Gorwydd 2

oil on wood, 12x12"

Gorwydd 2, original artwork by Mike Geno

From the Cheese Portraits series.

This English cheese is the very one that I started this series with. I had no idea I'd have been introduced to so many amazing cheeses, and people, back then when I first had the impulse to paint it before eating it. Revisiting this for a commission, with the request for a "neutral background color" I was pleased to find the cheese just as fun to paint (and eat) as the first time.

This wonderful cheese was produced by the Trethowan family at Gorwydd Farm, just outside the village of Llanddewi Brefi in Ceredigion, west Wales.
UPDATE: they just moved to Somerset, and started making some cheddar too!

Origin: UK, Wales