Posted on February 16, 2009, 11:34 am, by E gan F, under
Art.
The first correct answer (left as comment on this post), or the earliest closest if nobody gets it right, wins their choice of painting from the prizepool of paintings. I think there’s 14 paintings in there now and I intend to add to it during this competition, but it’s a busy week - which brings [...]
Posted on February 14, 2009, 2:14 pm, by E gan F, under
Art.
There will be an exhibition of my latest paintings at the 2009 Irish Blog Awards in Cork on February 21st.
The Awards take place at the Cork International Airport Hotel, a hotel described as “almost sci-fi in its ambience” which is reason enough for me to be excited about the show, but even better is that [...]
Posted on February 12, 2009, 11:14 am, by E gan F, under
Art.
This painting of a stone cottage in the west of Ireland (I promise, I’ll get to painting cottages in the east of Ireland in time) is from a couple of days ago. Or maybe it was yesterday. Most of these days are a cold sleepless blur.
Anyway since then it has advanced and is now only [...]
Posted on February 9, 2009, 10:37 am, by E gan F, under
Art.
For the 2nd painting giveaway here on Bicyclistic.com, I asked a question that, like the 1st question, was guessable but if you fancied doing some serious homework (or were a reader with a freakish memory of my site IrishKC) you’d have a better chance of getting closer to the answer.
Question: In USD what is the [...]
Posted on February 6, 2009, 5:03 pm, by E gan F, under
Art.
This collection of paintings form a pool from which prizes can be chosen in one of the frequent giveaway competitions I run here on Bicyclistic.
Scroll down to see the latest competition. To keep informed of the free painting giveways, follow this blog by feed, subscribe to updates by email, or follow me on Twitter
I intend [...]
Posted on February 4, 2009, 4:55 pm, by E gan F, under
Art.
By popular request, Dog-dog is now on Twitter. Long-Grass has no plans to follow suit.
My background on Twitter made it onto the Top 10 list for January on the Twitter Backgrounds Gallery, and the #1 for Fine Arts Theme
My Irish KC made it from the very long nominated list to the (not too long) longlist [...]
Posted on February 2, 2009, 1:02 pm, by E gan F, under
Art.
Currently almost 200 of my paintings are available as prints and/or cards. Matted, mounted, and photographic prints as well as prints on canvas and framed prints are available for most of these paintings. The service is provided by RedBubble who print your order in whichever is nearer to you of the US, UK, and Australia [...]
Posted on January 31, 2009, 10:57 am, by E gan F, under
Art.
A couple of weeks ago, before Walter of sxoop created his very cool mosaic-making tool for Twitter followers, I cadged together a mosaic of some of my favourite Twitter followers and followees using Hahlo and a very old version of Paint Shop Pro.
Then I sent the mosaic to Le Craic, and not much later [...]
Posted on January 28, 2009, 7:27 am, by E gan F, under
Art,
Cycling.
To celebrate the launch of Bicyclistic I thought I’d give away a painting.
I’ll ask a question and the person with the winning answer can choose a painting for free from a pool of 13 paintings, all of which are currently priced at 45USD.
[ Update: Competition over. Scroll down to see winner ]
[Update eile: See [...]
Posted on January 26, 2009, 12:02 pm, by E gan F, under
Art.
My studio is a loft in a stableyard in Dublin West. Close to the border with Kildare, it is located on a country estate overlooking the Liffey.
Update [March 2010]: See an audio slideshow video of me in my studio
Update [August 2009]: An album of photos of the interior and exterior of my studio is [...]