2 Paintings in Wexford

I meant to update the blog with this earlier but I've had a busy few weeks. Anyway I have 2 paintings showing in the Green Acres Gallery in Wexford. It's their Annual Open Group show. This year is my third time to show with them. I missed last years deadline and so ended up not even getting in application so I applied in plenty of time this year. I also showed work in the Annual Open in 2010 and 2011.

These are the 2 paintings that I have in it.

'Contact'

'Tocsin'

Both of these were completed in 2012.

Fotoblur Link

I created an account with Fotoblur just after college but I never uploaded any work but I want to start working with photography a bit more so I've started uploading some images to my account. It's still in progress but I'll be uploading more images from Iceland and work from some projects that I'll be working on here at home.

Here's the Link - http://www.fotoblur.com/people/patb

Work in Los Angeles

About 2 weeks ago I applied to the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art to take part in their annual open exhibition,  Snap to Grid. The exhibition is opening tomorrow night.

It was just a landscape photo that I had taken last month and it's the first photography exhibition that I've had work in.

Back to Iceland in 2013

I applied this week for a place on a residency in Iceland, with the proposed time of July 2013 and I'm delighted to say that my application was successful. This time I'm going to Olafsfjordur, it's about 3 hours North-East of Skagastrond, to work on the Listhus Artist Residency. I applied for a 1 month duration and I'm already looking forward to going back to Iceland, if I'm honest I can't wait, I haven't stopped thinking about the place since I got home to Ireland.

I've proposed to work on the residency as a research period and try to get some momentum behind a few of the planned projects. I find it difficult to pull away from the studio work from time to time and the planning can take a slight hit because of this. Alongside the planning and research side of the residency I'm hoping to work on a video and hopefully have it complete in time for a screening in Iceland before I leave.

Entered Competition

Last night I uploaded some images of my work to enter in a competition that is part of See.Me . There's the opportunity to be part of an exhibition in SCOPE, New York, a chance to be part of a book publication and to take part in an event in Times Square.

Here's a link to the site:  http://patbyrne.see.me/

I'm not sure if you need to have an account to vote but if you don't need one and if you like my work just hit the button (I think it's the small love heart button that appears when you click on an image) and it will help and will be greatly appreciated. I'm relying on word of mouth to get the votes so I thought my Blog would be a good place to start. 

Work in Group Show, London

I have 2 paintings on display in a group show in the Art Against Knives Art Gallery in London this week. The show opened on Thursday the 27th of September and is up until the 4th of October.

 'Old Dragon'

 'Skull Drop'

Both works are about 12 inches by 8 inches and are both Oil on Gesso Board. The gesso that I used as the ground on these pieces is the traditional gesso recipe of rabbit skin glue and chalk.

Shortlisted for London Residency

Back in June, during the first month of the residency with Nes in Iceland, I applied for a residency with The Muse at 269 Art Gallery in West London. When I landed back in Ireland on the 30th of August I received an email telling me that I was through the first round and moving on to the next stage of application. For this stage I needed to send images of my work and after a week I was in the final stage and shortlisted for the residency.

On Tuesday the 25th of September I went to London for my interview. I got on pretty well but I didn't get selected for a position on the residency program. While I didn't get picked the gallery has offered to put my work forward as submission for a potential show in 2013 and during the interview I received very positive feedback towards my paintings.

Between getting shortlisted for the residency itself and the feedback I got during the interview the overall experience was a great boost of confidence and also I think the way it worked out may have been for the best at this point. The residency was due to start in January 2013 for 8 months and I feel it may have been a bit too quick having just returned from Iceland and I'm hoping to get working on some projects here in Ireland.