ABSOLUT Creative Edge – Sweeneys from THE SMALL PRINT on Vimeo.

I was called by The Small Print to take part, along with some of the most amazing illustrators, in the ABSOLUT Creative Edge events. The videos are self explanatory so check them out!

ABSOLUT CREATIVE EDGE – Twisted Pepper from THE SMALL PRINT on Vimeo.

ABSOLUT Creative Edge – PYGMALION from THE SMALL PRINT on Vimeo.

Piece for Laundry Show. South Studios, Dublin

70 of Ireland’s top illustrators, designers and photographers air their dirty laundry in public. Expect secret vices, misdeeds and shamefaced confessions galore. One night only. Brought to you by the Illustrators Guild of Ireland, Offset and Heineken.

This is the piece I’ve done for it. Acrylics on canvas and a bit of cutting and sewing!!

Hope you can make it to the show. It promises to be fantastic!

We were overwhelmed by the attendance. The place was full and buzzing with energy. Some people had arrived early and had been waiting for the event to start since 4:30 so you could feel there was big expectation.

Everyone who took part posed for the local media. At this stage the Rhyme Rags hadn’t been unveiled yet. No-one knew what they would be like.

People was settling in while the local radio KCLR was interviewing Mary and Adam.

And the event began. Mary and Adam launched the publication. All the poets who were there got to read their poems then.

And finally…

The 2009 team: (L-R) Adam, Mary, Alé, Niamh.

All pictures by Lee Grace.

Remember, this Thursday 12th November at 5pm at the Arts Office Kilkenny County Council in 76 John Street, Kilkenny.

Hope to see you there.

Courtesy of nerosunero

There is an illustration exhibition I am taking part in launching tonight in Solas, Dublin.

All the details here

It should be a very good one so please show up if you are around.

The idea was to visually condense all the ideas people attending the conference would come up with in a creativity exercise which was coordinated by Paula Clarke. It consisted in representing as visually as possible their vision for the future.

The exercise started at 2 in the afternoon. 20 minutes later I did a round to see what kind of themes people were coming up with.

So around 2:20 I go to a room where I had set up and work on ideas. Once I had something I could work with, I did a bit of photographic research and started drawing faintly on the board with charcoal. It’s 3:15 now.

After that, it is a mad run to fill areas with colour as fast as I can. At this stage I only have another hour.

Filling up areas with acrylics and trying to give some sense of space and volume prove to be a hard task. I just keep going thinking that I don’t have much time left.

At 4:20 the illustration is finished. All the paints and inks are still dripping and I have to dry them with a tissue while we take the piece ro the hall where it is going to be unveil.

This is the final piece as it was presented to NOVARTIS.

It was a really interesting exercise for me and one of the biggest challenges I’ve ever done.

I am quite happy with the concept but I hope I’ll be able to have more time to finish the piece next time.

Hope you like it. Let me know your thoughts too.

Here are some pictures from the launch of the Broadsheet #9 that took place last Friday 12th June 2009.

The Broadsheet Launch is always a fantastic event as well as an unique chance to hear some stunning poetry read by its authors.

The 5-6 Women’s Art Project is organising an auction that will take place in 7 Bridgewater House, Dean St. Kilkenny next Thursday from 6pm to 9pm.
These are the pieces I’ve produced although I think I am only allowed one.
Hope you like them.