Artist
Martin Morley
1944
I was born in 1944 in Yeovil, Somerset and trained at the Wimbledon School of Art as a theatre designer, graduating in 1966. I practiced as a designer in various theatres before becoming the resident designer with Theatr Cymru in 1973, and branched out into TV design in 1985 while also continuing to do theatre designs for Theatr Gwynedd. I came to live in Bethesda in 1976
I have always loved drawing and painting and put on paper or canvas what I see around me; scenes of people in cafes or art galleries, the way they sit and stand and also of where I am, and over the years have painted many of the changing shop fronts of Bethesda and the surrounding area. What I paint is very much a record of places that are close to me.
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Martin Morley - bywgraffiad
Fy ganwyd yn 1944 yn Yeovil, Gwlad yr Haf a graddio o Ysgol Gelf Wimbledon yn 1966 yn dilyn hyfforddiant fel dylunydd theatr. Roeddwn i'n gweithio fel dylunydd mewn amryw o theatrau cyn cychwn fel dylunydd preswyl gyda Theatr Cymru yn 1973. Mi ddechreuais weithio mewn dylunio teledu yn 1985 tra hefyd yn parhau i wneud dyluniadau theatr ar gyfer Theatr Gwynedd. Deuthum i fyw ym Methesda yn 1976.
Rwyf bob amser wedi mwynhau arlunio a phaentio ar bapur neu gynfas yr hyn a welaf fi o gwmpas; golygfeydd o bobl mewn caffis neu orielau celf, y ffordd y maent yn eistedd ac yn sefyll, a hefyd o ble yr ydw i, a dros y blynyddoedd wedi peintio y tu allan i nifer o'r siopau ym Methesda a'r cyffiniau. Yr hyn yr hoffwn ei baentio yw cofnod o leoliadau sydd yn agos ataf.
Coffee in Llangollen (2024)
Acrylic on canvas
27.5cm x 38cm (10.8" x 15.0")
265.00 GBP
Signed
Framed size 44.5 x 55cm
Coffee time (2023)
Watercolour
22cm x 29cm (8.7" x 11.4")
125.00 GBP
Signed
Unframed, Mounted size 32 x 39 cm
The Wholefood shop (2023)
Watercolour and Ink
22cm x 29cm (8.7" x 11.4")
125.00 GBP
Signed
Unframed, Mounted size 32 x 39 cm
Pesda Rock (2023)
Acrylic on board
12.7cm x 17.8cm (5.0" x 7.0")
95.00 GBP
Signed
Frame size 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Ffrydlas (2023)
Acrylic on board
12.7cm x 17.8cm (5.0" x 7.0")
95.00 GBP
Signed
Frame size 15.2 x 20.3 cm
Hen Greiriau, Bethesda (2024)
Acrylic on canvas
27.5cm x 36cm (10.8" x 14.2")
Signed
Frame size 33,5 x 42 cm,
SOLD
Stryd Fawr Nos (2024)
Acrylic on board
12.7cm x 17.8cm (5.0" x 7.0")
95.00 GBP
Signed
Framed
Coffee time 2 (2023)
Watercolour
22cm x 29cm (8.7" x 11.4")
Signed
Unframed, Mounted size 32 x 39 cm
SOLD
Lewis’s (2023)
Watercolour with bodycolour
22cm x 29cm (8.7" x 11.4")
Signed
SOLD
The old Butchers Shop (2023)
Watercolour
22cm x 29cm (8.7" x 11.4")
Signed
Mounted size 32 x 39 cm
SOLD
Llyfrau Ogwen Books (2023)
Acrylic on board
12.7cm x 17.8cm (5.0" x 7.0")
Signed
Frame size 15.2 x 20.3 cm
SOLD
DOB electrical (2023)
Acrylic on board
12.7cm x 17.8cm (5.0" x 7.0")
Signed
Frame size 15.2 x 20.3 cm
SOLD
Bethesda High Street (2021)
Acrylic on canvas
28cm x 38cm (11.0" x 15.0")
Signed
Frame size 43.5 x 53 cm
SOLD
Home Life (2020)
Acrylic on canvas
51cm x 51cm (20.1" x 20.1")
325.00 GBP
Signed
Unframed
Busy Bethesda (2021)
Acrylic on canvas
19.5cm x 26.5cm (7.7" x 10.4")
Signed
Frame size 33.5 x 40.5 cm
SOLD
Pen y Bryn Junction, Bethesda (2020)
Pen & Wash
25cm x 31cm (9.8" x 12.2")
Signed
Mounted size 38 x 43 cm
SOLD
The Old School House, Bethesda (c2018)
Acrylic on canvas
28cm x 38cm (11.0" x 15.0")
Signed
SOLD
High Street, Bethesda (2020)
Pen & Wash
19cm x 26.5cm (7.5" x 10.4")
Signed
Mounted size 33 x 40 cm,
SOLD
The Crossing, Bethesda (2020)
Pen & Wash
19cm x 26.5cm (7.5" x 10.4")
Signed
Mounted size 33 x 40 cm
SOLD
Water Steet, Carneddi, Bethesda (2020)
Pen & Wash
15cm x 33cm (5.9" x 13.0")
Signed
Mounted size 28 x 45 cm
SOLD
Tan y Foel, Bethesda (2020)
Pen & Wash
14.5cm x 19.5cm (5.7" x 7.7")
Signed
Mounted size 28 x 32 cm
SOLD
Roof tops, Bethesda (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
40cm x 60cm (15.7" x 23.6")
Signed & dated
Framed
SOLD
Bethesda, Hen Gorsaf Heddlu (2018)
Acrylic on board
27cm x 38cm (10.6" x 15.0")
Signed & dated
Framed size 40.7 x 50.8 cm
SOLD
Back of Bethesda (2019)
Acrylic on canvas
27cm x 38cm (10.6" x 15.0")
Signed
Framed size 43.5 x55.5 cm
SOLD
Bethesda, Shop Garnedd (2018)
Pen & Wash
16.5cm x 24cm (6.5" x 9.4")
Signed & dated
Framed size 25.4 x 30.5 cm
SOLD
Bethesda, Evening Light (2018)
Acrylic on board
29.2cm x 39.4cm (11.5" x 15.5")
Signed
Framed size 33 x 43.2
SOLD
Bethesda Chapel High Street (2018)
Pen & Wash
15.3cm x 20.3cm (6.0" x 8.0")
Signed
Framed size 25.4 x 30.5 cm
SOLD
Bethesda Sunset (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
33.5cm x 45.5cm (13.2" x 17.9")
Signed
Bethesda Sunset / Machlud haul ym Methesda, Framed,
SOLD
Pris lawn & Little Rascals (c2000)
Acrylic on canvas
20cm x 45cm (7.9" x 17.7")
Signed
Pris lawn & Little Rascals / Rascals Bach, Framed size 20 x 45 cm
SOLD
Ffordd Gerlan; as it was (c1980)
Acrylic on board
35.5cm x 43cm (14.0" x 16.9")
Signed
Ffordd Gerlan /: fel yr oedd, Framed.
SOLD
Two Bethesda Shops (c1990)
Acrylic on canvas
16.7cm x 41cm (6.6" x 16.1")
Signed
Two Bethesda Shops / Dwy siop ym Methesda, Framed
SOLD
Pay as You Feel Cafe - Night (2017)
Acrylic on canvas
20cm x 25.7cm (7.9" x 10.1")
Signed
Pay as You Feel Cafe - Night / Caffi Cyrannu i Rannu - Nos, Framed
SOLD
3 Bethesda Shops (c2020)
Acrylic on canvas
12.5cm x 52.5cm (4.9" x 20.7")
Signed
Framed size 20 x 60 cm, each painting is 12.5 x 17.5 cm
SOLD
No.1 Bakery, Bethesda (c1990)
Acrylic on canvas
20cm x 25.7cm (7.9" x 10.1")
Signed
No.1 Bakery, Bethesda / Popty rhif 1, Bethesda, Framed
SOLD
L PARRY Shop (c1980)
Pencil & crayon
30.2cm x 25.5cm (11.9" x 10.0")
Signed
L PARRY Shop / Siop L PARRY, Bethesda, Mounted.
SOLD
Old Police Station, Bethesda (c1990)
Pen & Ink
15.5cm x 20.5cm (6.1" x 8.1")
Signed
Old Police Station, Bethesda / Hen Gorsaf Heddlu, Bethesda, Mounted
SOLD
Rachub, Britannia Street (c2009)
Pen & Ink
25cm x 32cm (9.8" x 12.6")
Signed
Rachub, Britannia Street / Stryd Britannia, Mounted.
SOLD
Window Shopping, Garnedd (c1980)
Pencil Sketch
28.5cm x 30.7cm (11.2" x 12.1")
Signed
Window Shopping, Garnedd / Ffenestr Siop, Garnedd, Mounted.
SOLD
A G Jones & Son,No,1 Bethesda (c1980)
Pen & Wash
25cm x 35cm (9.8" x 13.8")
Signed
A G Jones & Son, No, 1 Bethesda / A G Jones a`i Fab, Rhif 1, Bethesda, Mounted.
SOLD
From new car park (2016)
Pen & Ink
24cm x 36.5cm (9.4" x 14.4")
Signed
From new car park / O`r maes parcio newydd, Bethesda, Framed
SOLD
Bethesda from Penybryn Road (c1990)
Pen & Wash
28.7cm x 34.2cm (11.3" x 13.5")
Signed
Bethesda from Penybryn Road / Bethesda o Ffordd Penybryn, Mounted.
SOLD
Pant Dreiniog, Bethesda (1991)
Pen & Ink
28cm x 35.7cm (11.0" x 14.1")
Signed
Mounted.
SOLD
Old, Hen Bethesda (c1980)
Pen & Ink
23.7cm x 22cm (9.3" x 8.7")
Signed
Mounted.
SOLD
John Street, Bethesda (1991)
Pen & Ink
33.2cm x 41cm (13.1" x 16.1")
Signed
John Street, Bethesda / Stryd John, Bethesda, Framed
SOLD
Bethesda rooftops (c2016)
Pen & Wash
29.5cm x 34.5cm (11.6" x 13.6")
Signed
Bethesda rooftops / Toeau Bethesda, Mounted
SOLD
Old / Hen Bethesda (1978)
Pencil Sketch
26cm x 22cm (10.2" x 8.7")
Signed
Mounted
SOLD
Bethesda, High Street 1980`s (2018)
Pen & Wash
16.5cm x 24cm (6.5" x 9.4")
Signed & dated
Framed size 25.4 x 30.5 cm,
SOLD
Antiques (2019)
Acrylic on board
12.5cm x 17.5cm (4.9" x 6.9")
Signed
Framed size 19 x 24.5 cm
SOLD
Caerberllan, Bethesda (2018)
Acrylic on canvas
25.5cm x 38.1cm (10.0" x 15.0")
Signed
Framed size 40.7 x 50.8 cm
SOLD
Bethesda, Old O Law i Law (2018)
Pen & Wash
16.5cm x 24cm (6.5" x 9.4")
Signed & dated
Framed size 25.4 x 30.5 cm
SOLD
Bethesda, Siop Lewis (2018)
Pen & Wash
29cm x 41cm (11.4" x 16.1")
Signed
Framed size 43 x 53 cm
SOLD
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