måndag 20 juli 2015

Poppies for Goldenboy (2015) acrylic on canvas 70 x 105 cm

Amach (2014/15) Out of Dublin 1988, acrylic on canvas 72 x 195 cm
Painting of and from memory, palm trees and broken glass on the walls.

Burren Tree (2015) acrylic on canvas 70 x 100 cm
Picture from the Burren, Co. Clare. 




måndag 13 juli 2015

Raft of Shame, progression first layers Acrylic on canvas 145 x 100 cm (2015/April- July). 

On hearing yet another boat of people sinks on the way to Europe. 
History repeating itself. Based in a copy of the iconic European romantic painting of Géricault depicting false hope and despair.

First layers
layers 3-4 disrupting the voyeuristic nature of the painting

Adding dept but not hopefully taking from the energy of the picture 


Of Venus #1 and #2 (July2014) acrylic on canvas 145 x 115cm (work in progress)







Pushing the sky, Fanore Beach, Ireland (2013) acrylic on canvas 145 x 145 cm (work in progress)


No longer Irish? (2014) acrylic on canvas 145 x 90cm (work in progress)
Look back and you will turn to stone? A memorial to the juncture where I have lived in Sweden as long as in Ireland.



Crab (2013/14) acrylic on canvas 135 x 135cm (work in progress)

söndag 12 juli 2015