Y Fari Lwyd also known as The Mari Lwyd (the grey mare) is a Welsh midwinter tradition that has links going back into ancient Celtic culture and the horse goddess of Epona.
Y Fari Lwyd. 2014
Chalk drawing on blackboard 85 x 61 cm
Mari Lwyd (y fari lwyd) 2015
Pen and ink drawing
Horse skull 2015
Wet plate collodion. 15 x 10 cm
The Art Chapel in Abergavenny hosted an exhibition of both Sarah’s and William Brown’s work on the Mari Lwyd in December 2015
About Sarah
Sarah Rhys is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living and working between west Wales and Bristol.
Sarah is interested in reinterpretation of landscape, ecologies and folklore with a recent focus on the coracle- a small welsh river vessel.
She curates Oriel Archipelago a sometimes gallery in Llansteffan, West Wales.
@oriel-archipelago
Sarah contributed to ‘HON’ a bilingual publication on Women Artists in Wales, edited by Christine Kinsey and published by The H’mm Foundation.
She is a member of:
Spike Island Associates (Bristol)
Photo © Dan Rea 2025