work completed during 2009

The path 2, 2009, encaustic on canvas

The Path, 2009, encaustic on canvas

Gold of May, 2009, encaustic on wood

The Scattering, 2009, encaustic on wood (currently on show in the linenhall castlebar)

The Essence, 2009 encaustic on wood

Her hands, 2009

This is a cast of my mothers hands, I completed early in 2009

Her hands, 2009, front view (details as above)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

This latest work was completed over the past month, it is based on fungi in relation to my locality. I have looked at the conditions that cause fungi to thrive especially in my local environment. The result has been work which is both abstract and figurative. Weather, rain, damp, light or darkness are especially key in the growth of fungi. These works are taking all these things into consideration.

Well, above are the latest works done in relief plaster. The surface patterns are raised from the background (relief). With all of the works I have added shapes and colours which are personal to me as well as keeping in with the theme "fungi."

During the next week I hope to explore other connections to fungi, which will take me in another direction. This will change the work substantially and the mediums (paint, plaster, charcoal etc;) I use will possibly change too. I use different media to reflect the sensitivity of the subject, for example if shape is important to me I may use plaster to emphasise this. I use whichever media reflects my interest in the subject I am working on.

Above are my latest works, in acrylic paint. Over the next weeks I plan to work with plaster to create relief works, which will be tactile and possibly include personal references. So all I can add is "Lets see what happens".....

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(Would have posted sooner, but had probs uploading pics)

Above are four works based on texture and still on the theme of fungi. I have used colour, shape and materials which emphasise texture in both an abstract (No. 1 & 3) and figurative (No. 2 & 4) way. My plan for the next week is to begin to make the works more personal by introducing an element (object, shape, colour etc;) important to me. This will most probably change the art work considerably.

This week I have worked with acrylic paint on various patterns of fungi. In the first two paintings above, I have combined patterns to create something new. I have also composed the images to create an abstract style painting. In the week ahead I hope to work with mixed media to create textural works.

I have explored the patterns and shapes of fungi, from species in Ireland to the rainforests. Above are some of the sketches using chalks and charcoal. I will continue to explore shapes and patterns, over the next week. What will be new in the next sketches I produce ? I will begin to add colour and may possibly change materials. I am very interested in the work of Terry Winters see here
http://www.artnet.com/artist/144094/terry-winters.html