Most of these drawings are sketches of the Dodder, Milltown Golf Club, and surroundings, I seem to remember the river bank used to be public land. There is a small part of the course separate from the rest, opposite Dartry, I remember horses roaming around, back in the 80's it seemed idyllic and wild to me as a child with plenty of places to explore. The golf course has sanitised it now, and I didn't feel very welcome sketching there, the resident on the riverbank let their dogs out, I must look very threatening with my sketchpad!
The prints are experiments with drypoint, a new departure as I haven't done any printmaking since college. A course in the Print Museum helped to refresh my memory, so much more to learn...
The prints are 12 x 7 cms and 27 x18 cm, the drawings are 25 x25 cm and the charcoal drawing is a big one, about 140 x 125 cm I have it on the studio wall now, it's so big I don't know where to put it!
1 comments:
The light you captured in the second from the top works really well. Its a lovely piece.
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