Posts Tagged ‘reflection’
Seagull Island with stripes and Plovers
May 21, 2018
Seagull Island, stripes and Plovers Late Spring is when Seagull Island, a barren stony finger of rock, resurfaces and the Plovers make a flying visit…A new plate in progress, A two plate print to add an extra stripe and texture
2018 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, birds, calm, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, lough mask, mountains, plate, plovers, process, reflection, seagulls, silenceComments (0)
Sun along the January lake shore scrub
January 28, 2018
winter sun is incredibly exciting – there’s not much else going on and its low slung shots of light blast into parts usually humdrum and unstarry..
2018 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: branches, briar, colour, frost, green, hedgerow, lake, leaf, light, lough mask, moss, reflection, rocks, rosehip, scrub, silence, tree, winter, woodsComments (0)
Limestone Pavement, Lough Mask. A new plate
April 26, 2017
The limestone shoreline on our side of Lough Mask looks like a pavement made from slabs of exposed rock, the blocks separated by narrow, shallow fissures. When the winter floods sink back, the lake leaves a thin film of white silt which settles into time/water eroded sharp-edged small holes or cups in the limestone. Chunks […]
2017 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, pavement, plate, process, reflection, silence, springComments (0)
November on the Lough Mask shoreline
November 28, 2016
This early winter month November on Lough Mask has been misty, soft and cuddly, and hard as nails, steel-blue freezing
2016 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: black, blue, colour, green, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, monochrome, mountains, rain, reflection, rocks, silver, trees, winterComments (0)
Plovers on the Rocks
September 27, 2016
A band of Plovers (well, a congregation, correctly) sitting in a cave.. ok, standing on the near shore rocks, looking out into a heavy mist muffling Lough Mask. The key to this large 90cm x 60cm Plover plate will be printing a magnificent misty sky. I haven’t discovered how to print a magnificent misty sky..but […]
2016 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, birds, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, lough mask, mist, plate, plovers, process, reflection, rocks, silenceComments (1)
summer to the solstice
June 27, 2016
The first half of summer, to the solstice midpoint; lots of cloud, lots of rain, lots of growth, lots of midge swarms, all damp and dreary – making those bursts of light very exciting!….
2016 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: colour, hawthorn, hedgerow, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, rain, reflection, rocks, summer, wildflower, woodsComments (0)
Spring start, more dither than bounce
April 17, 2016
Spring taking it easy this year; a slow unfolding from the floods, sun and rain and rain and hail and snow and rain and glitter-sun…unhurried, snail-like dawdling. Its still cold but the birds are completely thrilled with themselves roundabouts this side of Lough Mask …………………click on the thumbnails to enlarge
2016 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: alder, branches, cherry, colour, daffodils, fern, grasses, hedgerow, lake, light, limestone, litter, lough mask, mist, monochrome, mountains, reflection, rocks, scrub, silence, spring, trees, wildflower, willow, woodsComments (0)
dark and light this long January by the Mask
January 31, 2016
Isolated by lough mask flooding, 2015-2016 bridged a long watery winter. January has been full of darkness, with light spots
2016 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: bark, birch, branches, colour, dusk, flood, gorse, hawthorn, hedgerow, lake, light, lough mask, monochrome, mountains, reflection, rocks, scrub, silence, snow, storm, trees, wildflower, winterComments (0)
Early winter light
November 20, 2015
Early winter light..
2015 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: branches, colour, hawthorn, hedgerow, lake, light, lough mask, reflection, rocks, silence, tree, winterComments (0)
