Bicyclistic

From Grattan Bridge
16″ x 12″
canvas
SOLD

Grattan Bridge I’ve painted from several angles and I’m not sure which is my favourite view, but I do like the hippocamp lamps. Growing up I assumed the view east along the river would never change. That was before the IFSC, the Millenium Bridge, the Boardwalk, and George’s Quay Plaza.

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*PRICE
Every day I’m going to reduce the price of the painting by €10 until sold.

Tuesday, 29/06/2010 = €200
Wednesday, 30/06/2010 = €190
Thursday, 01/07/2010 = €180
Friday, 02/07/2010 = €170
Saturday, 03/07/2010 = €160
Sunday, 04/07/2010 = €150 (+€11 S&H) SOLD

You can pay via the PayPal link above (incl with credit card) or if you’re known to me give me a shout (via twitter or email: eolai@irishkc.com) to arrange payment by cash/bank transfer/personal cheque

You can also save paying shipping by collecting the painting from my studio in Lucan or meeting me in Dublin.

Grattan Bridge
Note, for people who don’t know their Dublin bridges Grattan Bridge is often called Capel Street Bridge, joining as it does Capel St on the north side to Parliament Street on the south.

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I’ll be exhibiting at the People’s Art in Dublin on the weekend June 25-27, 2010.

The exhibition is on the 3 sides of Stephen’s Green that don’t have the Luas alongside them. You can find me on the north side - the side across the road from the Shelbourne - in position 83. Update: This is fairly close to Grafton Street - directly opposite Dawson Street by all the horse and carriages.

If you’re familiar with my work the plan is to have a number of new paintings. If you’re not familiar with my work the plan is to have all new paintings.

I believe the People’s Art is on all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, but what precisely that means I don’t know except that if I’m not there by 11am on any day I’ll lose my spot.

If saying hello is your cup of tea I’ll be sporting a hairy bearded head and a scowl because I’ll be missing my cup of tea. You’ll see me probably sitting beside a large bicycle.

As I was saying, I love my XtraCycle. This photo was taken on the way to the studio.

In this picture, apart from the chair the bike is carrying the computer bag, a pair of boots, spare clothes, camera bag, lunch bags, cushions, a jacket, 2 litres of milk, some tubs of stuff, tools, locks, etc. etc.

If you’re wondering about safety, the xtracycle extension was designed for this and its longer wheelbase and low centre of gravity make it a very stable ride.

More of Cycling and my XtraCycle:
  • XtraCycle in Ireland
  • Mobile Studio
  • Buying a Christmas Tree Without a Car
  • A Superior Cycle
  • 20 Canvases on a Bicycle
  • My XtraCycle Arrives in Ireland

Some paintings in progress at the moment. Some have been on the go for some time and are long overdue, others are more recently started. With momentum restored, all should now be coming to completion shortly. Next exhibition is on June 25-27 2010 at the People’s Art on Stephen’s Green, Dublin.

More Studio Photos
   • Me in my Studio: Slideshow with Audio
   • Studio Animal Life
   • Studio Stableyard
   • Album of Studio Photos Interiors & Exteriors

People have asked me if looking at the great plains of America from the saddle of a bicycle is boring. Truth be told they don’t usually ask, they tell me - in a very insistent tone.

I can’t convince them otherwise, but when the grasses, crops, and wild flowers, are dripping in rainwater, there are few more beautiful sights. And that doesn’t lessen when they extend as far as the eye can see.

This flower in the rain was in Ireland and wasn’t seen from a bicycle. But the principle’s the same.

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More Photos
   • Dublin, A Horse
   • S is for Swans
   • No Parking
   • Loads of Photos

A photograph that says home to me. In any decade, notwithstanding the lack of smoke on buses these days.

I love Dublin in the rain. And I love it even more when you can’t see it because of the rain.

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More Photos
   • Snowy Roofs
   • Number 18
   • Angkor Wat, Cambodia
   • Blue And White

Heading down towards Banner was heading into a green wall of mountains. I could see no way through at all and was getting more and more apprehensive about the climb up. At least there was very little traffic.

Everything had turned green and luscious. The Banner Grade is the twisting road up to Julian from Banner that follows the Banner Canyon. In Banner itself there was very little there - just the usual store, gas station and a few houses - all tucked away in the trees.

I enjoyed the climb. It wasn’t really steep and I just accepted it would take a long time so rather than fight my way up it I used my bottom chain-wheel for one of the very few times in the trip and slowly went up at 5mph.

The trees were mixed coniferous and deciduous but mostly deciduous and it was clear that I had missed the Fall. These trees had long since changed colour and I was very grateful for what few leaves did fall down and smack me on the face.

This is an excerpt from Ocean - Part 82, the final part of the journal of my cycle across America, posted on IrishKC.

More Bicycle Touring Notes
   • Tortoise (Part 79)
   • Beyond Hope (Part 77)
   • A Frog (Part 75)
   • A Superior Cycle (Part 73)
   • Photo: Arizona

As ever in the desert fighter jets scream overhead. The sun, I watched rise and paint the surrounding mountains various colours. I can hear birds all around. The greater valley is called Earthquake Valley with the Pinyon Mountains to the north and Granite Mountain behind me to the south. In a few miles I reach Scissors Crossing, then it’s a gradual climb through the Cigarette Hills to the bottom of Banner Grade. I’ve been told the Grade has more bends in an 8 mile stretch of highway in all of North America, but I don’t believe that. The same person told me all the women in Boston were ugly.

This is an excerpt from Anza-Borrego Desert - Part 81 of the journal of my cycle across America, posted on IrishKC.

More Bicycle Touring Notes
   • Tortoise (Part 79)
   • Beyond Hope (Part 77)
   • A Frog (Part 75)
   • A Superior Cycle (Part 73)
   • Photo: Arizona

It’s not just teabags that I put in the windows of my studio. This picture was taken by the phone.

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More Studio Photos
   • Studio Animal Life
   • Studio Stableyard
   • Me in my Studio: Slideshow with Audio
   • Album of Studio Photos Interiors & Exteriors

The road took me quietly back into the desert again and away from the fertile Imperial Valley. After the sand sculptures was the US Navy bombing area. It’s an air to ground target area and you’re not allowed to stop so when I saw 5 parachutists land beside me in the desert I didn’t take a photo.

Bumping along on the melting road I watched them gather their guns, equipment and chute together. Then I noticed up in the blue sky that another 5 were descending. The chutes were almost turquoise. Again there was no sign of any ‘plane and I had heard none. What height were they dropping from?

This is an excerpt from Yuma Desert - Part 80 of the journal of my cycle across America, posted on IrishKC.

More Bicycle Touring Notes
   • Tortoise (Part 79)
   • Beyond Hope (Part 77)
   • A Frog (Part 75)
   • A Superior Cycle (Part 73)
   • Photo: Arizona