Silver Moon

Using the same technique "Silver Moon is a partner to "Golden Dawn"'
Mixed Media on 16 x 20 canvas. if you've seen Glenbeg House above.  This is the view across the road from the window in my room.  This is where the shaggy little Irish Horses romped.  Along with the fox.

Dawn of Creation

Last week I worked on a new texture with the daylily, "Touched by Dawn"
This week I went ahead and utilized it in, "The Dawn of Creation"
An acrylic Mixed Media piece on 36 x 18 canvas.

Featured Artist in August

  

Artworks Gallery is featuring ArtistsJudith Burns and Gaylen Whiteman for the month of August.  A Second Saturday reception will be held at the gallery August 11 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.  There will be light snacks and beverages and live music by guitarist Quinn Fitzpatrick.  Artworks Gallery artists will be on hand to greet visitors during the reception.

Burns, who works in acrylics and mixed media is featuring an exhibit inspired by Music, Art and Literature.  The collection is titled, “A Civilization is remembered by its Culture”.  Judith says she enjoys recreating places she has visited for performances.

Heap of sheep

There are a lot,  I mean really a lot of sheep in Ireland. 

This work is inspired by a cross between the a beautiful sunny day on the Aaron Islands and Irelands sheep population..But it could be most anywhere in Western Ireland where you find all the stone walls.

A mixed media piece in acrylic it includes rice paper bodies and faces from a shopping bag.

Heap of Sheep

Mixed media on 12 x 24 canvas

Giant's Causeway

The Giant's Causeway
in Northern Ireland
Not sure I was really going to climb it down to the very end, you have to plan several steps ahead where your feet are going,  but it was well worth it to get this view.
Think this frame is going to be just right.

Acrylic on 18 x 24 Canvas

New Work

Found a little Swallowtail lying in the garden the other day and tried to decide how I could incorporate it's beauty in a piece of art. The Iris is painted from a photo taken in a friends garden.  The butterfly wings are real.
Coated in gel medium to preserve them and carefully collaged onto the painting.

Girl with the Flaxen Hair

Working on a mixed media piece using a composition by Debussy.

From his Preludes,  La Fille aux cheveux de lin   

"Girl with the Flaxen Hair".

Mixed Media on 14 x 11 canvas

A wonderful performance may be found at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGSZPRk6aXA