I wish I could relate the intangibles to you…
I watched the Tony Hawk documentary by Sam Jones yesterday and it was truly terrific. While I have never been a skateboarder, it still spoke to me as a piece of storytelling and an insight into a life well lived. Give it a watch if you have the chance. I have been thinking a lot […]
Speedy self portrait
Done is better than perfect. More of a portrait of how I feel today. I feel like a creative force today.
The Eggs That Wouldn’t Dye
Creativity takes many forms. Today I dyed some eggs for Easter with my kids. It’s good, messy fun.
Colour Table – Part 2
At the start of the COVID lockdown, myself and my children decided to paint our garden furniture with several splashes of vivid colours. As we ease out of the pandemic, we felt it was time to give them a fresh burst of colours for the approaching spring.
Inside by Bo Burnham is a masterpiece
I watched Inside by Bo Burnham on Netflix last night. It was like nothing I have ever seen and I was utterly blown away by it. It’s listed as a comedy special but that doesn’t come close to describing it. It’s a meditation on life during the pandemic, it’s about creativity and the creative process, […]
Time keeps on slipping
Adventures in homeschooling. A cardboard clock. Photo taken at approximately 3:30 Brings up a persistent memory of a Salvador Dali painting…
What we see in the shadows…
There’s an amazing Instagram account by a guy called Vincent Bal, who calls himself a Shadowologist. He uses random objects to cast shadows on a page, and then creates wonderful cartoons based on the shapes those shadows throw out. He is currently doing a challenge for families/kids to try out, and today’s challenge was using […]
Roll out the barrel
Over the past few weeks in quarantine, myself and the kids have been working on an ambitious, colourful art project. We took this old whiskey barrel that my dad got from his days as a biochemist in Irish Distillers (and subsequently housed his dreadful elderberry wine) and sanded it down, primed it, and then spray […]
Load of Pollocks
Great morning learning about Jackson Pollock with the kids and painting our own versions in the back garden.
A painting you can write on
Unearthed an old painting of mine in the attic that I love – I call it Big Bloody Copybook. A visual work that begs to have written work upon it.