December '09: End of Year Sale of my Latest Paintings - click here.
Studio Re-Roof Status
Just a post to let everyone that the studio is still not back in a condition to accept visitors. The scaffolding went up in November, and the roof was taken off over 7 weeks ago. Throw in Christmas, the snow, burst pipes, and a technical matter relating to guttering, and I’m still not yet back in there painting.
It’s a construction site and, I suspect, will be for some time:
This is what it looks like inside. Half of the studio, the whole length of it, has survived with just felt for a roof. This would be the half with the wet sections.
Somewhere under there is everything but some paints and brushes, and most paintings in progress. That’s a whole lot of art materials as well as things like my sketchbooks, photos, and art reference books. And since most stuff was moved into these piles by other people, I don’t know where most things are.
This is down the end behind the tent:
So I’ll have a spot of cleaning to do when I do get back in.
Apologies to everyone I’ve had to turn away in the last couple of months, but I think now it really is only days away from my return.
I don’t do well being separated from my stuff.
Painting: To The Beach
Here’s the 2nd of 2 paintings finished recently that went to Moscow.
To The Beach
40.5 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 inches)
I started this painting so many years ago I can’t even remember where exactly it’s of anymore. It was originally of a scene somewhere in the Killary Harbour area, the fjord that separates Connemara from Mayo. I’ll have changed it since then though, because you can do that with a paintbrush, and my memory isn’t what it used to be.
Before my brief attempt at living in Donegal, north of Killary was where I had most looked to live (after fruitless searches for a cheap cottage on Innishmaan).
When it was finished it went straight to Russia with Coast, The West, which is why it’s not a great photo - the light was lousy in the few minutes I had with it.
To The Beach is SOLD.
Have a look at paintings available for sale
All The Photographs
I’ve put together a page of photos.
It highlights many of the individual photos I regularly post, and also links to collections and collages that I’ve posted on other sites as well as here on Bicyclistic.
The plan is to link up more collections, including many from my travels that have yet to be posted anywhere - probably because they’ve never been scanned.
Painting: Coast, The West
Here’s a new painting finished a few days ago.
Coast, The West
23 x 18 cm (9 x 7 inches)
Sometimes with landscapes I start with somewhere in particular in mind, and then I take liberties which I hope results in a painting of my experience there. This is one of those times.
Coast, The West was SOLD upon completion and went directly to Moscow. I currently have several paintings in the same style nearing completion. They should be posted here for sale later this month.
Have a look at paintings available for sale
Dublin Snow Photos
Aside from the 3 recent photos of Dublin in the snow posted here on Bicyclistic.com:
I’ve also posted several Dublin snow photos over on Twitpic:
- The Joy of Snow
- Glenaulin Snows
- Winter Crossbar
- Trees in a Row in the Snow
- Every Branch of Every Tree
- Up on the Roof, the Snowy roof
- Snowball, Ballyfermot
- Spaghetti Snow
- Food Fight
- Clock Tower, Farmleigh
- Herringbone Snow
- Hellfire Club from Palmerstown
I suspect I’m not finished.
Photo: Half Moon Over Snowy Roofs
We’ve been here before. Blue sky with moon, roofs with snow, and all carved into shapes by wires. We’ll be here again.
For what it’s worth I tend to spend a large part of my life looking around cropping in my head images like this. I rarely actually photograph them though, let alone post them online.
Some Other Dublin Photos:
• No Parking
• Dublin Pub: The Oval
• Dublin Photo: Literary Parade
• Dublin, Beckett Bridge by Moonlight
• Snowy Sunset, Dublin
• Dublin, A Horse
Photo: Snow View
My little American dog used to enjoy watching the snow in Kansas City, so yesterday in Ireland Dog-Dog was very much at home. If you know what I mean.
Not so deep that I used a dustpan to dig her a trail where you’d only see her ears like in the US, but still enough snow to make it a black and white world - just like Missouri was.
Some Other Photos:
• Snowy Sunset, Dublin
• Blue and White
• And Her Streets Of Cobbled Stone
• Door: Number 18
• Abbey Street, That Door
• Blue Paint, Blue Sky
Photo: Snowy Sunset Dublin
Much as I don’t like being out in the snow (I really don’t, so don’t go trying to convert me), I am enjoying a lot of the images it throws up. The skies especially have me frequently entranced.
Thanks to walks with the dog I have a fair few photos like this one looking towards the mountains in south Dublin.
Some Other Dublin Photos:
• Dublin Pub: The Oval
• No Parking
• Dublin Photo: Literary Parade
• Oifig An Phoist
• A Boy, A Bicycle, And His Little Pony
• Dublin, Beckett Bridge by Moonlight
Paintings For Sale
Because my paintings are scattered over different sites and into different categories, I’m going to maintain this page so you can see all in one location the paintings currently available for purchase.
As paintings are sold I’ll remove them from this page, and as new ones are put up for sale (or are left unsold from a major sale) I’ll add them.
Youghal
174 euro
White Cottage
70 euro
F7
84 euro
F5
84 euro
F2
84 euro
Tyn n. Vltavou
84 euro
P. Dot Plant II
84 euro
Rook, Flight 2
98 euro
Irish Townscape
174 euro
Western Hill
Chimp
30 euro
Zebra
30 euro
Camel
30 euro
Parade Ring
70 euro
Punter
70 euro
3 Cottages
Cloon Pillar
70 euro
Rook, Flight 3
70 euro
Rathdown Slab
70 euro
Kerbstone 1
80 euro
Kerbstone 2
80 euro
Kerbstone 3
80 euro
Elv. in Winter II
125 euro
Elv. in Winter II
125 euro
The Plains III
84 euro
See also Abstract Paintings
If you prefer not to use PayPal you can pay me direct - by cash or transfer or cheque/check. I actually prefer that as it saves me paying fees to PP, but work away on the PayPal links if you prefer to pay that way.
2009 End of Year Sale of Paintings
The 2009 End of Year Sale has ended.
With the sudden re-roofing and renovations of the studio, a lot less paintings were posted in the sale than planned. I’m holding back the latest paintings and going to add them to ones I’m about to finish and some time in January have a new sale in celebration of my new roof.
For older paintings available at non-sale prices scroll down past the sale.
Announcements of new paintings are made first on twitter (have a look there now to see links to paintings not yet posted here) and then this page will be updated as batches of paintings are ready, so you may need to refresh to see if any new paintings have been added.
In the meantime here are some older paintings available for purchase at regular prices:
Youghal
174 euro
White Cottage
70 euro
F7
84 euro
F5
84 euro
F2
84 euro
Tyn n. Vltavou
84 euro
P. Dot Plant II
84 euro
Rook, Flight 2
98 euro
Irish Townscape
174 euro
Western Hill
Chimp
30 euro
Zebra
30 euro
Camel
30 euro
Parade Ring
70 euro
Punter
70 euro
3 Cottages
Cloon Pillar
70 euro
Rook, Flight 3
70 euro
Rathdown Slab
70 euro
Kerbstone 1
80 euro
Kerbstone 2
80 euro
Kerbstone 3
80 euro
Elv. in Winter II
125 euro
Elv. in Winter II
125 euro
The Plains III
84 euro
If you prefer not to use PayPal you can pay me direct - by cash or transfer or cheque/check. I actually prefer that as it saves me paying fees to PP, but work away on the PayPal links if you prefer to pay that way.
If you do wish to buy a painting, to avoid disappointment you might want to contact me as soon as possible as paintings are sold on a first-come basis, and there have been a few instances of more than one person attempting to buy the same painting at the same time.
Come back later to see some more new paintings.
