Monday, December 7, 2009

Art on behalf of the Irish Nepalese Education Trust


These four paintings and two prints will be exhibited at the
Distillery Building (the Law Library), 145 Church Street, Dublin
Opening 11th December, 6.30 - 8pm. Open to the public.
As part of my tithing commitment a percentage of the sales goes to the Irish Nepalese Education Trust.
  1. Totem Wolf Watching, Oils and acrylic on deep canvas, unframed
  2. Motivation ii, acrylic on paper, framed
  3. Birches, Marlay Park Series, Limited Edition Print, framed. My contemporary take on screen printing; a digitally edited photograph printed on to Watercolour Paper.
  4. Walnut Tree, Marlay Park Series, Limited Edition Print, framed. My contemporary take on screen printing; a digitally edited photograph printed on to Watercolour Paper.
  5. Evoke iv, acrylic on paper, framed
  6. Submerged, acrylic on paper framed
If you are interested in purchasing one and supporting the charity email me ballygarrettartstudio[at]gmail.com.
If you would like to make a donation to the charity please contact them directly details can be found on http://www.inetireland.ie/.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Documenting work

If you have been following my blog you know that some time ago I took out work from my studio dating back to 1998...
This has caused several things to happen and made me realise some important things.
  • It is important to document your work; it shows process and progress
  • Not all work is or should be for sale
  • Sometimes you have to work through the dross before you get to the good stuff
  • When you hit a good flow of work go for it, go for it, go for it...
  • I need to edit my work more
  • I am overly critical of my own work (are we all?)
  • sometimes the dross is where the gold is...

Other things of passing interest:

I could not get past painting red circles so in  2005 I stopped painting for a while.
Even when I did n't put the predominent colour on the pallete (actually I use a white plate) the colour still ended up dominating the painting. It was very frustrating. Some times you just have to go with it or change meduim.
I could not stop painting blue so in 2008 I stopped painting for a while.

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