Tag Archives: paintings

raw frustration

raw frustration 2 raw frustration 1 raw frustration 3

3 rough-edged pieces of raw unprimed canvas

mounted and painted on commercial canvas

then removed from the mounts

swirls and shapes and angry colours

painted with ferocious energy

now hang limply over a rail

what next?

each piece is about 70cm squarish, originally mounted on 80cm sq canvas

I could re stretch and remount

I could paint over them

I could burn them

any thoughts?

dribbling

dribbles 1

dribbles 1

dribbles 2

dribbles 2

My daughter thinks that dribbles in paintings are lazy

Some people think dribbles are simply gross

I think that dribbles are part of an organic, unpredictable way of making abstract work

I find dribbles in the work that I make, inspired by the rain and the clouds and the wetlands of rural Ireland, are appropriate

But what do you think?

And heres a famous ‘dribbler’:

Joan Mitchell

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DbEZDRBR2-NU%26feature%3Dshare&a=HKgEdW7bNAFzRfs5N1mYsQ

 

one of a pair soon to go

one of a pair soon to go

2 paintings 80cm square
these have served me well over the last 2 years
there were 10 in the series
2 orange, 2 orange and blue (these ones)
2 blue, 2 green
2 pink and turquoise

they were inspired by the spiky sharp marram grass
that curves over the sandy paths round the shore

the orange ones are in Birmingham, England
a present for a 60th birthday

a blue one hangs in a cafe in Dundrum, County Down in Northern Ireland

a green one has gone to a friends holiday cottage

a pink and turquoise one was sold this summer, off to an unknown destination

they have served me well, featuring in 4 group shows

one of these two will be chosen to go to a new home tomorrow
good friends, heading off to their new separate homes2

sublime or ridiculous (sofa level view in orange)

possibly sublime a painting above the sofa

possibly sublime
a painting above the sofa

above me

orange companion on the sofa

orange companion on the sofa

beside me

the other side of me

the other side of me

definitely ridiculous

a beautiful gallery-type wall, protected by plywood to protect against puncturing the pipes

when they  fitted the plywood, they punctured the pipes!

I am now patiently watching the wall drying out waiting for it to be replastered after 2 years of leaking

happy sofa musings