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I like it. Interesting to google her work. Garlic, ropes, succulents.
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Coming up at Whyte's Important Irish Art sale on the 29th November is this work by Jack B Yeats entitled 'Shouting' and carries an estimate of €1,500,000/€2,000,000. Dating from 1950 and the artist is far removed from his early work and his embracing of abstract is at its height. It's far from his worst daub but I'll pass.
Catalogue here: https://bid.whytes.ie/auctions/1-56PCF6 ... -irish-art
Catalogue here: https://bid.whytes.ie/auctions/1-56PCF6 ... -irish-art
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Zara Craig is a 13-year-old student at Ballyclare High School, Co.Antrim. Suffering from autism she hasn’t been back in class since the start of the pandemic but she has been busy in the meantime...
Her most recent painting "Bella" was sold last night at Gormley's for just £300 with the proceeds going to Autism NI https://www.autismni.org/ . I would have bid on it but I'm saving like a lunatic for several projects and haven't a few hundred sterling to spare. Such talent from someone so young!
More here: https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/nort ... l-21234812
Her most recent painting "Bella" was sold last night at Gormley's for just £300 with the proceeds going to Autism NI https://www.autismni.org/ . I would have bid on it but I'm saving like a lunatic for several projects and haven't a few hundred sterling to spare. Such talent from someone so young!
More here: https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/nort ... l-21234812
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Oh it's gorgeous, Del. Beautiful. 300 quid is an absolute steal.
Instantly reminded me of this painting recently by Mackenzy Beard a 14 year old from Wales, which is also stunning. It actually brought tears to my eyes when I first say it. Catching the soul of the working man - coming from a long history of hard labourers and working class people who mended, built, repaired, dug, grew, hauled, etc, it was something of a representation of an ancestral trope for me.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57670603
Instantly reminded me of this painting recently by Mackenzy Beard a 14 year old from Wales, which is also stunning. It actually brought tears to my eyes when I first say it. Catching the soul of the working man - coming from a long history of hard labourers and working class people who mended, built, repaired, dug, grew, hauled, etc, it was something of a representation of an ancestral trope for me.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57670603
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Wow! As well as being talented she really has her head screwed on properly - I wish I had at her age - even now it would help.
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These are so cute. Lucia Heffernan does a lot of anthropomorphic animals, and they are good, but quite busy. Like the owl one shown first. But she has done a series called Yoga Chicks and they are pared down and adorable. In my opinion, obviously!
To see more yoga chicks - https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesi ... ernan.html
To see more yoga chicks - https://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesi ... ernan.html
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That's nearly the spit of a man I used to know that used to cycle in rain, hail or snow to work for a neighbouring vegetable farmer here. A good 20 miles away. Well into his 70s. The high vis jacket, wellingtons and hat. Tough, humble man that was always in good form. Passed on now unfortunately. They don't make em like they used to.isha wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:49 am Oh it's gorgeous, Del. Beautiful. 300 quid is an absolute steal.
Instantly reminded me of this painting recently by Mackenzy Beard a 14 year old from Wales, which is also stunning. It actually brought tears to my eyes when I first say it. Catching the soul of the working man - coming from a long history of hard labourers and working class people who mended, built, repaired, dug, grew, hauled, etc, it was something of a representation of an ancestral trope for me.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57670603
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Without reading the quote I thought that you meant the owl!!
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Art of the pandemic sells for a good cause!
Twenty-one year old Chloe Slevin, a nursing student at University College Dublin, has been reinterpreting artistic masterpieces to tell the story of the pandemic recently painted the “Corona Lisa” to raise money for charity. Her reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dressed in full PPE sold at Herman & Wilkinson’s Auction Rooms on the 3rd February, 2022 for €1,600 with the proceeds going to the LauraLynn Foundation https://www.lauralynn.ie/
Twenty-one year old Chloe Slevin, a nursing student at University College Dublin, has been reinterpreting artistic masterpieces to tell the story of the pandemic recently painted the “Corona Lisa” to raise money for charity. Her reinterpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa dressed in full PPE sold at Herman & Wilkinson’s Auction Rooms on the 3rd February, 2022 for €1,600 with the proceeds going to the LauraLynn Foundation https://www.lauralynn.ie/
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I like it.
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I am sad to announce the end of illustration. Artificial Intelligence has commandeered the role of artist - Dall-E.
All I can hope is that after the novelty has had its turn that people will seek again the connection to the human creator's energy that fuels and pervades all art and illustration
All I can hope is that after the novelty has had its turn that people will seek again the connection to the human creator's energy that fuels and pervades all art and illustration
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Ok, hands up! Who bought Warhol's 1964 image of Marilyn Monroe? Was it Del or Isha of this parish? I'm right, arn't I?. Only $200,000,000 (incl fees). Indeed!
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Chance would be a fine thing, a photo still of the famous scene from "The Seven Year Itch" would be more my budget - £2.97 on eBay.
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Sir John Macneill’s Road Culvert
Last week, after months of fruitless searching I found another work by Olive Adelaide Swanzy (OAS), this time quite by chance when I was just doing a routine trawl of Irish art listings on eBay.The painting was not attributed to any artist and the description – Irish Modern Art Watercolour Painting of a Road Culvert Signed – wouldn’t send one’s heart racing. I wouldn’t have bothered clicking on it at all only that the bridge in the small photograph had a familiar look about it. Sure enough, when enlarged it was no ordinary culvert bridge but Sir John Macneill’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benjamin_Macneill magnificent ‘Egyptian Arch‘ which carries the Dublin/Belfast railway line near Newry.
Dating from 1851 the Egyptian Arch gained its name from its resemblance to the nemes headdress worn by Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. More recently, the bridge was selected for the design of the £1 coin to represent Northern Ireland for 2006. All four of the bridge design pound coins for each constituent part of the UK were designed by wood engraver Edwina Ellis in a Royal Mint design competition.
The painting, a watercolour drawing, is just (6″ x 4.5″) but worth every penny of the £30 it cost. The artist’s initials are present on the bottom right hand corner and, of course, the bridge is only a few miles from the artist’s home in Rostrevor.
Also not far from her home is the famous 50-ton granite boulder known as the “Cloughmore Stone“, an erratic left behind by a retreating glacier and a subject that she must have painted – I’ll keep searching…
Top: William Lawrence photograph c.1880/1890 and Bottom: Olive Swanzy's 1950's watercolour.
Last week, after months of fruitless searching I found another work by Olive Adelaide Swanzy (OAS), this time quite by chance when I was just doing a routine trawl of Irish art listings on eBay.The painting was not attributed to any artist and the description – Irish Modern Art Watercolour Painting of a Road Culvert Signed – wouldn’t send one’s heart racing. I wouldn’t have bothered clicking on it at all only that the bridge in the small photograph had a familiar look about it. Sure enough, when enlarged it was no ordinary culvert bridge but Sir John Macneill’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benjamin_Macneill magnificent ‘Egyptian Arch‘ which carries the Dublin/Belfast railway line near Newry.
Dating from 1851 the Egyptian Arch gained its name from its resemblance to the nemes headdress worn by Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. More recently, the bridge was selected for the design of the £1 coin to represent Northern Ireland for 2006. All four of the bridge design pound coins for each constituent part of the UK were designed by wood engraver Edwina Ellis in a Royal Mint design competition.
The painting, a watercolour drawing, is just (6″ x 4.5″) but worth every penny of the £30 it cost. The artist’s initials are present on the bottom right hand corner and, of course, the bridge is only a few miles from the artist’s home in Rostrevor.
Also not far from her home is the famous 50-ton granite boulder known as the “Cloughmore Stone“, an erratic left behind by a retreating glacier and a subject that she must have painted – I’ll keep searching…
Top: William Lawrence photograph c.1880/1890 and Bottom: Olive Swanzy's 1950's watercolour.
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I saw this lovely painting by Russian hyper realist painter, Vladimir Davydenko. He has done a series on orthodox monasticism. Peaceful painting.
He does lots of other types of work, his main thing is landscapes. I saw this picture of the sea, by him. A very similar one by him of the sea sold at Saatchi art gallery for €1800 which I think is really good value. It's at least 1.5 metres wide so it's a proper big oil painting. If I had money I would buy something from him!
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting ... 61799/view
He does lots of other types of work, his main thing is landscapes. I saw this picture of the sea, by him. A very similar one by him of the sea sold at Saatchi art gallery for €1800 which I think is really good value. It's at least 1.5 metres wide so it's a proper big oil painting. If I had money I would buy something from him!
https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting ... 61799/view
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Yup, that is the one I would have bought.
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Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Antwerp, January-February 1886
oil on canvas, 32.3 cm x 24.8 cm
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
This skeleton with a lit cigarette in its mouth is a juvenile joke. Van Gogh painted it in early 1886, while studying at the art academy in Antwerp. The painting shows that he had a good command of anatomy.
Drawing skeletons was a standard exercise at the academy, but painting them was not part of the curriculum. He must have made this painting at some other time, between or after his lessons
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"Claude Lorrain (c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era. He spent most of his life in Italy, and is one of the earliest important artists, apart from his contemporaries in Dutch Golden Age painting, to concentrate on landscape painting. His landscapes are usually turned into the more prestigious genre of history paintings by the addition of a few small figures, typically representing a scene from the Bible or classical mythology." - From Wikipedia
The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648):
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Hot from McAfee's two-day auction this evening and another for my William Huston collection - £80 + commission + courier from Ballycastle to Enniscorthy but I'm happy. Makes up for the hundreds of false auction alerts I receive for movie director John Huston and American artist William Houston.
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A bit random but as I was scrolling one of my art feeds I saw this painting by Vincent Xeus, a Chinese artist now living in America, and I had to go back and look at it again today. He seems to do lots of girl paintings, but this one really strikes me. It's just so full of hope.
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Several paintings by the elusive Andy Pat are included in Ross's upcoming sale: https://www.rosss.com/auction/irish-paintings/642/
The alcoholic sheep are permanently on tour it seems and they do know how to party!
The alcoholic sheep are permanently on tour it seems and they do know how to party!
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Ignat Ignatov
Rukiye Garip
Caravaggio
Rukiye Garip
Caravaggio
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I saw this Russian artists work and think it applies to the world today. He emphasises how there are crowds but not much place for individuals. He was born in Russia in 1952 and as far as I can make out moved to America for good in 1989. Alexei Sundukov.
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This is the one I saw first.
Hierarchy in Nature (1987)
Hierarchy in Nature (1987)
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More bird art for my own collection and for a pittance - £125 incl.commission. Three different Lots at Bloomfield's Timed Art Sale each cunningly described as 'bird on a branch'...
Belfast artist William Huston (1938 – 2022) was a self taught amateur who specialised in ornithological subjects and while my latest purchases are not amongst his best they are useful additions to my collection. The first one, a Jay, will probably be sold on as I have a far superior one, while the Spotted Flycatcher and the Stonechat are keepers.
Belfast artist William Huston (1938 – 2022) was a self taught amateur who specialised in ornithological subjects and while my latest purchases are not amongst his best they are useful additions to my collection. The first one, a Jay, will probably be sold on as I have a far superior one, while the Spotted Flycatcher and the Stonechat are keepers.
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