Tuesday, March 13, 2012

the surface of life


surviving on the surface of life
ink oil pastel and acrylic
gladys windsor fry
1935
pitman press

a favourite place

Sunday, March 11, 2012

magical light









I have been thinking a lot about how important light is to me 

*magical light in my studio (I love how it just visits and surprises me)

*red cardinal on my youngest daughters desktop (light incarnate) 

*screen still from movie I watched late at night with my second daughter(magical memory light)

*me in the spring shadow light

*lucy mckennas hauntingly beautiful solo show recently was full of otherwordly light , and this piece was called lakesky

Monday, March 05, 2012

its not ready yet ....but this is a very very little bit to keep the magic going







you may wonder what are these ?.....
well.....I cannot show the proper drawings yet as we are still working on them ,but this is the back of some of my drawings for our third collaboration


drawings from our hearts ******
a drawing collaboration 
jane o sullivan 
cendrine rovini

drawings from our hearts
series one
series two

It felt good to get these in the post to france to my dear friend and artist collaborator cendrine.
It is sunny and bright here and that always makes things really positive.
I also made jewellary yesterday with my eldest daughter and that felt pretty special , she has a fantastic eye , and I hope will put her pieces up on her blog as they are beautiful.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

left handed life drawings



from my friends lovely 1930's book,love the sewn title on the book (an idea I would like to do)






I really am pleased with the sensitive lines in these drawings above that I did in the lifedrawing session yesterday.
The model who is also an artist, suggested I use my left hand as I was sort of a little lost and needed something to keep me going.
I dont know what it is, in your brain or how things feel so different when you use your left (or your non-dominant hand)
Its really an amazing feeling !

more of my life drawings

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

new moon❍ new work❍ all new !!❍



untitled
pencil gesso and watercolour
feb 2012
not sure what to call this piece yet ..........





above from yesterdays life drawing session



 I love this staffordshire figure c.1840


 image from my friends lovely 1930.s embroidery book

Saturday, February 18, 2012



feeling good in the studio
have a nice weekend
Jane x