Its a beautiful day. The sun is shining sooooo everybody is out having fun instead of buying art!!!
S’ok we don’t mind really. Please call in if you`re passing. We`ll be the trolls under the stairs.
Here is an old one of Phil’s of the kids on Ballynamona beach with Ballycotton Island in the distance. Beautiful Just !
This is a shot of the Cafe upstairs with Phils artwork on the wall. Is my husband famous or infamous?? That is the question. Song for today is the theme tune from “the greatest american hero”. Bob the Blogger.
My husband is a boring old fart so I have decided to take over his blog.
I am going to show you his paintings, his studio and tell you things about our lives.
The purpose of all this is that, I want him to be a famous artist. It’s a recession folks, but we’ve still got to make a living!
I haven’t told him I am doing this…yet, so don’t squeal!
Bob
A painting of a, sadly, declining species in Ireland but thankfully still relatively common in my area. It takes a lot of work to build up the colours with pencil but is worth it in the end. I might go over the background with acrylic as I am not really happy with it, I tried blending with white spirits but it only partially worked.
“Robin” Mixed Media
Painted this initially in 2007, with coloured pencil, but reworked it this year with acrylic in the background.
A collage of the new greeting cards I have made in the last week or so. They will be available for sale on my blog and also in my etsy shop, within the next day or so.The cards are 6”x4” (15x10cm) and are blank inside for your own personal message. They come with an envelope and are packed in a cello bag to keep them safe. Price is €2.00 each or 3 for €5.00
This June Bank Holiday sees the first happening of Seafood & Shanty Ballycotton. With loads of stuff happening , especially for the kids, it’s well worth a visit.
“Blarney Castle” Oil on Canvas. 15”x11” (38x28cm)
Another view of Blarney Castle, I tried to keep away from the detail and concentrate on the colours and values. I had this in an exhibition in Blarney, but sadly it didn’t sell…this bloody recession is a killer.
Acrylic on canvas board 5” x 7”
This is the latest small painting, it’s looking for a title, so if anyone has any ideas, please feel free.
Acrylic on canvas board. 5” x7”
Another in the series , ruined cottages and animals. I used a reference from the internet , but didn’t note the name of the photographer, so I hope he/she doesn’t mind.
This May weekend I have original paintings, including this one, plus prints on display in the “Big Shed” at the “Ballymaloe Litfest”, If you are in the area this is well worth a visit ,hope to see you there!
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“Ballycotton Harbour , long ago.” Ink on paper.
“Blarney Castle” Oil on canvas paper. 16”x20”
Thanks to the good graces of the Blarney Woollen Mills Hotel , myself and fellow artist Catherine Pereira Jones have an exhibition of our paintings in the reception area of the hotel as well as the restaurant next door.If any of you are in the area we would be delighted if you could call in and have a look have a look.
“Acrylic on canvas. 40”x30” “
A painting I did with my friend, well known ceramic artist Orla O’Rourke, to display in the sun room in the Artisan cafe in Shanagarry Design Centre. We have tried to represent in an abstract way, the view from the sun room looking across the fields and bogland towards Ballycotton Bay.
Orla also has a fantastic ceramic work displayed , also in the sun room which I will upload when she gets over her shyness.
Happy St Patricks Day to everybody, hope you all have a great week end, If you happen to be in the vicinity of The Shanagarry Design Centre, please call into us “Downstairs in Shanagarry Design Centre”, where you will find loads of things to interest you.
Still working on this. Decided to give her a blue earring and headband…what do you think? Still have to blend her cheek, don’t like the pale line between the two darker values. This happened when the paint was wet and I used my finger to blend the paint which only served to take the paint off.
