{"product_id":"sylvannus-the-welsh-western-series-copy","title":"Owen  - The Welsh Western Series","description":"\u003ch3\u003eOwen Rhoscomyl — Oil on Canvas\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOil on canvas, 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e100 × 120 × 4.5 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis painting imagines the Welsh drover through the visual language of the classic American Western, bringing together Welsh history, landscape and identity with the mythology of the cowboy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe central figure is \u003cstrong\u003eOwen Rhoscomyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, presented here not as a conventional historical portrait, but as a distinctly Welsh Western hero. Mounted on a powerful white horse, armed with a revolver and set against a rugged mountain landscape, he occupies the familiar visual territory of the cinematic cowboy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title, \u003cstrong\u003e“Dial Yn Yr Anial”\u003c\/strong\u003e — \u003cem\u003eRevenge in the Wilderness\u003c\/em\u003e — deliberately reinforces this Western narrative, while the Welsh language places the imagined hero firmly within a Welsh cultural landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe work forms part of my exploration of the \u003cstrong\u003eWelsh drover and his place in cultural memory\u003c\/strong\u003e. Livestock droving was an important part of Welsh rural life for centuries, within a wider European tradition of moving livestock over long distances that stretches back around a thousand years or more. Yet the drover has never achieved the extraordinary cultural status given to the American cowboy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cowboy, particularly through the great cattle-drive era, has been transformed into a global symbol through film, television, literature and advertising. Here I ask what might happen if we applied that same mythology to a Welsh figure. \u003cstrong\u003eWhat would a Welsh cowboy look like, and what stories might we have told about him?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than simply depicting a historical character, the painting deliberately creates an \u003cstrong\u003ealternative Welsh mythology\u003c\/strong\u003e—a hero from a landscape where the mountains of Wales replace the deserts and plains of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in 2013, the painting is both a playful homage to the Western film poster and a reflection on Welsh identity, cultural memory and the stories we choose to turn into legends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shipping is \u003cstrong\u003enot included in the purchase price\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003eDue to the size and nature of the original artwork, shipping will be arranged separately with the purchaser after the painting has been purchased. I will contact you after purchase to discuss the delivery arrangements and cost before shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA substantial original oil painting combining Welsh language, landscape and history with the enduring visual mythology of the Western hero.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JANE EVANS GYOTAKU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62594371649923,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/5287\/4419\/files\/IMG_4182.jpg?v=1789042791","url":"https:\/\/gyotakugifts.co.uk\/products\/sylvannus-the-welsh-western-series-copy","provider":"JANE EVANS GYOTAKU ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}