovely little insights into your life and love of art at home.
Brilliant thank-you Philip
Beautiful!
You are a delight - greetings from LA
Thank you! A sense of calm breathed from the landscape. It’s very peaceful
Just lovely!
I love the paintings of Kyffin Williams.
Just found your 'Art in Isolation' series. As an artist in isolation, I'm loving this. Thank you!
Thank you, so much, for your on-going series. So inspiring and life-giving, especially during these challenging times!
I love the way you openly share about your memories and life which are evoked from art; as any good art will do.
I'm wondering... could you do a video about some of the artwork of Francis Bacon? I had a chance to see some of his work at an exhibition in Italy last spring on art and mental illness. Bacon is such a complicated personality and artist.
That landscape is, I think, my favorite piece of your art collection. It is so solid and still. I agree that is somewhat moody, it seems that the most beautiful things have a touch of melancholy and touch the heart in a deep and complex way.
The painting reminds me of the west of Ireland painters, such as Yeats. Similar landscape. similar style. Thanks for this wonderful series!!
At first the picture didn't appeal to me but as you talked about it I now find it interesting. Thank you🤗 Arkansas
Gosh - I love this painting and I love being introduced to these painter - the soundtrack really added to the atmosphere ! Excellent job guys!
This comment is addressed to Oliver: Oliver, you are going from strength to strength with each video. The quality of your work is exceptional considering you are using only the iphone. Can I quietly add that I enjoy the way your dad's voice becomes louder as you move closer in. It makes me feel I am there inside your home and how much I would be enjoying sitting on a sofa with Cedric's head on my lap as I watched you work and listened to your father. I sincerely hope this series of TH-cam videos will earn you credits towards your degree course at the American University in Paris. Kindest regards for your welfare, and that of your family and friends in the UK.
Thank you again for bringing absolute delight. It does not get better than this dogs art countryside and erudition. You made me think about paintings in my home. As an expat Australian living in HK I have many childhood memories of lying in the garden looking at the sky through eucalyptus trees. I have two paintings by Juan Ford because I love the light in the sky that he paints. I can almost hear the lawnmower in the next garden and smell the grass. Thank you for connecting me even more with the art I already love.
Thank you for your kind words.
A wonderful painting, you shared with us. I’m a palette knife painter too and love seeing other examples of palette knife work
A church door for the sitting room???.....wow...love the patina, robustness and the drape like effects on the lower panels. Funny thing you mentions robust...Williams technique of palette knives...hard and edgy but has a volume of depth you don't see in most brushes.
Wonderful!!! Well, now I know!! Thank you.
Brilliant yet again.
This painting makes me feel as though I am sitting on a wall there. It totally pulls me in.
What a lovely sentiment.
LOVE that painting ! I have always greatly admired palette knife work - although never mastered it myself
its quite coincidental that my father whose name is Cedric just like one of your favourite artists and your precious whippet grew up in North Whales and liverpool. Also he is completely your doppleganger, so much so that people have mistaken him for you!
Very touching
great art also love that pallet knive style
Very interesting. Thank you!
You are a work of art. What paint knife smears and what dark gray stones from Wales lie beneath your London varnish? Do you have an autobiography in the works?
Oh, I love this one.
Magnificent series.
I am really enjoying your series! Keep up the good work! Love that painting and your home is lovely!
I really appreciate you teaching us about art.
That painting is my favorite so far, exquisite.
What a wonderful series! I can happily stay confined as long as you continue making these. This is a breath of fresh air, especially now that all galleries and museums are closed. From Luxembourg with infinite thanks to you for sharing your knowledge and passion and to your son for making it possible.
Many thanks for your kind words.
I am suffused with admiration for your talent and in particular for this series. Thank you so much for letting us in to your world!
Thank you, we are delighted that you are enjoying the series.