WOMEN WASHING
Sunday, 1 June 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 15 : In the shower with Janet Leigh
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 14 : In Waterstones Cafe
NEITHER WOLF NOR DOG
our artist..
is sitting in Waterstones Cafe in Nottingham..
it's a cool place..
great coffee and staff..
great big windows with a view..
he is reading a book he has found in the store..
it is a good book and he has purchased it..
by a guy name of Nerburn..
INDIANS I NATIVES I AMERICANS I ORIGINAL I PEOPLE
his mind is taken back to some paintings he made back in 2008..
he had this huge roll of heavy weight rag paper..
which was pure white..
and empty..
he cut it up into rectangles..
and put the in the bath..
to soak and get rid of the rolled ness..
once flat he decided that oil paint would bleed into them..
and leave a nice yellow linseed oil stain around the marks..
he just painted some figures..
in his 'survivors' style..
that he had been using for a short while..
the figures were on wheels..
after Giacometti..
and with a somewhat De Stijl look..
the paint was thinned down some and has run..
he has called this work..
NATIVE AMERICANS
and there are more like these..
INDIANS I NATIVES I AMERICANS I ORIGINAL I PEOPLE
these labels are discussed in the book..
NEITHER WOLF NOR DOG
as are many other interesting revelations about..
these people..
Dan an old Indian man..
makes a series of talks..
that are enlightening and pertinent..
he is able to view the world through both his eyes..
his Indian eye and his white eye..
maybe check this out for yourselves..
and get a coffee too..
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 13
our artist is 19 years old..
just..
he is on the foundation course..
and will have to be accepted on a Dip AD course..
in order to progress to degree equivalent qualification..
that was what there was..
then in 1971..
BRUCE DAVIDSON
becomes a part of his plan..
but not before..
ELLSWORTH KELLY
who has shown him this figure..
Sunday, 18 May 2025
BRAESIDE ; FULL DISPLAY
the display cabinet and all it's secrets..
Thursday, 15 May 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 12 : 'BRAESIDE' 2
TALES FROM THE BENCH
Victor Horsley..
who lived here before us..
made this work bench..
dig the home made vibe..
innit!
VIRGINIA'S WORLD
this is ginny's bench now..
you can see how she rolls..
not the fish..
that's from a gallery in Aldeburgh..
Wednesday, 14 May 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 11 : 'BRAESIDE'
BRAESIDE : A HOUSE FROM 1959
Braeside is a house from 1959..
this fireplace is a favourite original feature..
along with the oak floor and skirting boards..
here you can see work by artists and makers..
the papier-mache pieces are all by Virginia..
Monday, 12 May 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 10
Wednesday, 8 January 2025
THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 9
IN PETEY LAWLOR'S WITH OBLONG WALSH
this is Billy Stuart
tonight we are in Petey Lawlor's bar..
in Carrick-on Suir..
County Tipp..
Petey is as always..
a great host..
it's 1970..
Billy Stuart is here with some old school friends including..
Oblong Walsh and Paddy Clancy(bar stool, at bar, in corner)..
Billy Stuart is singing 'Slievenamon'..
all join in the chorus..
not a dry eye in the house..
Neil is sitting with Maurice O' Dwyer..
a poet..
we are mostly all on Guiness..
The Artist..
is so proud of his heritage..
to have all this..
and no one is on the phone..
everybody is fully engaged..
it's a shared emotional event..
there will be no photos..
and for some no memory..
it is just a great moment in the life of the artist..
just 18 years old..
he has been coming to Carrick for holidays for his whole of his young life..
his brother Paul and he are treated like the Beatles..
(uncle) Paulie's is the local sweat shop on William st.
he sells sweats, fags, ice cream, bread, spuds..
sitting around outside the shop on sacks of potatoes..
Paulie winds up the local girls..
they flock to see the artist's older brother..
but the artist thinks it is all about him..
previously..
IN PAULIE'S WITH MIKEY DWYER
sitting on sacks of spuds..
eating ice cream with spoons from plastic bowls..
with lots of raspberry syrup..
Mikey Dwyer comes in to buy..
"three Sweet Alton and a settled loaf please Paulie"..
JERUSALEM TOMORROW