Apecs Press Caerleon are producing Fine Art Limited Editions of each of the paintings, 'The Months of the Year, an Allegory in Watercolour' by Margaret Jones, one of the leading illustrators of traditional Celtic and other folklore tales.

These editions will be available from art Galleries and centres such as Rhiannons Gold Centre, Tregaron, Ceredigion. When purchased directly from APECS Press Caerleon, price discount arrangements will apply.

Email: margaretisaac@welshstories.com or phone 01633 852944

Every purchase shows the following declaration with each month identified as appropriate:

Margaret D. Jones, January, an allegory,
1988 Watercolour 13.5 ins. x 13.5 ins. (34cm x 34cm)
signed by the artist.
No. __ of 100 limited Editions
Chwefror February
Mawrth March
Ionawr January
Ebrill April
Mai May
Mehefin June
Gorffenaf July
Awst August
Medi September
Hydref October
Tachwedd November
Rhagfyr December
The artist describes her work in her autobiography (details) :

"Perhaps it is because of my enthusiasm for narrative and illustration that I like to choose subjects in a series. Rarely do I feel inspired by an isolated theme, but a string of related pictures forms more easily in my fancy. I like the stories such a series tell, and the contrasts between one related subject and the rest."

"I have always loved the European Spring, Summer Autumn and Winter, and I missed them more than any other aspect of life when living in the all-dry, all-wet climate of India. It seems to me that men and women are at their most comfortable and creative when their lives flow with the seasons of the year. I have always enjoyed making pictures of plants, and including them in larger, more complicated paintings. Painting leaves and flowers is a therapeutic occupation; you have your model in front of you and it does not move."

"I think I was working at my peak in 1987 and I would cite the paintings of the Months of the Year as one of the two best examples of my work."
To visit the BBC Website's Question and Answer Page with Margaret Jones, please follow this link.
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