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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

 

october musings

october musings

new work in my studio started today
2 canvases80cm square
oil and siccative, turpentine, masking tape (later removed)
and spray paint

the yellow spray can misbehave and went everywhere
met a fellow artist in Lidl later on, sent off reprimanded to buy a mask with a charcoal. filter
managed to find the right sort of mask in an auto body spray workshop (duh!)

also bought a pack of cool blue disposable rubber gloves, as spray paint is very hard to get off my hands!

dreaming in donegal

DIPTYCH

a new diptych just finished in my studio

2 canvases, each 60cm sq, painted together, one above the other

part seen, part imagined, part dreamt

a mountain and water and the autumn colours of the grass and rowan berries that grow on the turf bogs of donegal

oil and graphite and spray paint, with an experimental use of masking tape (used, sprayed then removed)