february in my studio .. part one

*********** all the following are works in progress ********** 

        ***********see you soon and have a nice weekend :) *************

resurfacing with the help of deers, swans and their healing qualities

 above  two images today and yesterday....

 above three images 2009-2011

fritz heinle 
this woman this photograph such inspiration from ms.f.k

all new ...backwards to someplace over there

I am feeling lost so I decided to go backwards to someplace over there to find something new*double life of veronique one of my all time favourite films * she lived an alternative life  a drawing from a few years back* tommy chipperfield love that man and his show horses at duffys circus* circus has saved my sanity on occasion * I love working with poloroids but they are so expensive this is one of my favourite ones of all time * oh this lost drawing is the projectionist I only found it the other day I was going to do something about the white bit on his glasses ..........

loving being in my studio

some lovely things in my studio

this a lovely film from ana montiel
I would have loved to have seen this alice in wonderland exhib in england

slowly slowly

page of my ideas book
my ideas book is one of my favourite places at the moment , I am eager to make my new work , but it is taking time to come out into drawing ... it is gathering a momentum slowly .........
I am so happy to have started a new collaborative drawing project with cendrine rovini and I want to thank katy shayne  (see jan 10th entry) for her continued support.

work in progress

                                            

                                        

favourite new/old plate
minton 1890-1920

with the three darlings gone back to school today !!!
I am gearing up to make the most of my time in the morning to create a new body of work. 
I have to be patient as my work is so slow , what I do to make it ,its feels the right way ....but it is slow ....like three hours to draw those flowers in the pool , only to decide to paint a wash of ink over them :( and then I am wondering WHY oh WHY  do I use the most faded , fragile ,falling apart paper to actually draw on .....but then I know its the piece that felt right and I also know that I will be doing a lot more work on these pieces, which seems to strengthen/resolve(disolve !!) them .

ALWAYS BELIEVE

ink and gouache on paper 2011

tommorow I will head into my studio to start my new work and whatever appears ....... I will blindly follow its direction.

a new year is here now

❀❀❀❀❀The only truth is love ❀❀❀❀❀❀

 vogue magazine december 2011 tim walker

the rainbow
dh lawrence
illustated by charles raymond
folio society 1981(london)

 vogue dec 2011 photographer tim walker

victorian new years card present from my dear friend pat :)

I am enjoying a slow start to the new year having been sick in bed the last few days .....snug reading the rainbow .........
I wish all good things for our lives and our futures .
❀❀❀❀❀The only truth is love ❀❀❀❀❀❀

dark and light and inbetween (always)

 "They felt the rush of the sap in spring, they knew the wave which cannot halt, but every year throws forward the seed to begetting, and, falling back, leaves the young-born on the earth. They knew the intercourse between heaven and earth, sunshine drawn into the breast and bowels, the rain sucked up in the daytime, nakedness that comes under the wind in autumn, showing the birds' nests no longer worth hiding. Their life and inter-relations were such; feeling the pulse and body of the soil, that opened to their furrow for the grain, and became smooth and supple after their ploughing, and clung to their feet with a weight that pulled like desire, lying hard and unresponsive when the crops were shorn away. The young corn waved and was silken, and the lustre slid along the limbs of the men who saw it."
D.H Lawrence The Rainbow

sort of feeling the imensity of it all today .....I am reading dh.lawrence the rainbow ,it took me taking to the bed with a chill to start it but now I am riveted its so .....so ...... so.........stirring :)

interesting reading of Lawrence

merry merry christmas !!

highlight of december making fairyland.......

merry 

merry

merry                          

 times for you all

it sure is mild compared to this time last year......please tell me where does the time go ? 

kirsty and shayne a long time ago singing amongst other lines 

I built my dreams around you........fairytale of new york

elf ....my favourite christmas film 

spitalfields life ..consistently my favourite blog

the  already amazing mark petty is now the equally amazing Boudica Denvorgilla Veronica Scarlet Redd

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a little seasonal notelet to all my dear friends in blogland and in ire-land
thank you for all your lovely comments , interest  and support  ....you are all in myland and I am glad
jane xx

contemplating the here and now ....

this is where I sit in the morning ......

with stillness

simplicity and 

contentment

I am here and I am glad

                                         glade

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I have so many books which I treasure and find so many sources of inspiration,this image below is from a massive 1970,s book called things to make and do (readers digest)

winter exhibition inside and out

the drive over to the exhibition yesterday
turlough at 3.15pm !!

me at the opening .......(bless) :)
 ." I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature : I will seek her breast and ask for repose"

jane eyre
charlotte brönte
1847

ink oil pastel and acrylic on paper

 where all life supports that which grows from it (on right)
ink acrylic and oil pastel

antonio lopez castro
the house by the woods

grainne o reilly
railway ornament


I really enjoyed last nights opening of the group show in the custom house gallerys winter exhibition .
As you may know I had my solo show there this past may and it has the loveliest gallery staff.
I exhibited a new piece of work ." I have no relative but the universal mother, Nature : I will seek her breast and ask for repose"


news ****
My dear friend and collaborator artist Cendrine Rovini new solo show  opened last night in Paris ! I wish I could visit it in person , but I take this oppurtunity to wish her the best of luck as I know how crazy hard she has worked on this past year .
Congratulations Cendrine !

kinda busy at the mo !

vintage dolls faces  made into broaches

....I was given these lovely dolls faces by a retired art teacher nun years ago , they used to make them into cloth dolls at school.
A lot of people recognise the dolls faces from as far back as the 1940's .....I would love to know where they were made , they are pressed from buckram and have transfered features, I just embellish them and put them in a sort of space, with hair and bits and pieces !
I love them , I hope others will too :)
Just some of the things I have made for my market stall, are alchemy upcycled cardigans, handmade hats and jewellery made from assorted vintage pieces also my artists books will be available to buy.
TWO MORE MARKETS 

****saturday the 17th and friday the 23rd of december ****

then a break till march.
I am looking forward to having time to draw ....so many ideas to work on .

this looks like a lovely shop and this too looks like crazy good fun !

how beautiful is this drawing the silver bridge by nura in 1937 ?

dublin art book fair and magazine archive

a light meditation on cameos

words and drawings

edition of five
there is a bird in her heart (some life drawings)

second edition

my eldest daughter was at a college open day in the big smoke and so kindly took these photos for me, my work was selling aparently....(yipee), I am most grateful for the oppurtunity of this new venture held over the weekend in temple bar gallery dublin.

** thank you lovely ayco for this sweet post