Orpheus 22-06-2020
With the recent first birthday of the fortnightly Kick About over on Reds Kingdom I noticed I have a few prompts that haven’t been uploaded here on Gentle Giant, so I will be resolving that in the coming weeks. This prompt being of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1950) being one of them and one of my … Continue reading Orpheus 22-06-2020 →
The Song of Love
This weeks Kick About prompt is The Song of Love by Giorgio de Chirico (1914) and with it the offerings from artists around the globe ranging from a multitude of mediums to marvel at! in regards to my own response I have been having wildly vivid dreams as of late, the kind of dreams where … Continue reading The Song of Love →
The Black Bell Jar
I have been cleaning and gardening around our house and came across a peculiar bell jar with pureed blackened berries cemented to the bottom like tar. It’s mad what you’ll find in an old house with plenty of history! Before chucking boiling water in it and dumping it down the drain I took some photos … Continue reading The Black Bell Jar →
Painting With Light – Synesthesia #2
Another batch of photography from my first round of painting with light. When I first seen the images from the window nook containing the table and three chairs I lit up and was invigorated to spend a long time here, trying testing and experimenting – working with those theatrical curtains and light pooling in between … Continue reading Painting With Light – Synesthesia #2 →
Painting With Light – Synesthesia #1
The majority of my roommates moved out recently and I miss them dearly, the house is so quite and feels empty knowing that I can’t go outside our garden and have a cigarette and a laugh with them or be a victim of one of their many pranks or have them be a victim of … Continue reading Painting With Light – Synesthesia #1 →
The Kick-About #26 ‘52.1429’ — Red’s Kingdom
Welcome to this first anniversary edition of The Kick-About, a fortnightly blog-based creative challenge in which artists of all stripes come together to present work in response to a given prompt. I asked contributors to choose a favourite work of their own from the previous twenty-five editions so I could celebrate them all together here. The … Continue reading The Kick-About #26 ‘52.1429’ — Red’s Kingdom →
Éire – Photography Series #1
Some photos taking back from the Emerald Isle from this past winter. I find it so fascinating to observe the minute details that a single patch of earth provides in rural Ireland, every few feet there is something different to marvel at – a new collection of colours and textures that are only heightened during … Continue reading Éire – Photography Series #1 →
The Age of Aquarius
This weeks Kick about over on Reds Kingdom is a delight of colour and symbolism! Firstly, I was gobsmacked by the age of Aquarius song from the musical Hair. It left the hairs standing on my arms with the booming lead singer’s voice being absolutely phenomenal. If this show ever returns to live audiences I … Continue reading The Age of Aquarius →
The Kick-About #25 ‘The Age Of Aquarius’ — Red’s Kingdom
With its associations with protest and freedom of expression, this week’s prompt, courtesy of Kerfe Roig, returns us somewhat to the untaming of our last Kick-About together, but just like everyone else, I suspect, I’ve had the song from Hair going around and around my brain these past two weeks! The Kick-About #25 ‘The Age Of … Continue reading The Kick-About #25 ‘The Age Of Aquarius’ — Red’s Kingdom →
Cré – Ireland January 2021
Cré meaning clay or earth as gaeilge – a series name of further experiments in colour with photography from the boglands in Ireland 2021.
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