VIEW IN MY ROOM
Ireland
Drawing, Graphite on Paper
Size: 16.5 W x 23.4 H x 0 D in
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This is a limited edition print of my original drawing of 'Cantwell Fada' / 'The Long man', an effigy in limestone of a knight, displayed in the ruins of the 14th-century Kilfane Church, Kilfane, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ireland. Carved from a single slab of limestone it is almost 8' tall. Who carved this amazing effigy? Was this knight a crusader. No one really knows the answer. For me this drawing was a huge test to do justice to this historical stone effigy which has stood for over 7 centuries. Available as unframed Limited Edition Print. Printed on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching, 300grm, acid free, 100% cotton paper, using archival pigment inks. Limited edition of 250 – signed and numbered.
Drawing:Graphite on Paper
Artist Produced Limited Edition of:250
Size:16.5 W x 23.4 H x 0 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships rolled in a tube. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:Ireland.
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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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