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The posts here are mainly to do with art related themes, having an avid interest in visual arts and music - in particular visual music. Below are excerpts from recent posts, click the heading or the Read More link to view the full post.
Painting/Sketch – Murlough Bay, Co. Down
Posted on | December 18, 2008 | Comments Off
I painted /sketched this painting a few years ago, after an amazing trip to Newcastle Co. Down, Northern Ireland. We spent a lot of time on the strand as the tide was out in Murlough Bay, this is my impression of the beautiful bay as tide was out.
Christmas Greetings 2008
Posted on | December 18, 2008 | Comments Off
Here is my christmas tree, with a little photo manipulation added to bring out the light edges on the surrounding objects……still kind of looks like this when you look at the tree in a darkened room. Happy Christmas
This is the way to skate!
Posted on | December 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Last March, I was lucky enough to go to New York for a few days with my daughter, sister, her husband and daughter.
Green Painting
Posted on | November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment
I painted this green painting last year – started off using some green emulsion that I was painting my front room with, then started to blend in some acyrilic paints – shades of white, greens, blues. I felt like I had the greens after painting this, but felt uplifted. I was trying to explore musical [...]
Rome, Philosophy and St. Cyril
Posted on | September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments
I spent a week in Rome at The Grandeur of Reason – Philosophy and Theology Conference. I was there as a spectator and as partner of Cyril – who gave a paper on a very grand and reasonable topic at this conference. It was really nice that partners could be included and encouraged to attend. [...]
Pollerton Sunset – Carlow
Posted on | August 31, 2008 | 2 Comments
One evening, the sunset over Carlow Town from Pollerton was stunning – so yellow. I had to get the camera out. Even land dug up waiting for development looks good in the evening sun, the pool of water from uneven ground looks like a lake, the accumulation of weeds and waste stone, like a stony [...]
Header Image
Posted on | August 23, 2008 | 5 Comments
The header image at the top of each page, was created by digitally manipulating a photograph of incredible flowers taken at Altamount Gardens, Tullow, Carlow. The positioning of the flowers in the header area, creates some variety as different pages are loaded into the browser.
New Website
Posted on | August 22, 2008 | Comments Off
The new website was completed in August 2008. It will be an ongoing project over the next while, as I add in new features and start to regularily post to the site. The old site had been designed very quickly. It served the purpose well and was an opportunity to use photographs as a graphical [...]