The Soul of the Welsh Landscape: The Life and Legacy of Obediah Hodges In the quiet, rolling valleys of South Wales, where the mist often clings to ancient stone walls and the light shifts with a dramatic, mercurial grace, the spirit of Obediant Hodges found its most profound expression. Born around 1874 in Llanharry, Glamorgan, Hodges emerged from an agricultural background, a life rooted deeply in the very soil he would later immortalize on canvas. While his formal education was modest, limited to the essentials of primary schooling, his true tutelage occurred under the open sky and throug…