Category Archives: painting

making images with paint

mark making and mussels

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eyes inward
oil and cold wax on panel 80cm square
sold

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new abstract just finished
the last marks made were the loopy yellow oblongs and circles which bring the forms together I think
You can see the rough plastered stone wall off my studio too. Time to bring all my work inside as these walls soak up the damp like a sponge and all my canvases go mouldy!

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Studio shot this morning (Tuesday 16th September 2014)
4 new panels painted together in oil and cold wax medium
Inspired by the purple mussels clinging to the rocks at low tide on a beach I walked last night

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The two smaller panels, each 40cm square

movement

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these 3, each 80cm sq, oil and cold wax on canvas, are off to Letterkenny tomorrow for framing at Artworks

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these 4 panels, each 25cm square, ‘ Making marks for Mayo’ are off to Stronach Gallery in County Mayo

http://www.stronachgallery.com

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this one, ‘Summer light’,  mixed media on canvas board, sold in Erratic Makers, Dungloe last week

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this 50 cm square panel, oil and cold wax, called ‘territories’  has gone to the Royal Ulster Academy in Belfast today, where it has been shortlisted for the winter show. Fingers crossed that it gets selected!

http://www.royalulsteracademy.com

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This one, ‘ evening donegal’ was also selected for the autumn exhibition at Stronach Gallery
The show is called ‘Pretty far West, the Wild Atlantic Way’ and opens on 6th September

http://www.stronachgallery.com

http://www.stronachgallery.com