29th of December and another batch of family visitors head homewards. Husband and 2nd daughter, 2nd daughters puppy, Holly collie, and our 2 dogs head off to walk to the top of snowy Errigal, leaving me to grasp the moment in my studio
a detail of texture
and my shoes!
happy winter solstice
happy Christmas
happy holiday
♥
be safe and well
wishing all my friends and followers, visitors and viewers, and all of you out there in all the distant reaches of this beautiful world, a peaceful 2015
Monolithic, powerful, virile?
How were the standing stones viewed 5k years ago?
What was their symbolism?
I am intrigued by how the walls were built and if and how the stones were cut
I am fascinated by the field patterns of miles of parrallel walls still repeated today
Fanning out inwards from the coastal cliffs of Mayo
I am bowled over by the intricate plans and scale drawings, in red, made by the archeologists of Ceide Fields
More questions than answers, my personal response has to be with paint
More paint layers this morning, powder pigment, solvent, scraping, rolling;
not done yet though
Some more texture and colour layers on the two new panels
each 110cm x 80cm
Very wild and windy today, had to keep leaving the srudio because the stove was smoking
Starting to bring out the shapes with small lines and dribbles and scratches revealed wirh orange peel solvent
Detail close up shots, one from each panel
end of my painting day
daylight fading
fire is out
3rd layer complete and the strong red finally hidden ( for now)
starting to cover the first layer of red with a pale creamy green
The strong red is proving to be very tenacious, adding marble dust and yellow powder pigment in with the green
first two layers nearly ready, coffee break before third layer!
absence of colour
anticipation
preparation
2 new Millikens cradled birch panels, 110 x 80cm, taped edges, two coats of gesso
Hoping my new can of Gamblin cold wax medium arrives tomorrow via TN Lawrence art suplies
I made 50 mince pies this morning
Maybe a transfer of eastern promise
The 4 most recent stones paintings are now turquoise
love the lines, like scratches through layers of time, very apt for me just now, thanks
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