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Most books reviewed are in print, and are for sale from Artcymru.co.uk . But some are out of print, for this I make no excuses, for they are all important to the history of the art and artists of Wales. So, get down your local library and make a nuisance of yourself there, or you could email my friend Jeff Towns, at Dylan's Bookstore in Swansea, who is the expert in all things second-hand in Welsh books. Tell him I sent you, then he will owe me a pint.

David Tress
by Clare Rendell
With an introduction by John Russell Taylor

It was in the early 1990's that I first discovered the paintings of David Tress at Myles Pepper's West Wales Arts Centre Gallery in Fishguard, and immediately fell in love with his expressive landscapes of the Preselli mountains. Over the last twelve years, I have returned many times to Pembrokeshire to photograph David. He has become a friend and a great supporter of my project, documenting the artists and writers of Wales.
On first impressions David seems a quiet almost introverted character, however like his work, there is underneath a man who knows his own mind, decisive and passionately involved in his painting, which has evolved and matured over the years. Tress is today, one of the great painters of Wales, who like many before him, such as Sutherland and Piper have made Wales their spiritual home, and in so doing richly endowing our cultural heritage.
For all those people who admire his work, this book is an invaluable reference work, covering as it does a resume of his life, so far, with over forty illustrations of both drawings and paintings in colour and black and white. It seems strange to me, that it has taken so long for such a volume to appear. However, it has only recently dawned on some, that we even have such a rich visual cultural heritage. It is good to see that at last we are correcting some of our past mistakes.

96 pages. Soft-cover. £19.95 plus P & P. Total = £22.45

Portraits -
David Griffiths
With an Introduction by Rian Evans

This extensive catalogue has been published to accompany the exhibition at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. The introduction is written by Rian Evans and outlines the life and work of Cardiff based portrait painter David Griffiths, with portraits of the artist by photographer Bernard Mitchell. The book is well illustrated with full page colour reproductions of many of the great and the good from Wales, who have been captured for posterity on canvass by David Griffiths.

88pages. Soft-back. £12.50 plus £2.25 P&P.
Total = £14.75