rhino's kitty

This book was in a box of old things of my grandmother's. It holds a hundred or so pages of measurements for people, local people and family members that my granny would have knitted/sewn clothes for. the name has nothing to do with it, the book was originally used to keep kitty records for a band of my uncle's. But i like the idea of this bit of personal history, a snippet of these tiny seemingly trivial interactions of this person with hundreds of people. time has a way of adding weight to the most unassuming material. plus i'm always fascinated by fastidiously economical record-keeping, squeezing so much info into little pages (the book's about the size of a postcard).












and for my own brand of record-keeping;

strange beautiful 18cm x 27cm paint on reclaimed wood

Gulf Fund Sale

A little late in the day, but here's latest donation to the Gulf Restoration Network. For a change, I'm putting in an oldie and a biggie. its an acrylic painting on canvas, 62cm x 90cm. i'll accept the highest offer (blog comment/facebook/mail - barryquinnart -at- gmail.com) within the next week, if there are no offers by Wednesday 13th, it will go to the first offer.

All money offered goes to aid recovery from the BP spill. This support is needed more than ever, since BP were allowed to deal with the disaster themselves. The use of dispersants creates a compound which, according to many sources, is more dangerous than the oil and dispersants individually, and they have turned the oil from a visible threat into one affecting marine life on a microscopic level, where it's believed it will have devastating effects on the seas food chain (and potentially humans), from the bottom up. But its not actually known what the effects will be in the long-term.

And info/ sources (they're a few months old, i might have posted some of them before, but they're still relevant);

GRN
TEDX-Oil spill - an at times emotional talk by Carl Safina
Susan Shaw
BPs refusal to use less toxic dispersant


View previous sales; here


Thank you

time for hibernation?

doesn't seem like i've been updating the site as regular as i'd like. but then i haven't been getting much work done. i'd resolved to use as little motorised transport as possible at the beginning of the year but in the last few months i seem to be on bus journeys every third day. its sort of depressing me. and not cooking my own dinners, buying crap imported food in centras (how hard is it to grow a bloody apple in ireland...) and sleeping on people's couches. feel like hibernating for the winter. try and finish some projects piling up in my head. i've also let the Gulf fund slide. I wasn't getting much interest or feedback, but I haven't been giving it the attention it deserves, I'll put something up tomorrow for it. The Laboured Error series, I had hoped to exhibit somewhere and have half the proceeds go to the GRN, but knowing my usual artistical agoraphobia, i might just sell them through the site.

Excuse the dreary tone. I'm a little knarky this week. so here's some good things;

this book looks amazing. so so pretty; I WONDER

I had never heard of Lu Cong before. shame on me. Check out his stunning portraits. And some lovely line drawings on his Flickr page.

here's some sketchbook things from the weekend;




playing with Bouts in Twisted Pepper for HWCH on Saturday night. It's part of the festival, so for anyone planning on going, you'd need to get a ticket. practice is going well, should be a good night. can't remember last time i played on a stage...

i'm now going to do some painting to the sound of the new Threadpulls album.

under covers

Bitter sweet

There's always something bitter sweet about infographics. Aesthetically, done well, i find them beautiful. but the noteworthy ones more often than not tend to relate very disturbing statistics. Here's one, found on GOOD. I've lately been reducing my use of plastic, which for me is primarily with food packaging, for several reasons. This is just one;



Juka Araikawa, via booooooom. I find these paintings strangely beautiful. It's not a style I'd normally go for (though feel myself heading towards) but something feels very right with her work.


as with this. grizzly bear. continues it's rolling around my mind.

And here's a lovely project by Caitlin Parker, featured on the ever reliable My Love For You;

4 Minute Excerpt from Caitlin Parker on Vimeo.

This Must Be The Place

seemingly random things i'm working on;



sometimes meaningless yet meticiluous detail can be somewhat therapeutic. sometimes i just wish it was finished.


The home of Chong Gon Byun. I love many things about this.

BYUN from thismustbetheplace on Vimeo.

Market Sales and HWCH

I'll be doing some markets in Dublin in the coming weeks, Kit 'n' Caboodle on Sept 25th (THIS MARKET HAS BEEN CANCELLED) and the Crafty Market on the 26th and maybe a few more if i can squeeze them in. I'm moving house soon, down to Cork, so i'll be doing a serious clearing out of the studio. If you want to get any drawings or paintings, now's a good time (pre-Xmas buys, hmm!). I'll be easily negotiable. Otherwise a lot of things are likely to be packed away in some attic and forgotten about and i'd rather they go to someone who has space to appreciate them.

All sorts of busy these days. the Dirty Fabulous sibling type ladies will be opening again soon, DF2.0, so there's all sorts of activity going on to get things sorted for that (there are several sowing machines whirring in another room as i type), which means web duties for me;


Dublin band, and good friends, Bouts will be playing Hard Working Class Heroes next month. I'll be giving them a hand on the night, which I'm pretty excited about. It's always a good weekend, with loads of great bands. It's been a while since i've been faced with that age old question; strat or tele?


Oh, and Surnburnt Jets are playing the Kill Krinle Club album launch this Friday. Will be popping over to that between practice sessions.

Also working on new stuff, but what with moving and everything else, I doubt I'll have time putting things online. By the way, if anyone wants to come round and clear out of my studio, you're more than welcome!

Now, if only I could focus and stop playing in photoshop...

elly

here's a painting i did about two years ago but never got a proper photo of it before it moved on to a new home. still a personal favourite.

In all my unknowing...

this is possibly one of my favourite things i've made recently...




i've been having great fun lately painting and sanding and hammering and painting random bits of wood. Working on a little series of pieces, image and text work.

Also I've put whole bunch of listings on Etsy and will hopefully get a good bit more up during the week, so have a lookie.



Lastly, Saw Whet, Down South. Listen here. Nice stuff :)

Gulf Fund Sale

This weeks donation to the Gulf Restoration Network is a watercolour, on A4 recycled, carbon neutral paper. All money offered goes straight to aid recovery from the BP spill.

For details of the sale, read here.

Also, taking part in a fund-raising exhibition on Saturday in the Centre for Creative Practices, 15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin; info here. 18 artists taking part, including music, food and wine.

Its just a one day event, so if you could make it down, would be great :)

Thank you!