Irish Arts Blog

Commissions

ELLEN M MC DERMOTT

I call my work computer generated art.  It's something I love doing and would without a doubt do even if I never got paid for it.  The work above is an example of a commissioned piece that I completed just before Christmas.  I love the colours and the mood of the model and I must tell you that before I start on a portrait I never know how its going to turn out which keeps it exciting for me.

I do commissions which start at €300 for a 20"x20" print in a frame.

I also do block canvas prints with or without frame.

If you're interested do email me

ellenmcdermott1@gmail.com

Or phone/text me on

086 4068285

I'd love to hear from you ;-)

 

Ellen M McDermott

The Best Of My Contemporary Irish Photography

ELLEN M MCDERMOTT - FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHER

I was delighted to get a call From Copperhouse Gallery a couple of weeks ago asking me if they could represent me.  I'm hoping to do an exhibition there in the Autumn but in the meantime if you'd like to see some of my works in person you can see them in Tinakilly House Hotel where I have a Solo Exhibition hanging on their walls as part of the Wicklow Arts Festival 2012. I'm also supposed to be exhibiting in Clic Gallery Soho NYC some time this year although I have no dates as of yet although I have five pieces on show there at present.

If anybody is interested in Post Processing of Images using Photoshop or Gimp (a free platform very similar to Photoshop) please email me on ellenmcdermott1@gmail.com.  I live in Wicklow, Ireland but am willing to travel if I get enough people for a workshop.

You can see more of my work here

 

Magical Nature

by Cristina Colli

Lately I have been experimenting with digital macro photography. I did a series of composites  inspired by mosaic techniques, using my own photos as tesserae.

I am very pleased to say that "Magical Nature", a composite created with  photos taken mostly at the National Botanic Gardens, has been selected by artist Brit Hammer and published in her new book “Break Out! Your Pathway to success”.

The book, aimed at visual artists  who want to create a successful art business, is packed with full-page images of beautiful art. It is available at blurb.com and at e-junkie.com (e-book format).

Fine Art Portraiture

Ellen M McDermott

This phototograph is one of my favourites from my collection of alternative portraits which I've been working on this past year. I love the candy colours and the innocence of the girl and yes that is an Orla Kiely Tea Caddy under her arm.  Us Irish have to stick together.

I'm in the process of putting together a website to showcase the portraits in between working on commissions both in portraiture and oil painting and I'll post the website address when it's up and running if I'm still up and running myself!

Reapers Whistle

 

by Patrick Naughton

This poem was inspired by a day in Galway listening to the hymns of the past and the ghosts of the present:

There was an old man who looked dead and gone,

pale as death with the reaper beside,

he held the black juice dear to his soul,

when he played the accordian these angels appeared,

these angels had instruments of their own,

a guitar, a flute and a seanog spawned,

they drank, they sang about times long gone,

oh t'was a day to remember in that snug alright,

i saw the old man nearly dead and gone,

playing that beautiful song till night,

they sang about bogs and twigs that day,

reminded me of a tale someone once told,

never fall into a bog or there'll be trouble to pay,

cos once your in, you'll never be out,

maybe that's what happened to the old man,

fell into the snug that cold winters day,

and until this time he will remain.  

Galway Ground

by Patrick Naughton

I wonder what secrets nature holds,
ears to the ground, stories told,
weather beaten stone where the sun shines bright,
why does the light capture the day so right?
imagine a place where it's dark for time,
some nordic land way beyond,
i suppose they dream of the sun at night?
just one of the secrets nature holds.

Honky tonk man

By Patrick Naughton

After my grandmothers birthday party in Lawrenceburg (a fine age of 100) some of us ventured into the city of Nashville. I wandered off the tourist trail taking in the smells, sounds and sights of downtown Nashville:

Scratch the surface of this promised land,

American dreams can fall away,

The Vietnam Vet gazes at the stars,

Gimme a dollar, if not a dime,

Believe, that’s what they say,

But reality is just a block away,

Honky tonk music looking for the honky tonk man,

Follow the vibe, dreams fall away,

Here cometh the time, repent ye souls,

Baptist church all about town,

Scratch the surface of this promised land,

American dreams can fall away.

Rain Rain GO Away

By Patrick Naughton

I can't count the number of times I have being soaked to the skin by our monsoon rains this summer (including taking this photo!!). I thought the tropics had a rainy season then the rest of the year is glorious sunshine...that's part of the deal isn't it?  They exchange a couple months of rain during the year for sunshine the rest. I think we have been short changed here. Martin King has some answering to do...after all those weather presenters control the weather...don't they?

College Green

By Patrick Naughton

I've been told bigger is always better. Yes ladies and gentleman I am talking about the fine art of photography. I've decided to take the plunge into the unknown realm of large scale art pieces. I am including a large scale version of my recent photograph of College Green for the collection of art pieces in the new Baby Elephant Art Gallery. 

Merrion Road

By Patrick Naughton

This series of photographs about Dublin City is starting to make sense to me. I am photographing areas of Dublin that are familiar but look unfamiliar through a photographic prism. Sometimes Dublin can be beautiful and inviting but other times it can seem a world away from days past. Maybe memories are always rose tinted? But as our City evolves and grows its soul changes too.