James Deans Mercury Cougar sporting license plate “4 Ever Cool”! – How cool is that?? I’m currently working on a couple of paintings of Dean and his cars which will be the subject of a future posting.
I’ve managed to get some photos of my current crop of paintings loaded up on Picasa 3 – Click the gallery link in the side panel, or click here: http://picasaweb.google.com/pmarshall25/PAINTINGS# I’ll be putting more detail on the photos regarding the dimensions of each painting so bear with me – I was told Picasa was a piece of cake – then again my “challenged” abilities with technology always seems to kick in and spoil things!. More up-loads shortly – so in the meantime browse and enjoy – If you’re interested in any particular painting, feel free to contact me via email: pmarshall25@gmail.com
So far so good – Cheers for now
I came across a wonderful undertaking by three young enterprising guys called www.buyacredit.com – I’ve added my little bit of support to this marvellous project and in return, the’ve given me a spot on their Pixel-Ad Patchwork – a definite “Win Win” situation. Click “DARDENTOR THE MOVIE” Link for more information on what I think is wonderfully creative thinking in this current climate of “doom and gloom”!
So armed with new found enthusiasim and “big-time” exposure, I hope to channel my efforts in a more focussed way into being more active on the web by using my site to publicise my art. Sounds so easy now – but time will tell!! On the painting front, I’ve recently started painting Cars and things “Auto” related. Cars and motorsport have always been a passion of mine, and in addition to making and painting miniature figurines I also make and paint miniature cars – both roadgoing and racing. Now I’m painting them on canvas, partly to give myself a break from the subject matter of landscapes and figurative studies and also to explore the artistic rule of “paint what you have a passion for”! So far, it’s working very well on all fronts – both “sale wise” and most importantly I’m really enjoying it! So that’s it for today – I promised myself a posting (after nearly a year since I last used the site) so I’ll take it a day at a time and see how things unfold. Finally, many people have asked me to post photos of both my art and miniatures (a pretty reasonable request given it’s an art site!) and I’m happy to report I’ve made great strides on that front with an on-line album – so I’m hoping to have that running via a link in the next week – Cheers and Many Thanks.
The final Stephens Green “Art week-end” of 2008 took place last week-end 19th – 21st Sept’. The weather was very good with plenty of warm sunshine over the three days – what a contrast to the terrible rain we all experienced in August and June! I was located on the East side of the Green and I must say it was very pleasant sitting in the sunshine enjoying the wonderful “banter” and company of the other artists. Once again the standard/quality of the art was very high and I was “blown away” by some of the wonderful pieces on display – so as always, the competition was very strong and despite the downturn artists were producing some great paintings at very keen prices. With the crowds most likely heading to the beach rather than the city centre to “grab” the late summer sunshine and combined with the current economic conditions – the dreaded “R” word abounded (Recession) – overall it was a quiet affair with most artists reporting sales as being slow and modest. So for those of us who have a regular spot on Merrion Square, it’s back there this coming week-end, and although the weather has improved somewhat in the last week, there is a discernable drop in temperature, so it’s time to get out the “winter wollies” – here comes winter – next stop Christmas!! Which brings me to one of my “Pet Hates”; apart from the fact that we haven’t really had any summer weather this year, it’s still only mid September and the kids have just gone back to school, some people I know haven’t even taken their annual holidays yet, and already one or two of the big department stores have their Christmas displays up and running!! There really should be a law against this kind of thing – at least until after Halloween – I’ll stop now before I get myself into a state. In the meantime, I’ll see if I can upload some photos of the Stephens Green Art I took with my mobile phone over the week-end. Cheers for now.
