Red as rowan berries
120 x 80cm
Red as a bed
80cm sq
Everything is free now, that’s what they say
100cm sq canvas +painted onto frame
Tag Archives: abstract expressionism
Cross currents continued
Crosscurrents so far includes 3 paintings
#1 80cm sq on canvas
#2a 80 x 110cm on birch panel
#2b 110 x 80cm on birch panel
Cross currents
80cm sq
Was pondering on Yves Klein(though this isn’t ‘his’ blue)
Was seeing the green blot on Degas’s monotype in the New York MOMA show which seems to be seared on my retina
Was messing about with a ‘paint over’ of an old canvas
Was pondering more on how Franz Kline had the confidence to make such enormous sweeping marks
And then this morning there was a debate on Instagram about whether we should disregard other artists’ work for fear of replicating – or ‘chew them up’ and spit them out
I’m all for the chewing idea
serendipitous morning
Made both of these this morning
Top one is called “So beautiful, so what”
120cm sq
Bottom one is called “OnceI was the ocean floor, now I am a mountain range”
80cm sq
I’ve been listening to Paul Simon lately!
Both available through the Doorway Gallery in Dublin soon
It could be me or you Update
it could be me or you
Triptych on canvas
Each piece 100 x 120cm
Here are the 3 pieces individually:
Landmarks series
I have just finished these 3
On the ‘drying wall’ in my studio
The stark light patches are both disrupting and essential ingredients in my studio life! I have an ambiguous love affair with skylights
Landmark 1 / the path
120 x 80cm
Details from Landmark 1/ the path
Landmark 2 / shadows
60cm sq
Details from Landmark 2/ shadows
Landmark 3 / lightshaft
80cm sq
Details from Landmark 3 / lightshaft
Notes:
1.In November 2014 I visited Ceide Fields – a neolithic site in North Mayo where they have discovered 52 miles of stone boundary walls from a farming settlement over 5000 years old.
2. This year I am lucky enough to be heading to San Francisco and New York to visit some major art galleries exibiting the works of the American Abstract Expressionists and I am particularly looking forward to seeing some of Richard Diebenkorn’s paintings in ‘the flesh’
I have come to realise recently how much it helps me to know something about the history or interests of an artist in order to more fully appreciate their work. That’s not to undermine in any way the importance of the solely visual impact. And I definitely don’t like the verbiage and arts peak that goes into many ‘artists statements’. I’m searching for a middle ground and would welcome comments
donegal clouds
Last piece of coarse jute off the roll
120cm x 190cm
May sky
Using a brush to block in the shapes
Maybe done
Footnote: I was given a fabulous book on #RichardDiebenkorn for my 60th birthday. I am enthralled by his famous shifts from abstraction to figuration and back again, and am particularly drawn to his paintings with human and animal forms ambiguously appearing within his landscapes.
The curvaceous shapes in these clouds seemed to appear initially by their own volition, but of course I then exaggerated them. Maybe also with Matisse in mind. And someone said maybe a nod to Magritte too! Haha! Good company 🙂
a bit of turquoise and red
Me and the big one! (200 x 120cm)
New 80cm piece, first 3 layers
Can’t physically lift this huge one onto the hooks on the wall – cold wax empties come in handy
Hmmmm? Title?
2 new 80cm started
One in the kitchen from last year. 80 x 120cm
comfort zone
Phew! Back to 80cm sq for now
First 3 layers on this piece yesterday and today
And 2 layers so far on the one on the right
And some more work on one of the huge ones (200 x 120cm) It’s such an effort to manoeuvre these giants that sadly ‘go large’ can’t be a long term strategy
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