Castle Street Conwy North Wales Women's Tank Top

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Castle Street, without the usual melée of traffic, in the walled town of Conwy, North Wales.

Pencil, ink and watercolour painting by Dai Wynn on 300 gsm rough texture Arches french cotton paper. 21 cm high X 29 cm wide (8.25 inches X 11.75 inches) approximately – A4.

Some of my friends wonder why I have changed my name from David to Dai. The short answer is that I haven’t. My parents, sisters and immediate family always used Dai (but pronounced “day”) as a short form of David — a nickname if you like. However, it appears that the Welsh adopted the name "Dai” (pronounced “die”) as a short form of Dafydd (pronounced “Dahveth”) the patron saint of Wales and also known as St David just across Offa’s Dyke. Why Wales? Well the name “Wynn” means fair-skinned or white in the Welsh language and my ancestors were certainly from around those parts (others were from Ireland and Cornwall, but paid full fare to sail to Australia. None was transported in chains I might add). Dafydd, being the Welsh version of...