Collection: Ifan John Hughes

Ers fy nyddiau ysgol roeddwn i bob amser wedi bod â diddordeb mewn celf ond rhwng 1951 a 1972 roeddwn i ffwrdd yn yr RAF a Heddlu Swydd Gaer. Ym 1972 dychwelais i Bwllheli a chadw siop bapur wal a phaent yn Stryd Penlan am 34 mlynedd. Roeddwn i bob amser yn brysur ac yn gynghorydd am 42 mlynedd ac yn Faer y dref ddwywaith.
Ymddeolais ar werthiant y siop yn 2006 a dechreuais beintio gyda phasteli a chymerais ran mewn arddangosfeydd yn Tonnau, Taro Deg a Gray Thomas yng Nghaernarfon.
Yn 2021 dioddefais o diwmor a chefais lawdriniaeth fawr ar yr ymennydd a arweiniodd at nam difrifol ar fy ngolwg ac rwyf bellach wedi'm cofrestru'n ddall. Rwyf bellach yn aelod o ‘Blind Veterans UK’ ac wedi cael fy annog i ddechrau peintio eto ond y tro hwn gan ddefnyddio acrylig.

Since my school days I was always interested in art but between 1951 and 1972 I was away in the RAF and Cheshire Police. In 1972 I returned to Pwllheli and kept a wallpaper and paint shop in Penlan Street for 34 years. I was always busy and was a councillor for 42 years and Mayor of the town twice.
I retired on the sale of the shop in 2006 and started painting with pastels and took part in exhibitions at Tonnau, Taro Deg and Gray Thomas in Caernarfon.
In 2021 I suffered from a tumour and had major brain surgery which resulted in my vision being seriously impaired and am now registered blind, I am now a member of Blind Veterans UK and have been encouraged to start painting again but this time using acrylic.