Linocut, Watercolour & Ink
Ganwyd Sally Ellis yn1971 ac fe’i magwyd ymhlith y chwareli segur, y llynnoedd a’r
coetiroedd hynafol yn Eryri a’r cyffiniau, wedi’i hamgylchynu’n llwyr ac wedi’i
hysbrydoli gan ei harddwch pur a garw. Astudiodd Gelf yng Ngholeg St Mary’s,
Bangor, Gogledd Cymru yn ystod yr 1980au. Aeth ei gyrfa a’i bywyd i gyfeiriad
gwahanol, fodd bynnag mae hi bob amser wedi parhau’n greadigol ac wedi cynnal ei
sgiliau artistig drwy gydol ei bywyd.
O amrywiaeth o weithiau a gomisiynwyd i gymryd rhan mewn arddangosfeydd
cymysg ac unigol, mae hi wedi adeiladu corff mawr o gasglwyr preifat ymhell ac
agos.
Ei hoff gyfrwng yw inc dyfrlliw, ond mae hi hefyd yn cynhyrchu gweithiau celf gan
ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o gyfryngau, technegau a phynciau eraill – o’i phrintiau
linocut wedi’u cerfio â llaw i’w darluniau o rai hen ddywediadau Cymraeg. Mae eu
tarddiad wedi’i swyno ers ei phlentyndod, gan ei hysbrydoli i greu’r darnau hyn
gyda’r ewyllys i’w gosod mewn carreg ac i gadw’r dywediadau hyn ar gyfer
cenedlaethau’r dyfodol.
Mae ei chelf poblogaidd fotanegol, ddychmygol a myfyriol yn tyfu o’i thirlun meddwl
a’i chraidd artistig. Gyda’r bwriad o gyffroi rhythmau naturiol ein hiaith a’n tirwedd
wyllt, gan obeithio y bydd ei gwaith yn tanio dychymyg rhywun i wehyddu i ffwrdd o’r
cyffredin a’r cyfarwydd.
Sally Ellis born in 1971 and raised amongst the disused quarries ,lakes and
ancient woodlands in and around Snowdonia ,completely surrounded and
inspired by it’s pure rugged beauty. She studied Art Foundation in St Mary’s
college Bangor during the 80’s , her career and life went into a different
direction, however she has always remained creative and maintained her
artistic skills throughout her life.
From various commissioned works to being part of mixed and solo exhibitions
she has built up a large body of private collectors far and wide.
Her preferred medium is Watercolour ink , she also produces artworks using a
variety of other mediums, techniques and subject matters….. from her
portrayal s of some old welsh sayings the origins of which have always since
childhood intrigued her ; inspired her to produce these pieces with the Will to
set them in stone and preserve these sayings for future generations. To her
popular imaginative and meditative botanical art which grows from her
mindscape and her artistic core. With the intention to evoke the natural
rhythms of our language and our wild landscape and hoping that her works
trigger ones imagination to weave away from the mundane and familiar.