good news and a little break from here to there....

Happy to say that my drawing was selected for this months carpaccio magazine

Of course I am DELIGHTED :)

I /we are heading off in our new canvas bell tent tommorow so I will not be here for a while.........

holidays two years ago in the same place

jane x

"he seemed so wild she wondered if he had lost his reason" and lots of small ponderings of goodness

yesterday I went for a lovely walk and found this tiny magical environment ...the flowers are NEON orange.I really love the drawings in this book which I found in the carboot sale for 3euros ! I will post a few more up over the next few posts and I LOVE her name maise meiklejohn :)........

actually the stories are super.
illustrated by maise meiklejohn

the mermaid of zennor and other cornish tales

eileen molony

1946
the market on saturday with new creations ....
amazing 1970'sprinted cotton skirt on stall (sold)
my dear youngest daughters celebration cards she sold all 3 of them ! and a lovely apron she made too.

I have a cold and feel awful :( .....but I will not give into it !

So much sad sad news at the moment , life is so fragile , I must say this at least ten times a week ...its beautiful right , but fleeting and fragile .

I see so much hope in small gestures , a smile ,a cup of tea , and a shared glance , correspondence with people you care about.... ....there is always a way to go towards the light isn't there.

I wish you all a super week and lots of small ponderings of goodness.

a precious quite moment..............AND some lovely links to share ♥♥♥

photographer unknown 1908

mrs.g.a. barton 1919

louis lumière 1913

all above images are from

color

time life books 1970
photographer toscani for kenzo

more dash than cash

1984 kate hogg(vogue publications)
image courtesy of the v&a

vogue book of fashion embroidery

collins 1976

I found them in a precious quite moment in one of my many vintage books , this time it was

color

time life books

1970

and vogue book of fashion embroidery

1976

this looks great !!

treasures of heaven exhib

via cathy cullis (another treasure of heaven :)

a sweet early video of the truelly amazing artists called the little theatre of dolls

getting away from it to see what you really have ...

dear Felicity had this copy of the observer magazine on my bed with the dear sweet face of mr.antony hegarty upon it :)

hear antony sing hope there is someone and I dare you not to be moved....

these chairs and tables are MINE all mine ! bought with loads of vintage china for 25 euros at the carboot/flea I did with felicity yes....and brought down on the train to mayo by me.

a dear new visitor to my stall LIZ (you rock girl) sporting one of my limited edish necklacesfelicity my lovely friend whom I stayed with has a very extensive collection of the most beautiful plates cups and bowls , she has a great eye for pattern,I nearly had to steal this one !

I have had a very interesting few days break up in the capital Dublin , to catch up with some friends and to be a friend all of which I really enjoyed. The adventure of travelling up on my own by bus from Galway after my market up on the city link was exciting enough in itself ....the rest was just like a dream ....so much to do and see and be present to.

Thank you Felicity and Niamh and Elida ....I am glad you chose me to be your friend.

I saw so much and unfortunately my camera isnt the best , so the deers in the phoenix park (you will have to imagine) ....they were far away fawning and yawning a lot ! ...their heads floating above the long grass.It was wonderful to see them , so many in the wild.In a superb city park.

I went to the henri matisse exhib of artists books at the suberb chester beatty museum ....my FAVOURITE gallery/museum in Dublin-with my friend elida from tinderbox , just weeks away from the birth of her first child .We talked so much .Catching up with a friend I had not seen in TEN years, Niamh (like sleeve) was pretty amazing and staying at my other friends beautiful inner city railway cottage with the most charming garden was the icing on the cake.

so as you can imagine I am swamped with impressions and as is my normal behaviour totally overwhelmed, distracted and in a spin !! (good spin tho)

the divine antony singing from swanlights his new album

antony and the johnsons site

your image that blossoms,a rose in the deeps of my heart

your image that blossoms, a rose in the deeps of my heart

acrylic, oil pastel,ink.marker and pencil on paper

**please click twice and you will see it better !!! ....okay :)

I have created a flickr page with some of the work on it from my very recent solo show

would not violets grow from her heart

you will find my artists statement and a reflection on my work from Sean Walsh the director of the Ballina Arts Centre

there are a lot more images to post .....

the new moon came today to celebrate my week which also included the SUN☀☀☀☀☀

all above is by Bláthnaid

all below is by me !





.....what a lovely week I have had , making clothes and hats for my market stall and feeling grounded in the physicality of actual constructing and re-constructing AND having my wonderful 14 year old daughter in my studio doing the same ! She needed some money for a trip and I suggested she upcycle some clothes she no longer wears .

Well she did this with gusto and here are some of the results of both our work, lets hope there are a few small sized fairy types in Galway tommorow :)

AND we finally got some sun ☀☀☀

hey thanks lovely shayne stroud .....photographer extraordinaire !

shaynes site

shaynes flickr