Saturday 10 March 2012

Some of the New Work

This is some more of the new work that I've completed. Around October or November I decided to split the the body of paintings into 2 separate bodies. I've been carrying on with one and once I feel I have enough to fill an exhibition I will leave that one for a while and work on building the second collection.


These 2 are still part of the current body of work. I have another 4 in progress and I'm getting ready to complete several more, these works are the pieces that will be going into the exhibition in MadArt Gallery, Dublin.




I introduced colour to the way I was working back around September and decided to continue with it but a month or two down the line I decided these will go on as their own set and separated them from the paintings above. I'll be back to bring this collection along as well at some point.







These 2 are part of a collection of about 11 small pieces on Gesso Board. They were just samples and tests but some of them worked out really well. Because they were tests I wasn't sure how they would hold up over time and unfortunately some of them became brittle and really can't be moved a lot without bits and pieces crumbling. I used the traditional Gesso recipe of hide glue and chalk as a ground and it will be this that I'm using on a new body of small works that I'm starting soon.




Running alongside the paintings I've been making a series of charcoal drawings. I haven't documented these yet, but when I do I'll post them too. 

You can see all of the work together and my work from 2010/Final Year of College on my website - www.pbyrne.ie

What I've Been at Lately

At the moment the Laptop is kind of acting up slightly, as it turns out the new charger connection is a small bit loose so it has to be moved around until it connects properly but working through that.

At the moment though I have a few bits and pieces on the go, this week is the final workshop in the Arthouse in Stradbally and on Thursday we have the exhibition that the workshop group have been working towards in the Arthouse Gallery.

I'm currently in the middle of sorting out a solo exhibition in the MadArt Gallery in Dublin, the date is booked - 18th of May, really excited about that, it will be the new work going into that and its just before Iceland.

Still working on the current body of work, preparing materials for a new body of small scale works and planning a new video project.