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Night Frightens the Day/Калі ноч палохае дзень. Silkscreen on primed plywood, 81cmx121cm series of 6.

  In January 2014, the VCCA (Centre of Contemporary and Modern Art) Vitebsk, Belarus invited me to to host a solo show as part of their International Artist program. My initial response was to create a body of work that reflected similarities between Belarusian and Irish/European traditional cultures. This led to research in folk art,Continue reading “Night Frightens the Day/Калі ноч палохае дзень. Silkscreen on primed plywood, 81cmx121cm series of 6.”

This Woodblock on Canvas 147cmx167cm is part of the exhibition, Over the Sun, Kazimir Malevich (His legacy and influence on Western Artists). The accompanying text is an extract from the catalog for the Exhibition, 2015.

    Over the Sun Kazimir Malevich (His legacy and influence on western artists) Selected and organized By Séan Hanrahan in association with the V.C.C.A Vitebsk, Belarus Participating Artists, Séan Hanrahan IRE, Dominic Fee IRE, Josh Dannin U.S.A. Standing in no.5a on Pravdy str. in Vitebsk on a September afternoon listening to two senior researchContinue reading “This Woodblock on Canvas 147cmx167cm is part of the exhibition, Over the Sun, Kazimir Malevich (His legacy and influence on Western Artists). The accompanying text is an extract from the catalog for the Exhibition, 2015.”

Bonded Warehouses. Silkscreen on Fabriano Artistico, 43cmx53cm.

Bonded Warehouses are photographs of the iconic and historic Bonded Warehouse buildings at the Port of Cork, Ireland. The Bonded Warehouses have held a particular fascination for me since moving to Cork city after graduating in 2005. In the late evening on the 31st of October 2014 I took a series of photographs of the Warehouses.Continue reading “Bonded Warehouses. Silkscreen on Fabriano Artistico, 43cmx53cm.”

Klodetta.

Klodetta represents a series of photographs of my wife Masha Falaleeva. The works emphasis, is based on experimenting with the Halftone pixelated process to create fine art Print based Portraiture. I first became familiar with Halftone as a mass printing technique by looking under a magnifying glass at newspaper photographs and 1970’s book covers and illustrations. AfterContinue reading “Klodetta.”

Oscillation VI. 4 colour Silkscreen on Fabriano paper, 63.5cmx63.5cm. 2016

  Oscillation VI is continuation from Oscillate, a small series of variable Silkscreen prints. The emphasis of the work is based on my ongoing experimentation with the Halftone pixelated process. As with the Oscillate series, I choose not to use representational imagery, instead I have designed and inverted a Halftone matrix pattern. With this matrix pattern I’m layeringContinue reading “Oscillation VI. 4 colour Silkscreen on Fabriano paper, 63.5cmx63.5cm. 2016”

Frank-Fred, the Horse in two minds. Lino cut on steel, mixed media, music carousel. 2013

In July of 2013 I participated in the International TR5 Residency with Cork Printmakers, Ireland. This Residency and the resulting Exhibition that showcased the result of the 7 participation Artists was part of the Cork Mid Summers festival program. In the accompanying catalogue for the exhibition i wrote my intention for the residency, this statementContinue reading “Frank-Fred, the Horse in two minds. Lino cut on steel, mixed media, music carousel. 2013”