Geranium Face

'Geranium Face.' 

Drypoint on 14x22 cm Fabiano with Chine-collé and hand coloured detail, edition of 7

'Geranium Face.' drypoint on 14x22 cm Fabiano with hand coloured detail, edition of 4

Rag and Bone

 'Rag and Bone.' Dry-point; Hand signed edition of ten on 14.5x24.5 Fabiano, with hand coloured gold detail on spine of figure.

Mère Nature en Main x2

Mother Nature in Hand, Watercolour, and ink on vintage pastel 17x25cm paper. These will be on display and for sale in February at the Adare Heritage Centre.

'Narcissus'

'Weeds'

Dog Pile

Gouache on A5 board

Hounds

Gouache on A5 board

Pen and watercolour on pastel paper

Mère Nature en Main x2

Mother Nature in Hand, Watercolour, and ink on vintage pastel 17x25cm paper. These will be on display and for sale in February at the Adare Heritage Centre.

Mère Nature en Main x3

Some more drawings for 'Mother Nature in Hand,' watercolour, and ink on vintage pastel 17x25cm paper. These will be on display and for sale in February at the Adare Heritage Centre.

I Love

Photo-etching 

Photo etching, 2 day course

 

Last weekend I did a two day photo-etching course at the The Limerick Printmakers with Suzannah O'Reilly. I now feel comfortable enough to do this process on my own. I think it will be a strong factor in my studio practise.  The first etching above, was not wiped enough, I had trouble getting the plate right, and when I went to ink it up to print the second time, unfortunately the film came away from the plate making it a right off. Why it did this, no one knows but I am happy to make another plate of this image as I believe it will be a successful print. The second etching is of an old family photo, I liked the shading and reflection of the cat in the mirror.  Again the film started to come away from the plate, you can see were I tried to repair the damage with a q-tip and ink. The last image was just an experiment with drawing on acetate and exposing it onto the plate. A good way to get different lines, from pen, pencil est. and to transfer a drawing to a plate.

Mère Nature en Main

Mother Nature in Hand, Watercolour, and ink on vintage pastel 17x25cm paper. These will be on display and for sale in February at the Adare Heritage Centre.

Some visual research for these works:

Mother of God the Unfading Bloom
Hand-Painted Icon
from the Workshop of St. Elisabeth Convent

                        Joos Van Cleve. Madonna and Child (detail)

 

Marie Félix Hippolyte Lucas

"Madonna of the Pinks"
(detail), c. 1506-07, by Raphael 

For more visual research you can view my pinterest board, here. Don't forget to follow me on pinterest for lots of visual inspiration and hints on projects and such.

Her New Start

Icon 1

Working on something new, unrelated to the previous post, although similar. We shall see how this goes.

Acceptance

'Her soul left her body in search of a God or Devil that would accept her as their own.'

(Vintage Photo Card, gouache, pen, and pencil)

Huntsman

A small hanging sculpture made of found objects and hound heads that were the result of hound sculptures blowing up in the kiln. Ideally it should be suspended in mid air, not up against a wall.

Cuckoo

'Cuckoo'

“He said it was better to belong where you don't belong than not to belong where you used to belong, remembering when you used to belong there.” 

― Terry Pratchett, The Wee Free Men

Not sure if I am happy with this sculpture, I didn't have that satisfied feeling when I finished it. 
Perhaps it is the stakes they are mounted on? It is made up of found objects and handmade ones.
The head is made of pit-fired ceramic, with gold paint, in addition there are two bird skulls with gold paint detail, and a bird claw also with gold detail. They are all mounted in a birds nest.  Below are some detailed photos of the piece.

Photo Booth thoughts x 3

Three new after thoughts to the project, 'Photo Booth Thoughts.'