Sweet Fair Aphrodite, you gotta love her. (even if she did give Helen a bad name and give her over to Paris and started a war just to be deemed the most beautiful Goddess!)
I am very excited this evening as I head off for the first time ever to somewhere very hot, and visit the beautiful Paphos in Greece to witness my lovely cousin getting married and meet many long since seen family members from the English and German borders.
In the meanwhile, there are two exhibitions happening with one of my pieces in them .
The first opens on Friday 2nd September in Higher Bridges Gallery in Enniskillen and is aptly called ‘Painting on Household Objects’
I have painted a lamp, entitled Torrential Revolutions, another rain painting of a poor old Dublin cyclist trying to navigate through the lakes on the road on a fine soft day aye eh. The Higher Bridges Gallery is well worth a visit , it is in the Clinton Centre on the site of the Enniskillen bomb, a Phoenix from the ashes, it hosts beautiful exhibitions and has a lovely coffee shop which I never get time to pop in to when I am in Enniskillen. On a trivia note, I went to school on the hill above the gallery, and it is nice to finally be able to have a piece in a show there. Even if I am going to miss the opening with my travels to the hot place.
I would like to thank Diane Henshaw for giving me the opportunity in this one. Thanks Diane! Find out more HERE - I have attached a bad photo of this taken on my phone in a very messy studio but will give the idea.
The second exhibition which opens next week is in this great little arty hub in Dublin called the Centre For Creative Practives ran by Monika and Ian, it is always worth popping into, they have great artsy shows, improvised music and lots more – its on Pembroke Street, their website is HERE
This exhibition is for the SCOOP Foundation, a charity that helps rebuild amenities for children in Cambodia, ran by a very cool guy Andy Sweeney who I would only describe as a big hearted social entrepreneur maker and doer, although really words don’t cut it. See their website for a bit about the great work they have been doing over there.
I am one of many artists in this exhibition – and the great thing about this is that it is also an AUCTION! so there is fun (craic if your Irish) to be had in the buying of a piece from any number of great artists in this fine country/ city. The auction takes place next week, if I can I will upload the catalogue here in PDF for you to browse. My painting is below.
So that is all. I am proud to be contributing to two cool shows this month.
There is more to come, next week Polish Theatre Ireland are fundraising for their Chesslaugh Mewash Production in Absolut Fringe with a MAD MEN party. Details are on PTI’s site HERE
On the painting front I will be heading to Annaghmakkerig to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in October, more on that soon, but the exciting part is that I will be making work for an exhibition in MALAYSIA in december. Two hot places in a short space of time! My skin will melt, but my palette will explode.
and on that note. its good night from me.
H
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