[English below]

Wedi fy ngeni (1985) a'm magu yng Ngogledd Cymru, rwyf wedi ceisio mabwysiadu dull sy'n gwbl wahanol i'r paentiadau traddodiadol neu stereoteip Cymreig, sef tirweddau. Mae fy ngwaith yn fwy o hunangofiant, gan ddefnyddio ffrindiau a theulu ac weithiau cymysgedd Dadaist lle mae hiwmor yn cael ei chwistrellu. Wedi'm dylanwadu gan ystod eang o beintwyr o Willem DeKooning i Rembrandt, rwy'n defnyddio amlochredd o wneud marciau sy'n gadael rhywfaint o'r gwaith ar y ffin rhwng ffigurol a haniaethol. Fel plentyn, daeth cartwnau a chomics yn ysgogiad i mi gymryd lluniadu o ddifrif. Yn ogystal â hyn, cefais fy magu mewn teulu o beintwyr a cherddorion. Daeth lluniadu yn flaenoriaeth a ddaeth weithiau neu'r rhan fwyaf o'r amser yn bwysicach na ffrindiau ac o oedran ifanc dechreuais ddod yn rhugl gyda gwneud marciau. Yn fy arddegau dechreuodd atyniad comics wisgo'n denau, yn rhannol oherwydd llinellau stori hurt nad oeddwn erioed wedi bod â diddordeb mewn gwirionedd ynddynt. Daeth cymhwyso a gwneud marciau yn ddiddordeb neu'n ffactorau yr oeddwn yn chwilio amdanynt mewn peintio, gan ddysgu llawer o'r gyfres The Great Artists, a danysgrifiwyd gan fy nhad. Daeth Norman Rockwell a Frances Bacon yn hoff beintwyr i mi. Hyd yn oed heddiw rwy'n defnyddio elfennau o'r ddau artist hyn er bod fy ngwybodaeth a'm dylanwad wedi ehangu o ddyddiau dod o hyd i'r trysorau hyn.

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Born (1985) and raised in North Wales, I have tried to take an approach that is completely different to the traditional or stereotypical Welsh paintings, which are landscapes.
My work is more of an autobiography, using friends and family and sometimes a Dadaist mish-mash where humour is injected.
Influenced by a huge range of painters from Willem DeKooning to Rembrandt, I use a versatility of mark making which leaves some of the work borderline figurative and abstract.

As a child, cartoons and comics became a drive for me to take drawing seriously. As well as this I was raised in a family of painters and musicians.
Drawing became a priority which sometimes or most times became more important than friends and from a young age I started to become fluent with mark making. In my teens the attraction of comics began to wear thin, partly because of ridiculous story lines that I never really was interested in.

Application and mark making became the interest or factors I was looking for in painting, learning a lot from The Great Artists series, which was subscribed by my father.

Norman Rockwell and Frances Bacon became my favourite painters. Even today I use elements of these two artists although my knowledge and influence has expanded from the days of finding these treasures.

‘Mae hiwmor yn chwarae rhan fawr yn fy ngwaith, ond mae lluniad greddfol fy mhaentiadau i'w weld yn tawelu hyn. Rwy’n gredwr cryf mewn byrfyfyrio a mentro, sy’n ddwy elfen gref ym mlaen fy meddwl sy’n cryfhau fy syniadau a’m sgil’ - Meirion Ginsberg

 ‘Humour plays a big part in my work, but this seems to be mellowed by the intuitive construction of my paintings. I am a strong believer in improvisation and risk taking, which are two strong elements in my mind that strengthen my ideas and skill’ - Meirion Ginsberg

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