hand me my little silver trumpet please...

ink and gouache on gessoed board
2009


I was delighted to have been involved in the very recent exciting inaugural show by http:// www.imoca.ie/thismust.html (irish museum of contemporary art)This must be which was curated by Sally Timmons and Paul Murnaghan.
Artswap was presented by the fabulous http://monstertruck.ie,
It was a thrill to know that my piece, girl on a deer, was there , I believe it had a great time, and I am looking forward to getting my swap from artist Lucy Sheridan (hi Lucy !)

some more of my thangs ...

girl in a gilt oval frame

ink on paper satin ribbon and gilt frame

what next ....?

my table at college yesterday
detail of lacefield
ink on tissue

page of my scetchbook
ink on paper

scetchbook page
ink on paper
I am in the process of rounding up all my worldly (um, unworldly worldly) work as I approach my degree final assesment which is on.... WEDNESDAY JUNE THE TENTH ,no, no ,its not getting to me at all ! I actually feel quite apart from it all , its like well, I just make the work , its up to the work to ... well to work, like it either works or it doesnt and at this stage in my life it can do as it pleases because I know that I could not have poured any more work into it and so I am letting it of on its way..... then I can make some more !

drawings du jour........

ink on vintage wallpaper on gessoed board in old frame

ink and acrylic on board

ink on acrylic on envelope with transfers

drawings etc......

garden
acrylic on paper on board
2007
work in progress
ink on tissue paper
april 2009
azura and her rabbit
ink and acrylic on paper
march 2009

she tripped lightly in the april sunshine gathering clues wherever she looked (sometimes it can be overwhelming ..you know ..being CREATIVE

the light was AMAZING today, every time I went to photograph some little fairy or bud all I could see was this amazing shape shifter ,I think I recognise her ,but I am not sure (if you do ,hurry, let me know )
then I heard a shreek of little girls saying OMG, OMG , A BIRDS NEST ! so I sprinted over and so enamoured with it was I ,that they kindly gave it to me, (probably out of embarresment) as I was a little more excited than they, its an old nest ,so no cruelty involved.
The last image is this amazing flower that I thought I.d lost ,its called frittilia , but I know that it is obviously from alice in wonderland or something.

studio love part two..

thats it for todays inside world account, rush to the next post to find out what happened when the artist went into...... THE GARDEN today.......

studio love

When I finally got into my studio this afternoon, I had a lump of emotion in my throat. I love the feeling when I enter my place of work. Its true,it is a place apart from the outside world, from which I can safely scheme up plots to overthrow complacency,mundaneness and insignificance. It is here that all great things start...... Yes ,it is here that I can be me......
below are some random images that I photographed today, in my imediate surroundings , they make my work, its all work, it all flows the same way ...It was a real April day , drip,drip,drop little april showers ......The sun shone shone valiantly on , through the showers ,through it all, it was there..x

um..........happy easter everyone

ceramic flower tree
ink,vintage wallpaper,watercolour and pencil on gessoed board
2008

lapins from the amazing Parisian taxidermist Deyrolle

I had a fabulous day ,tidying and gardening and eating and cycling and walking but not drawing and that makes me a small bit sad. These lapins I adore them , I was in the shop Deyrolle in Paris,a couple of years ago, and it is amazing ,sadly they had a fire this year and if I had half a brain you could read all about it with a super slick link...but I cannot do anything taxing (I DID not say taxidermisting !) until after june when I will have completed my degree ,until then its like I am in intensive care (yes it is that touch and go),
TOMMOROW I WILL DRAW LOADS OF AMAZING THINGS,,,,yes I will , really, easter holidays are a busy time ,not conducive to solitary drawing but very good for wearing bright blue and yellow (which I was) and a dear elderly neighbour said she,d take a photo of me if she had a camera ! and the palpable general bonhomie atmostphere of "can do" in our village today.
The drawing I posted was in Catalyst Arts exhibition last year and I kind of miss it. Fingers crossed that they have found it by my next post .
Oh..and if you are reading this I just want to send out some love and a big high five to all my friends even the ones I havent yet met in person ! ,your support is so appreciated.(you all know who you are )Thanks for the comments ,they kind of keep me going when I feel all alone . (you know...art does that to you,seems its all a part of the process ) xxx Jane ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

college today

a small installation of drawings and my film ..the lady who carried her house on her back
ink on paper and board

drawing du jour....

untitled drawing (for selma)
ink on tissue

scary huh ?

mischevious misty
illustrated by Chader 1963

todays work in progress.......

untitled (work in progress)
ink on gessoe on board
it is not an easy step for me to make my work bigger , I have all sorts of silly arguments with myself about why I dont need to and how my work suits a smaller scale blahdey blah.. and then someone I trust suggests I go big just to see what happens ,for a challenge etc!
I have been at this new venture all weekend. It takes ages to put grounds down ,four coats etc... and it all seems so labourious BUT ... I liked the change I felt as soon as I saw the difference in scale (up to 120cmx90cm compared with my normal 20cmx20cm)
I think that it will enhance my smaller more obsessively detailed work , so thank you T for pushing me , I feel excited and isn,t that a good thing? I am going to work into the large piece tommorow with some um...... obsessive details and see what happens (rather like doing your hair again when you get back from the hairdressers !) What do you think ?

its all there hiding away........ waiting ...waiting to be found

I had a lovely morning even though it was extremely cold and misty trawling through the monthly carboot sale (what joy),my favourite occupation.
I found lots of little satellites of magic and in particular I like the colours of the following images , there seems to be a gentle balance of colours that are like spring flowers in tone. Reading the text in the girls annual is so uplifting , full of a can do attitude , I mean listen to this ! ....
'standing on the wing of her aircraft ,clutching a strut, Phyl Weir would wonder why she ever took up parachuting ...." but you see SHE DID ,she did try it ,didn.t she?
This tiny book is full of cute girls like spring blossoms...These gals are working the Spring look for 1831. Pink and yellow always does it for me ♡♡
fashions and fashion plates 1800-1900 by James Lavery 1943
cover illustration Marion Mahler
Next up is from a wonderful feature on ...circus girl " Never a dull moment under the Big Top for a circus girl " and it was illustrated by Edward Mortelmans c.1940 ?no date from Girls Annual no.6 (Hulton Press Ltd London)......... it is SO romantically written ,so.ahhhh..........
"..the band started playing as it prepared to march off for a parade through the town....Greta ,the pretty young wife of the musical clown,played a solo from outside her own caravan on the silver trumpet she used nightly in the ring ...."
I LIKE IT ! ❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋❋

drawing du jour...

work in progress
ink acrylic and pen on paper
today like just a little while ago 2009

it really ,really is you know , thats all ....tears (duh !)

all that connects us is our tears
ink on tissue paper
feb 09

Its spring Its spring Its spring...yipee !

I am SO excited , what a gift to be able to sit in a shaft of sunlight thinking about stuff.. cycling in the sun and general sunniness and what it does to you. I am sold ,heres my altar today sporting a springy yellow sprig that I plucked on my way home this morning from a particularly springy walk..oh check out the manic cats on my old sweet tin and my name broach bought I think, whilst on a childhood holiday in Pontins holiday camp.

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

guess its just about six more wednesdays in this corner at college ..feels strange, I am physically at the doorway leading into a junkyard ..oopps! I mean into another world, here is what I made yesterday ...

current work

ink on tissue paper

pen on embroidered cotton