Vertical Tryptich Carolin- brown banana paper, paint and black marker This was to see what layered media- white paint let travel over and into the scrunched folds of the babana paper. then when that was dry did the black paint layer. then today when once again it was dry I added the black marker. to see how it looked. I like this, but I think [...]

https://vimeo.com/474633620 Aon, dó So I made this this morning to submit to https://thisgallery.org/ open call. I'd had the idea over last week, about shouting a poem or a speech into the camera, close enough to become slightly distorted, with the sound turned off. and having spent the week w my kids at home this morning was the first opportunity to try making it. I don't [...]

5 figured sequence of Carolin; 75cm deep paper roll I started (after 1/2 heartedly tidying up things a bit) by rolling out the action sequence paper roll of Carolin figures, and adding one more. I wanted to finish it as such. Then I started a new one, as in a large paper roll drawing, using more black paint. I started with 4 sequences featuring the [...]

I read back over all the E&B posts so far. stuff I noted: My material starts with my body. The ENERGY. energy of the body making an action in relation to the material. Learn not to see the lemon, but look at the shape of the lemon. This is an approach to help find out what I have to say about this story. I am [...]

So this morning I got into the studio- I wanted to to try some ideas around the drawings id made on Thursday when I visited Carolin at her food garden in spanish point and Friday when I went to visit Veerla at home in Ballagh, Ennistymon. On Friday evening I had drawn a more detailed version of a drawing I'd made of Veerla dismantling her [...]

So this morning, after visiting Ennis Garda station to check if it was ok, I drove to Ennistymon to visit Veerla, who is a carer/gardener. Veerla looks to be in her early 50's, and lives in a cottage, with no neighbours, as there are no houses within view of hers. Its pretty isolated. Veerla was a support worker with the brothers of charity but no [...]

Went to Spanish Point this morning to see Carolin, who had responded to my facebook message re coming to draw her. It was a lovely day, not too windy and very bright, mostly due to the openness of the surroundings on the coast. Carolin's garden is a field on the estate belonging to the Armada Hotel, which she has been developing for the last 6 [...]

Quick synopsis of what we spoke about I am going to rename the blog posts chronologically under the 'eggs and butter' header. explore further- the outline drawings from most recent post- the outline drawings of the lady and child. less detailed drawing, more detailed line. Take top left, top right and look at them separately from rest of work. Was trying to imbue (into the [...]

Continuing the theme of people I encounter/observe/spy on:) I wandered down O' Connell Street today, and saw, a lady and her son standing at the corner, a lady working in the barbershop window, and an elderly lady standing poised outside the coffee shop. I did these in brush strokes as I needed to loosen things up more. I am still 'drawing' with paint though. Last [...]

Last week I spied a lady holding hands with her small child, about junior infant level looking, and took a sneaky shot of them walking towards a supermarket. See below: I am looking at this drawing again, and have tried making drawings of the shapes as opposed to trying to make finished 'drawings' that resemble something. I made these yesterday and am looking at them [...]