where I like to be ♥

new work is a ...coming
Odilon Redon is helping me

silence

oil and gesso on paper

1911

where I like to be ♥

the bog this morning

my new coat (on the bog ..where I like to be)


just back from one of my favourite activities ...walking with my two dogs around the bog near where I live.It takes about an hour , depending on how long I stay down there....it gives me so much.

**I am going to see the new film of jane eyre tonight ...yipee!

**I was so happy to see that the maverick soul mark petty has been busy making some new clothes for himself ,what a star,another highlight from my best ever favourite blog spitalfields life.

finding my way in the between light

I am looking and finding my way ,yesterday I drew a woman dressed as a horse with another woman turning into a swan with a hare jumping over the moon in the background .....AND I wanted to show you but .....its not quite there yet.....

maybe tommorow , I feel so full of ideas and am so happy to get some of them down on paper , even humble scetches.

I am also making some lovely upcycled clothes which I will post images of tommorow .

green nail varnish,a horse ring a swan ring , ruminating and whatnot .....

....whenever I have stuff to do ...I simply cannot do it !

so instead I have spent the morning walking around in the rain and sun on the lovely bog with my dogs enjoying the time on my own now my dears are all back at school 1 2 & 3 deers.

Then as you do ,I painted my nails green and photographed my two new rings for my blog as I am so shallow !

I am actually thrilled with my new rings and green nail polish.

I have also been very busy catching the last rays of sunlight before it goes on its holidays and makes me sad :(

Yesterday I spied sun on my outside yellow table between rain and grey and I actually photographed it , like a stalker !

I am not sure what the next chapter will bring but I feel it maybe very good.

love the colours of the tobias brothers work here

also love what these artists greedy hen are up to

images from the first dublin zine fair and then some :)

double-click to see better ....this was in the back of my books :)
my new book

a light meditation on cameos

edition of five

2011
richael looking so sweet at our stall

I was a little double life of veronique last saturday as I was an independant artist showing with my comrade richael carroll....and also I was keeping an eye on the tinderbox stall as it was next to ours and I am a member of it too .

It was a great day and a super adventure packed weekend , spent with my friend, staying at a lovely friends house with my three daughters and being in a lovely event with other friends (I am SO lucky)

oh , we also went to planet ikea , exciting as it is only my second visit !

elidas brilliantly clever zine tea matters that she specially made to make funds for the upcoming gods and monsters publication as seen on her blog today
tinderbox members jane o sullivan* samuel carroll maiques *elida maiques *and eoghan carroll*at the zine fair on saturday.

part of the tinderbox stall at the zine fair

above photo from here

© kate horgan

more photographs of the zine fair taken by the organiser sarah bracken

making and doing

oh my ....I am not sure that this book making lark is a reasonable or a sensible pursuit.

It takes forever and there is still loads more to do and only one day left as we are travelling up to the big smoke this friday by train !

I simply loved having my solo and other gallery shows but there is a huge gap to fill afterwards and this is why I decided to make artist books/zines of my drawings ,the first of many I made as part of my degree show in 2009.

artist books/zines are egalaterian , affordable , intimate and a complimentary medium to my original works.

My drawings get to have fun,to be turned into different contexts and be with lots of people....it makes me feel more connected as an artist.

If you are able to come on saturday , do drop by our stall and say hi .

I will be exhibiting with Richael but also helping out on the tinderbox stall too(conveniently next to mine so I can make a fuss of Elidas new baby :) and catch up with the lovely lady herself :)

zines

artists book

article in irish times on the upcoming zine fair

a light meditation on cameos and other assorted bricolage

the back of a drawing I found,which is going to be the front cover of my new book

a light meditation on cameos and other such bricolage

which I will be exhibiting here next sat week 27th of august

meditating on the oval shape and being home again

thanks shayne x

me and pat had a beautiful and very observant walk around the bog before I went away ........
soon soon soon !!

dublin zine and artists book fair

saturday 27th august

12-5pm

opposite the ranelagh luas stop

just like the hare I completed the circle and ended back where I started again.

The week in connemara was a week away and for that I am glad (images to follow)

I am exhibiting with richael ,that is her and her RING in the second image............and tinderbox at the upcoming artists book and zine fair in dublin ........that is why I am meditating on the oval shape as my book will be oval and I hope finished in time.

richaels shop

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