THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 16 : IN CAMERA

 inside a black room..

in the local contemporary art gallery..

the artist waits behind a closed door..

he has his Sony RX100 pointing at the blackness..

the door opens..

and our boy shoots..

this is what he thinks photography is..

the unexpected..

the happy accident..

the lucky break..

chance meeting..

like Kandinsky..

seeing his painting upside down..

in the moonlight..

abstract.. 

innit!

THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 15 : In the shower with Janet Leigh

 WOMEN WASHING

people were maybe expecting..

something like a Degas or a Bonnard..

the artist in residence..

has come up with this..

it's Janet Leigh acting..

from the shower..

in 'Psycho'..

the artist in residence..

 has married her with this wifey..

from a Vim advert..

it's a play on Munch..

more or less expressive..

it is also about Marilyn..

and Andy..

it is the destruction of his icon..

it is a screen print..

a pattern..

but not a repeat..

this is interactive..

you get to play with the flaps..

re-arrange the image..

but not the ending..

SHE OPENS HER MOUTH TO SCREAM

but the pot has boiled over..

the acting dead..

are dear departed..

a moment of pure cinema..

"the darndest thing I ever saw"

worth 15 minutes..?

the suspense is killing me..

bit of a chameleon this one..

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..

SURVIVORS

 

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our artist is 19 years old..

he is finally at art school..

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..

he likes this figure or shape as he calls it then..

he plays around with it..

a lot..

he will play with this for some while..

and he will bring Bruce Davidson along too..

he has found screen printing..

and he likes it..

he starts with this Bruce photograph..

from East 100th St..

in Harlem NY..

photographs of our boy's first screen prints

he loves this picture..

it has all the fresh bright future in it..

OK some jerk has spilled filler over his silk screen..

and it could have been..

all she wrote..

but our boy just shrugs and soldiers on..

maybe he is just lazy..

and can't be bothered to make a new screen..

maybe he is short of time..

but really he just likes the white out shape..

with the bits missing..

he prints both on sides of the paper..

then cuts out the 'flap' shapes on all but one side..

then he folds them back..

with another print underneath..

and anyways..

when he is experimenting with printing colour over black halftone..

he discovers what a moire pattern is..

again he likes it..

in fact he loves all of this stuff..

this is why he has studied for years..

Art School..

Heaven..

AFTRE BATHING AT BAXTERS

he has made a choice..

and chose being with his girlfriend..

on a Graphic Design course..

is the way to go..

OH DEAR

he has no idea what Graphic Design is..

and will struggle to make his Fine Art ways..

fit in and take off..

it's like Joe's Garage..

he has to make imaginary paintings in his head..

so..

eventually he will revert to Ellsworth and Bruce..

and create a book..

on his own dime..

SYMPHONY A RIFF NUMBER

where each page is a variation on a theme..

using his two favourite items..

sometime later..

The Scream..

up next on..

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Iconoclasm..

a 'flaps' extravaganza..

BRAESIDE ; FULL DISPLAY

the display cabinet and all it's secrets.. 

At Braedside all is quiet..

no cell-phones in 1959..

no traffic on the quiet road..

360 degrees of garden outside..

why not follow the links below each picture..

Cockatoo plane

pilot bird pilot..

Virginia Stuart Sea Pieces

an early art college cup and saucer..

sea pieces in paper-mache

just another great terrier and some ceramic shoes..

cockatoo plane and prop..

you can just make out uBABE..

faintly and on the right..

Snowy and Toto the border terrier..

stand guard..

maybe a little 'at ease'..

but that's the way things are..

down here in..

BRAESIDE

next time..

those promised garden shots..

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..

cool huh..

no birds..

just her stuff..

got to be the bathroom..

and a parting shot of the bench's home..

https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/virginia-stuart

charles-stuart.pixels.com

figuiresinasouk.com

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..

boats from Walberswick..

what  no vinyl..

in the entrance hall..

a couple of early Virginia's..

next time on..

THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

a bench made by the previous owner..

adventures in terracotta..

and maybe..

some garden shots..

THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 10

 in the artist's bedroom..

on a chair in the corner..

where he throws his clothes..

a t-shirt catches the evening light..

it is the light of Steve Ditko..

an early influence..

it is the Ditko reference that has triggered the photo..

 hence this post..

this is uBABE ..

one of the artist's creations..

regular bots will know that..

the artist has never outgrown his early influences..

and so the BABE has come to be..

her super power is her femininity..

she is a woman..

and as she is a character..

in the imagination of the artist..

she may have no need of a womb..

for this episode anyway..

but later..

who knows ?

without a womb there may never be another issue..

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

soon the artist in residence..

will travel to the north..

and stay with acid heads..

on a farm in Ballycastle, County Antrim..

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 IN THE FOUR SEASONS CAFE WITH ARKLE AND ARKLE'S JOCKEY

Lew, Jay Gatsby, Andy, Flash, Nog and Miffy,.

it is 1968 still..

all the gang are seated on either side of one of the long red banquettes,

Painty has his sketch pad and colour sticks..

he likes to carry these around..

just in case..

he has found a cigarette lighter..

in the street..

a nice Ronson gas Varaflame Comet..

he can press this and light peoples cigarettes..

yes people could smoke in cafes than..

he does not smoke himself..

he just has the lighter..

cool huh?

as an ice breaker..

it works a treat and soon he has many friends and..

an Identity..

he's the lighter guy..

you know the arty dude..

always carries a sketch pad..

PROPS DEPARTMENT

everyone needs a prop..

or a crutch as Dali says..

soon all will get noticed..

Andy says 15 minutes..

more like..

a New York minute..

anyway off with the trousers..

and on with the dress..

MEANWHILE BACK IN 1968

Mark Rothko has not denied this four seasons his murals..

he is still alive and smoking in his studio..

 in New York..

he stares at his great works and wishes..

the artist in residence..

could be there with him..

to light up his cigarettes..

no more dead matchsticks filling the ashtray..

littering the floor..

MEANWHILE

back at the local four..

Lew has brought along a poetry book..

with Lawrence Ferlinghetti..

and sometime during eternity..

some guys show up..

YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK

anything can happen..

anyone may come..

and hang out here..

guys come in from the local prison..

just out and needing caffein..

everyone is equal..

all are welcome..

careful who you go home with..

LATER DOWN AT THE BRIT

the club scene is really good here in palookaville..

you can see the Ronettes..

Clyde Mc Phatter..

Taste..

some guy is giving the evil eye..

at painty and Flash..

he wants to beat them up..

he is about to throw a punch when he sees Graham..

go over and have a laugh with them..

The big lug gives them both a smile later..

"I didn't know you were friends of Grahams"..

all is good and..

THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

is still in one piece..

he will live to draw again..

so we beat on..

boats against the current..

P.S.

Arkle was the nick name of a girl..

a face about town..

 Jocky was her friend..

 always in tow..

in palookaville..

everything's a scream.. 

innit..