The Urban Path revisited

Before resuming my report on urban perambulations I would like to go back little and show you some images that hark back to where I was last semester; I mentioned Richard Long and his walking lines and I showed some of my own take on this. Well here he (and I ) were again:

 

There is no doubt that snow can produce the most hackneyed pictures but we  (thankfully) get it so seldom here that the temptation to record or interpret is very powerful:

 

 

 

When I got to Limerick that morning there was none and even here all this was gone by mid-morning - the effects are so ephemeral.

 

Returning to Limerick apart from my visits, I resumed my study of Ground Metal ( which I plan to expand on later) but here are a few studies of one of my favourite subjects:

 

 

 

Aren't they just lovely?...and all they convey about how we live - half-empty, half-full

 

and this one could as easily be the gate though which the lions emerge into the arena - as I keep saying - look ... and see.

 

 

I went back to the Limerick Printmakers new show called Box Set Fever and this time I got the list.

Here are a few I particularly appreciated:

 

 

Jill McKeown - Incidental Order  -  Etching

 

Sylvia Taylor - The Bridge - Lino Cut  (beautiful paper)

 

 

Cathy Henderson - East Wall Docks/Summer Evening - Relief

 

 

Declan Byrne - Eastern Approach  - Etching

 

 

Patrick Corcoran - Active  - Digital Print

 

Frank W. Marston - Tensile -  Wood engraving

 

Deborah Ando - Untitled  - Etching and Drypoint

 

I just realised that my selection was rather monochrome and the show was not:

 

 

Oliver Flude - Untitled - Wood Cut

 

There is more I want to say about Limerick but let's have a break.

 

 

Not forgetting, of course

 

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