Shona MacGillivray- I have a small collection of paintings hanging in Gort Framing Studio for this Festive month . Many of these paintings are of birds. I observe and study birds as a way of connecting with our world, a world that doesn’t just revolve around humans. We have so much to learn from them yet, but we continue to destroy much of their natural habitats with climate change, intensive farming, pesticides and over fishing. I have a rocky inner faith that this destuction can be turned around, but not with out looking at the skies and listening to the birds.
This collection focuses on the birds of the cliffs, out at Moher and Hag’s Head in Co.Clare. The cliffs also represent the barriers and borders that humans and nature have to transcend.
The two large charcoal drawings are of the dark Fallow deer that enjoy the small apples from the trees in our garden. They wander in from the Drummin oak and hazel woods that surround us. We gave up a while ago on keeping them out, and now share most of the garden with them, including the veg in the raised beds.
On display are acrylic on canvas paintings, framed inks on wallpaper , large charcoal on paper, and reproduction prints ready to frame. I also have a willow and paper lantern sculpture of a Red Deer stag hanging in the window.
For enquires please visit the Gort Framing Studio, where you will also find , apart from the framing services, art materials, greeting and art cards, photographs by Andreas Edler and other local artists.
A Happy Solstice and Merry Christmas to our customers, and blog readers. .
