noelle griffiths
Noelle Griffiths
Astudiodd Noëlle Griffiths Gelfyddyd Gain yn Ysgol Gelf Sant Martin, Llundain rhwng 1978 a 1982. Mae hi wedi byw ger Maentwrog ers bron i ddeugain mlynedd, ac mae ei stiwdio yn edrych ar draws y dyffryn at y Gaer Rufeinig Tomen y Mur. Ar hyn o bryd mae hi'n gweithio ar gyfres o baentiadau a llyfrau artistiaid o'r enw 'Haenau Amser' sy'n myfyrio ar hanes, concwest a sut mae gwareiddiadau'n codi ac yn cwympo.
Mae ei phaentiadau a'i llyfrau artistiaid i'w cael mewn amrywiol gasgliadau cyhoeddus gan gynnwys Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, y Llyfrgell Brydeinig a'r V&A.
Rhwng 1998 a 2022, Noëlle oedd prif diwtor Gradd BA (Anrh) Celfyddyd Gain rhan-amser Prifysgol Bangor.
Noëlle Griffiths studied Fine Art at St Martin's School of Art, London during 1978-82. She has lived near Maentwrog for nearly forty years, her studio looks across the valley at the Roman Fort Tomen y Mur. She is currently working on a series of paintings and artist's books titled 'Layers of Time' reflecting on history, conquest and how civilizations rise and fall.
Her paintings and artist's books are held in various public collections including the National Library of Wales, British Library and V&A.
Between 1998-2022 Noëlle was lead tutor for Bangor University part time BA (Hons) Fine Art Degree.
ORDOVICES: Dychmygwch fod eich pobl wedi byw ar y tir hwn ers miloedd o flynyddoedd
Tri phanel wedi'u peintio i ffitio i mewn i dair cilfach hollt saeth ym muriau Castell Caernarton. Mae'r paneli'n defnyddio geiriau, dyddiadau a delweddau o fy llyfr artist diweddar o'r enw ORDOVICES:
Dychmygwch fod eich pobl wedi byw ar y tir hwn am filoedd o flynyddoedd yn hela, casglu, ffermio, byw mewn aneddiadau caerog, yn aml ar fryniau, yn barod i amddiffyn ac ymladd.
Un diwrnod daeth milwyr o bell, nid llwyth arall.
Pan ddaeth byddin Rhufain daethant mewn cannoedd
Fe wnaethon ni ymladd yn eu herbyn. ond fe wnaethon nhw barhau i ddod a pharhau i ladd
Cymerodd ddeg ar hugain mlynedd iddyn nhw ein darostwng ni. Lladdwyd bron pob un o'n rhyfelwyr
Ond ni wnaethon ni byth ildio. Ni wnaethom erioed lofnodi Cytundeb heddwch
Ni fu'n rhaid i ni erioed anfon ein dynion i'w byddin
Na thalu eu trethi
Ni wnaethom erioed dderbyn eu
ffyrdd Rufeinig
Adeiladasant ffyrdd, gwnathant wersylloedd
Pan oeddem wedi ein torri, fe wnaethant adeiladu caerau gyda barics
Yn y mynyddoedd
TOMEN Y MUR
Yn edrych dros y culfor
SEGONTIUM
Roedd gan bob caer 1000 o filwyr traed a marchoglu
Milwyr Rhufeinig o lwythau pell wedi'u concro
I gysylltu â chaerau, i'r dwyrain fe wnaethant adeiladu
Deva victrix
Gyda 5000 o lengfilwyr
Dinasyddion Rhufeinig elitaidd
Cymerodd saith deg mlynedd i'n rheoli ac yna i gymryd
Ein aur, copr, plwm
Dros amser symudwyd milwyr
Aeth caerau'n llai nes iddynt gael eu gadael
Ar ôl tri chant o flynyddoedd gadawodd y Rhufeiniaid ein tir
ORDOVICES: Imagine your people had lived on this land for thousands of years
Three painted panels to fit into three arrow slit alcoves in the walls of Caernarton Castle. The panels use words, dates and images from my recent artist's book titled ORDOVICES:
Imagine your people had lived on this land for thousands of years hunting, gathering, farming, living in fortified settlements, often on hills, ready to defend and fight.
One day soldiers came from far away, not another tribe.
When the Roman army came they came in hundreds
We fought them. but they kept coming and they kept killing
It took thirty years for them to subdue us. Nearly all our warriors were killed
But we never surrendered. We never signed a peace Treaty
We never had to send our men into their army
Or pay their taxes
We never accepted their
Roman ways
They built roads, made camps
When we were broken they built forts with barracks
In the mountains
TOMEN Y MUR
Overlooking the straits
SEGONTIUM
Each fort had 1000 Infantry and cavalry
Roman soldiers from far away conquered tribes
To connect with forts, to the east they built
Deva victrix
With 5000 legionaries
Elite Roman citizens
It took seventy years to control us and then to take
Our gold, copper, lead
Over time soldiers were moved
Forts became smaller until they were abandoned
After three hundred years the Romans left our land
