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Ireland
Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Size: 19.3 W x 23.2 H x 0 D in
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This is a limited edition print of my moody version of 'The Meeting on the Turret Stairs' by Frederic William Burton, 1864. The original is in vibrant watercolour and gouache, on paper, which is hanging in The National Gallery in Dublin. It depicts a medieval Danish ballad , which tells the story of Hellelil, who fell in love with her personal guard Hildebrand, Prince of Engelland. Her father disapproved of the relationship and ordered her seven brothers to kill the young prince. Burton chose to imagine a romantic moment from the story before the terrible end: the final meeting of the two lovers. This very romantic/tragic painting has always been a favourite of mine. It is so full of emotion, I am sure that its impact on the viewer is as powerful now as when it was first aired to the public in 1864. Limited edition of 250 prints. Printed on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching, 300grm, acid free, 100% cotton paper, using archival pigment inks.
Drawing:Charcoal on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:250
Size:19.3 W x 23.2 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Ireland
In the mid - eighties my father gave me a book on Woodwork, at the time I was working as a Shop Fitter in Switzers Department Store in Dublin and he no doubt though that this book would come in useful in my job. Little did he or I realise that it would be the catalyst that would take me in a very different path. It was the section on Woodturning that inspired me to turn my first tiny bud vase out of a piece of 'pine' on a drill. I have been woodturning ever since. I started turning on a full-time basis from the end of the 'eighties' and up until about 2003 I turned pretty much 7 days a week, it was probably a bit of an obsession. Demand for my work was high and my passion to make it was equally high. I will admit to being a perfectionist and I set very high standards and goals for myself. In September 2003 my wife and I moved to Kilkenny where I took a year and a half out to build our new home. When I got back to my turning in 2005 the economy was changing and recurring allergies to dust, slowed my output. The passion is still there and I am still working with wood Inspiration: The artwork of Ancient civilizations have always been a fascination of mine, especially Celtic artwork. I regularly visit the Museums in Dublin and am constantly trawling through the various books that I have collected over the years. A detail on a Celtic Cloak Pin or some aspect of a Jim Fitzpatrick painting will find itself translated into a detail on one of my Torc's or vessels. Some of my ebonised boxes were inspired by a film I saw based around the Mongol Empire! I always have a sketch book to hand for that moment when the muses strike. For numerous reasons mainly the many changes to our world since 2019 I have drifted away from woodturning and have taken up drawing again, which is something that I haven't done in many years, except for sketching ideas for my various vessels and boxes over the years. Drawing was my first passion as a teenager and it is with trepidation that I take up the pencil again. My chosen medium of drawing in graphite & charcoal.
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