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Synopsis
This work is the product of a unique assignment and collaboration. The artist Keith Bowen, who lives in north Wales, recently spent a year among the sheepfarming community on the slopes of Snowdon. Their active co-operation allowed him to record their working lives and methods throughout a farming year, against the backcloth of the beautiful but unforgiving landscape of Snowdonia. In over 60 pastels as well as line drawings, Bowen depicts all the landmarks of the sheepfarming year: the selection of the new flock at the October ram sales; the gathering of sheep off the higher slopes of the mountain in November; the mortal winter struggle to combat frozen troughs and drifting snow; the lambing season; summer shearing; the Annual Show and the make or break September auctions, when serious business is leavened by gossip as old friends get together. Keith Bowen's measured commentary, containing a wealth of sheepfarming lore, deals with all the mundane tasks of the shepherd's life: the year-round vigilance against predators, parasites and diseases, the dipping and dousing, the injecting and - nowadays- scanning for radioactivity; the maintainence of miles of walls; the endless searching, checking and and walking.
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About the Author
Keith Bowen was born in North Wales in 1950 and began exhibiting at the Royal Academy, London in 1980. The artist works in a variety of mediums and is considered one of the foremost pastel painters in the country. He was elected a member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1992. Amongst a host of awards he has twice received the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and has exhibited extensively receiving justifiable acclaim. He has written and illustrated a number of books including Among the Amish and Snowdon Shepherd, and his work can be seen in the National Library of Wales. He also designed the Royal Mail Stamps for the 1992 Great Britain Winter Scenes issue. The artist uses sketches, pastels and oil on canvas to encapsulate the Welsh landscape and the gritty weather beaten figures that inhabit it.
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Snowdon Shepherd: Four Seasons on the Hill Farms of North Wales
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Snowdon Shepherd: Four Seasons on the Hill Farms of North Wales.
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Trade Paperback. First Edition Thus (1991), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Near Fine in Wraps: shopws very light sunning to the blue background field of the backstrip and about one-eighth of rear face, but this does not affect legibility of titles thereon, as they remain bold and clearly legible; a small area of scuffing to the bottom edge of the rear panel; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creases to the backstrip. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A nearly-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing the very mildest wear and a couple of cosmetic flaws. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. Oblong 8vo. (7.5 x 10.25 x 0.3 inches). 96 pages. Foreward by Jan Morris. Aqua spine, lighter green print. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Illustrated by the Author. Language: English. Weight: 12.5 ounces. Trade Paperback. In over 60 pastels of consummate skill and harmonious colouring, as well as line drawings bristling with spontaneity, Bowen depicts all the landmarks of the sheepfarming year. Contains a wealth of sheepfarming lore, deals with all the mundane tasks of the shepherd's life. First Edition Thus (1991), so stated. First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Seller Inventory # 52058