The work is finally starting and the stretchers have been ordered in Kilkenny. I am still trying to decide on the type of canvas I want to use. I have been experimenting with a heavy cotton canvas with a tight weave, though today I found a large piece of a looser weave linen/cotton fabric [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kilkenny’
Art works…
Posted in Art, tagged canvas, cotton, fabric, Kilkenny, linen, paintings, Stretchers, weave on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Art, Daily Life, Weather, tagged pigments, landscape, Kilkenny, surveys, photographs, colours, paints, stains, canvas, light, winter structures on January 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Okay, it’s the 2nd January, nearly the end of all the festivities. Time to start working again. I started back on the surveys today and what an amazing day to be driving around the Kilkenny countryside. The sun was shining orange and gold the air was freezing and clear it was just gorgeous. Inspirational for [...]
Sons
Posted in DIY, Daily Life, tagged birthday, building, College of Further Education, construction, Cork, Engineering, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Outdoor Education Instructors course, son, University on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s my son’s 21st birthday on the 7th December. Twenty one years since he was born, can you credit it. He lives in Kinsale, Co Cork at the moment having done two years on the Oudoor Education Instructors course in the College of Further Education. He knows now that he doesn’t want to teach the subject, [...]
laptop extraordinaire
Posted in Art, Daily Life, Weather, tagged canoe, exhibition, Gallery, Kilkenny, kyak, laptop, Mermaid Gallery, mono-print, sea, Thomastown, weight on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have yet to decide what my blog is to specialise in, what theme, what subject matter.
At the moment it’s raining hard and I have a brand new laptop and 3G modem to come to terms with. Up until now, any internet usage has been after 6pm with a dial-up connection of about 40 kbp [...]