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Carmarthenshire: afternoon

WILKINS, William Powell

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This painting is set in a small woody grove in Carmarthenshire, surrounded and sheltered by trees. Dappled light falls through the leaves, illuminating the grass and wildflowers on the woodland floor. The largest tree on the left of the painting is coated in soft green moss, and rises up majestically from the ground.

William Wilkins was brought up in south Wales, and has a studio in Carmarthenshire. He paints using a technique called pointillism, which means painting with small dots of colour. This technique can be seen when we look at this painting up close.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2850

Creation/Production

WILKINS, William Powell

Acquisition

Purchase, 9/9/1983

Measurements

Height (cm): 36
Width (cm): 46
Height (in): 14
Width (in): 18

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Oil
Canvas

Location

on loan out

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