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Glenys Cour - Painting And Works On Paper At The Glynn Vivian
By Heidi Dore
07/05/2003
Left: White Butterfly, Glenys Cour. Image Courtesy of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.
Painting And Works On Paper 1980 - 2003 by Glenys Cour is at the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery in Swansea until July 6.
Cour's vivid and intricate paintings use colour and collage and reflect her fascination with the ancient and mysterious Celtic myths and legends.
"Look into the deeply coloured collages of recent years, and you find all the themes and subjects which have entranced the artist: the spirals of Celtic gold, the feasts, the sunsets, and the Moorish doorways, the flower-face girl Blodeuwedd," writes Dr Peter Wakelin in the exhibition catalogue.
"It is a tribute to her directness as an artist that the joy and mystery Glenys Cour discovers in the world are unmistakably present in these evocation, visually vibrant, expression of herself."
Image: Shows Green Light - a collage of coloured shapes with a green border - by Glenys Cour.
Right: Green Light, Glenys Cour. Image Courtesy of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.
Born in Fishguard, Cour studied at Cardiff College of Art, where she was taught by acclaimed Welsh artist, Ceri Richards.
Since the 1940s, she has contributed wholeheartedly to cultural life in Swansea and now works as an artist and lecturer in fine art and stained glass design at the city's School of Art.
This solo show of her new and recent creations coincides with a retrospective exhibition of Ceri Richards' work, also at the Glynn Vivian.
Image: Shows Butterfly Blue Eye - gold and red shapes mounted on a blue background - by Glenys Cour.
Left: Butterfly Blue Eye, Glenys Cour. Image Courtesy of Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.
Richards, like Cour, used intense colour and drew from his Welsh roots and much of his work is directly inspired by the poetry of Dylan Thomas. 'The force that through the green fuse drives the flower' (1945) was influenced by the poem of the same name.
In the same way Cour has reacted to the work of the famous Welsh poet.
In 2001 she designed a stain glass window as a tribute to Dylan Thomas and has said that her own work has also attempted to visualise Thomas' evocation of the "elemental force, which governs the earth, seas, heaven and mankind."
Ceri Richards: Themes and Variations - A Select Retrospective is on until June 29.
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Alexandra Road, Swansea, SA1 5DZ, West Glamorgan, Wales
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