Môr a Mynydd: Elfyn Lewis

Môr a Mynydd translates as Sea & Mountains and is a reference to Helen Frankenthaler’s painting Mountains and Sea, 1952 which has inspired Elfyn. Titled after a seaside cliff visited by the artist, Mountains and Sea is one of her many abstractions that evoke memories of landscapes.

The sea and mountains are never far away for me, my work or my thoughts. My family home is surrounded by the sea and river. I love Frankenthaler’s work, her use of colour and how she lets the paint flow. Just like her, I do like to think that the most important thing is the paint itself, the artist is somehow just the facilitator.