Rose card

Here's a little card I painted yesterday.

Derelict Cottage at Churchtown, Ballinea, Mullingar.

I pass this little cottage most days coming and going from my home.  In the Spring, ancient,  long forgotten bluebells flourish by the door as cars, lorries and other traffic speed by going to God only knows where.  Do they even notice the bluebells or even the cottage itself?

I often wonder who lived there,  was it a happy home? Or was it filled with angry voices, and times strapped people rushing hither and tither fretting over  things that are no longer important?   Does it even matter?

 I like to think it was a happy contented little place where callers would be welcomed in for a cup of tea and maybe a scone and some bramble jam and a chat by the fire in the days before the road that runs past became so busy.

Sometimes when I am running around like a headless chicken fretting about stuff,   I think of that little cottage, and I say to myself,  "Does it really matter".

This painting can be purchased herehttp://www.etsy.com/shop/AislingKiernan?section_id=6115284

Mixed Media work in progress

I am working on these 4" x 4" mixed media pieces at the moment. They are evolving slowly and may end up looking a bit different when I am finished. I am enjoying just playing with how bits and pieces from around the studio change the look of the pieces. I am using sumptious strips of silk from silk rod carriers from Oliver Twist. I really love the dramatic colours of the silks. I am also trying to incorporate lace and linen from my considerable stash of antique linens that my Mum, Granny and Great Auntie Nancy left me. Much of this linen is no longer suitable for use today or damaged and worn. I feel a need to honour it by using it in artwork rather than leaving to languish unseen in my hot press (airing cupboard) I hope to use more of it in the future.

As before, I have used affirming/inspiring words on watercolour paintings and framed these with glass tiles.

The background canvases are painted in acrylic and on some I have added some angelina fibers.