How are you ?

how are you ?
ongoing series of fragmentary drawings
ink on tissue

Tony Hart .. back in the day

Tony Hart Lettercraft (Book club associates) 1986

Tony Harts hands making patterns with letraset dry transfers
Sad to hear that Tony Hart has left us for the great art school in the sky.
The 1970.s were a great time for tv. he made art seem so funky ! His programme vision -on with its moog synthesiser -and the excitement of seeing the viewers gallery ,was one of my fav childhood memories . Along with Jack-a-nory, The Clangers and Magpie, thanks for all your zeal Tony ...rock on

two new drawings (different but the same)

what a month !

Everything seems so epic at the moment , you know , all the stuff going on out there in the REAL WORLD , apart from that...... (ie.getting overwhelmed).. it has been snowing , its v.v v. cold and I am finding it hard to locate my mojo.
I like pushing the enhance button ,see the two drawings (above post) I did , one is "as is" and one is ENHANCED ! , well seems we're all looking for a little bit of that right now , would you like me to improve your image ?, enhance your view?, tidy it up a bit ! I had a fab day in Dublin last week , saw two superb exhibitions in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, worth the trip up and I got crumpets in marks and spencers oh ,and I saw a heart on O'Connell street , magic lit up trees in Avoca (fancy pants shop), a cool bag and a scrummy dinner with voluminous piped potatoes on top , minty green mushy peas, actually it was my friend annes dinner! ,I had spent all my money on art catalogs but I had just enough for the lovely parsnip and parmesan soup OMG ! it was the man.

mooching around the studio

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poppy love to you all (may your year be full of oppurtunities and joy )

I could NOT believe it when I saw these poppies actually shed their pods in front of my eyes in this,the summer just flown past, I love ,love .love nature SO MUCH ,magically real, really magic, call it what you like , ITS OUT THERE AND ITS FREE , for all of us to enjoy.
image film still from work in progress THE LADY WHO CARRIED HER HOUSE ON HER BACK 2008-2009

Hey , I think something twinkly and snowy and cozy is going down (how was it for you ?)

Of course with my impecable sense of timing ,I just happened to chance upon these lovelies. I recently bought a huge box of vintage box fresh (as they say stateside) greetings cards.
So to all my dear friends I wish you a fun time and hope that you enjoy these images from original 1940,s cards.

happy heart club medals

people ....we seem a little in need of a reality check, listen.... ITS ALL GOING TO BE OKAY we are merely spirits passing through , we cannot let these silly money people upset us , if they sat down for a minute and made themselves or a friend the happy heart medal (shown here) just think how much more meaningful their lives could become.
Instead they just keep wheeling and dealing the countries assets and flittering any integrity that this country has to the wind. BUT DO NOT SUCCUMB sit down now ! make a happy heart medal and dont listen to " the man "

I am here ✍✍✍♡♡♡

metallic ink on vintage postcard
(part of 25 customized cards made for the MART.ie free art project)
sunday 21st December 2008

something worth supporting

I love this group of artists ,who are working on the sidelines to ensure that another space in art is upheld. Go Mart!! well done , the following is their own words....

‘The Free Art Project’

Mart would like to put a call out to Artists of All Media and Styles.

‘The Free Art Project’ is a project designed to bring Art back to the community at a reasonable price – FREE!!

We shall be hitting the city streets of Dublin and Galway Cities
On December 20th & 21st.

We will be handing out Free Art to the passing public on Grafton St - Dublin and Shop Street – Galway. We shall also be placing various other pieces including Installations and Performances around the cities.

It’s all about bringing Art Back to the Community while highlighting the cost of Art today and squashing the stereotype that Art is just for Artists.

All of this Art shall be free for the public to leave in situ or take home!

As ever MART’s primary aim is to help you promote your work! So whether you are part of an Art Group with lots of pieces sitting on shelves dying for a home or if you have pieces stored away itching to see the light of day, or even if you have a Fab new idea that is looking for somewhere to go…NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!


Deadline for submissions is December 19th. It can be dropped off in various locations in Dublin and Galway, just send us an email for more info:
info@mart.ie

And also visit our great online Gallery at www.mart.ie

continued.......

more still images from work in progress

work in progress ...film THE LADY WHO CARRIED HER HOUSE ON HER BACK

some still images from my tiny but amazing film ......

i am sorry i can,t stay... i have to go ♡♡✍❇❊✵❦(but I,ll be back)

acrylic and pen in scetch book dec 08


ink on gessoed board nov 08

ink on tissue paper dec 08

ink and tatoo on gessoed cardboard nov 08

just a few of my favourite images right now , hello to all out there , I really appreciate all the positive feedback that I have had since i decided to "come out ", this art craic is pretty scary , and just to know that , yes , making art is a possible real- life activity and......... yes ,we can! all fills my heart with , I don,t know ,tingly feelings of ........hope xx jane ❦❤

I like this one ....

Its the light coming through the drawing that I like , thats definately why I like film and illuminated reality so much

hello stars the earth says hello !

I am at this moment in the laborious and completely lunatic process of trying to get a tiny little film made in time for my christmas assesment at college TOMMOROW (omg) It will be a part of my work titled

whatever one loves ......is (an installations of drawing/paintings and objects)

, so the most logical thing to do seemed to be this , ie.escaping to my blog, I had a little blink and you,ll miss it show in the new art gallery within the local theatre. the art exhibition was a group show and was a part of a local poetry festival . It was a great oppurtunity to hang my current work the way I,d like it to be seen and was also a great and positive experience due to the lovely new local arts officer (yay to Ciaran ) and to the supportive fellow artists (high five y,all! xx )
So I am posting up a few images of my part of the group show .

new work

ink and watercolour on page of old book

ink and acrylic on board

what!......... you have more to tell us ?

well , its rare to get such a run at our computer ,so..... when I have it , i may as well catch up ,image wise any how . When I was in England last week , I happened upon some treasures in my beloved Portobello market , (funny that )
These greetings cards are from the 1940,s and the man had heaps of them all from a discovery in an old warehouse OMG ! I cannot imagine how I would have coped with the wonder of all that original printed stuff !!
I love how they look a little creepy (a little\ie. a lot ) but unintentionally the colours are fab , so specific and you can see the printing on thepaper as if they have been painted . So many artists use animal identities in their work (I am specially thinking of atushi kaga and his bunny character,loads more )

randomness is the new context du jour ...

Following on with the remaining images that caught my attention this morning when I was searching for something new for my blog.I could hold a competition for those inclined to spot the 'beloved objects ' for real that sometimes appear in my work!