Good Wives and Warriors

I recently re-discovered the wonderful illustrations and paintings of art graduate duo, Good Wives and Warriors.  I love the incredible detail and intricacy of their work, check out more of it on their site.

Wedding Invitations & Favours!

I'm getting married to Noel on June 23rd this year (aah!).  It's getting close & i'm quite excited and nervous!

We sent out our invites just last week, my good friend Will Sliney did the majorly cute illustration as a wedding present, they took AGES to make but i'm happy I did it! I've included a few pictures here.

I'm also making wedding favours with my awesome badge machine, based on Will's graphic (pic above).

Exciting times!

Printmaking Pt.2

More printmaking! The top two here are aquatints, great fun! They're from the same plate, you can work into the plate and then work back out using a variety of techniques. They're based on a photo I took in India.

I've also included a photo intaglio print, also based on an India photo, i'm getting great mileage out of that trip!

Wild.ie pt2 is live!

Wohoo! The brand spanking new www.wild.ie site just went live! It's the second incarnation of the site i've developed, you can check out the first one here from way back in 2008!  It was definitely time for an update!

I'm really happy with the new site, I think it really showcases Jill's work through the use of the large background images, the "spotlight" image on each page and the gallery.  I'm also really excited to see what Jill does with the site, she's already a whizz with her Facebook and has just joined Twitter so i'm sure she's going to post all sorts of interesting stuff!

Lucio Fontana Sculpture

We're on our final project for college (shock! fastest year ever!) and we wrote our own brief this time, mine goes like ....

I will produce a series of experiments based on the notion of function.  I will use the vertical vase form to explore the perceptual boundary between functional and non-functional objects. 

I will produce a series of vases which all show interventions that could be perceived as damage by the user.  The vases will retain their functionality as defined by their ability to hold liquid, but the perception of their functionality will be visually compromised by the “damage” interventions.

I'm working away at that at the moment and in the process being more drawn to  Lucio Fontana's sculpture.  His concept of "Spatialism" can be summed up as... "the principle that in our age matter should be transformed into energy in order to invade space in a dynamic form. "  I find the work really interesting and beautiful and while I am focusing on damage and the contextual, subjective nature of functionality, Fontana's work is really speaking to me at the moment!

These images via Temple Of Light, Curated Object, Veezzle, Find Art Info,  Adrianna Sasson, Ben Brown Fine Arts,

More Johnny Burger Pimp!

The mysterious Johnny Burger Pimp mailed me today having seen an earlier blog post on his work. He included some more images of his work, it's all sooo good!! All hand-drawn "using acrylic ink with brushes and a quill" - a quill!! Deadly. The work has an almost frantic energy and is very bleak and dark at times. Feast your eyes here!

Life Drawing

I've been a bit slack on the blog posts recently, having the busiest Easter ever! A lot of freelance work going on, plus i'm just back from 3 days in Dublin working with artist Linda Quinlan on her video for an upcoming show in Geneva. Hopefully i'll be able to put up some screen shots of that soon plus some background info. I've gotten hardly any college work done! Aaah!!

This is a recent image from college, I just started my life drawing subsidiary. Very enjoyable though also quite a struggle!