Artist and designer working in a variety of media. From the 1960s he designed and made stained glass for places of worship in Wales and beyond. Archives for the artist are held at the National Library of Wales.
For a full biography and bibliography see the Dictionary of Welsh Biography.
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| Signature from East Window 1980 Church of St Stephen, Llansteffan, Carmarthenshire east wall of the chancel | |
| Signature from Thy Light Break Forth 1986 Church of All Saints, Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan north wall of the north aisle | |
| Signature from Christ Crucified on a Tree 1973 Church of St David, Betws, Carmarthenshire south wall of the nave (window number: sIV) |
Alison Smith, John Petts and the Caseg Press (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000).
Alison Smith, 'John Petts: Designer-Craftsman 1914-1991' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xix, no. 2 (1991–3), 216–36.
Alison Smith, 'Light, Colour and the Bible: The Stained Glass Windows of John Petts (1914-91)' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 217-233.
M. N. Jones, 'Petts, Ronald John (1914–1991), artist' (Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales, 2018).
Maurice Broady, 'Stained Glass Design in Wales' Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 6 (new series) (2000), 159-60.
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