Pigeons are bullies
Drumroll…here’s the photos of the paintings I collected yesterday. Liz Johnson is an English artist based in Co Westmeath. Her work is mainly on large canvases in acrylic, oil paint and mixed media. It fuses a combination of energy and colour using various mark making techniques and applications. She has a forthcoming solo exhibition at [...]
Feminism, 3d paintings, and an afternoon drive
Went to the Anchor Bar on the quays in Dungarvan and got talking to a guy about post-modern feminism (as you do). To be more accurate, we despaired about the current culture of ‘ladette-ism’ (spelling?). Or, to be even more precise, we were talking about Jordan! Why is she famous? And why should the media [...]
U coulda been famous, kid
Many moons ago, as a mini-project, I traced by ancestors back to the mid-19th century. I was surprised by two things. One was that a lot of my ancestors could write their own name in birth/death/marraige certs etc. I don’t know why but I was amazed at how many people signed their name ‘X’ in [...]
Oh yes, Oh no
There used to be three breweries in Dungarvan town and they sold re-bottled Guinness under their own label. They existed until the late 50′s/early 60′s when the increasing quality in draught beer caused them to close. It was a proper job for someone to re-wash the bottles after use and relabel them with the brewery’s [...]
Sunday is a day of rest
The weather was beautiful when I went to get the newspapers this morning. It was warm and there were very few clouds in the sky. Looking out over the harbour gave me a bit of an uplift. My normal weather barometer is the view from my bedroom window towards the Comeragh mountains. The weather from [...]
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