It's Saturday morning… A bank holiday weekend… And I'm sitting in my magnificent studio with wishy-washy unreliable Wi-Fi and the borrowed laptop. Thanks to Helen, a fellow Mac user, who inducted me in the ways of the PC and to fellow artist, Patricia Aherne, a reader of this newsletter, who organised her friend to whisk off my computer for repair several weeks ago, all is well. Even though my images are still in cyberspace, truth to tell, I'm doing quite well without it. Having no computer has felt like having a bit of a holiday.  Without it, I have to focus on the real work which of course is painting. But before my Apple Mac was taken away, I made a short video of one of my recent paintings. You can see it here, complete with the story of its creation. The large painting is one of two I created. The commissioning process is always interesting, and the most important part for me is to see the paintings in the place it was made for. I have just taken them back to varnish. Covid has not allow me to see the paintings in situ… Given that it was made for a particular space, I feel it's really important to see it there. However I just have to trust the person who asked me to make it that he likes it (for the most part), just the way it is. There is a patch on the top left hand corner that I really like… The Americans call it "A Little Darling"… It's what painters often contort themselves to keep in a painting, when we really ought to let it go. It is like a metaphor for life itself and on that note, having had my breakfast, I shall now tear off on my bicycle to the North Wicklow country market for my weekly social outing (vegetable shopping) |
I had great hopes to do zoom from my studio and I am still hoping and waiting for getting more stable Wi-Fi. But this will be my next project and for those of you who have expressed an interest in a studio visit, I will be in touch with you very very soon. If you would like to be included, use the button below to contact me. |
