January 11, 2015 by admin News Friday, September 22nd, 2017, 7:26 pm Solar Horses (2017) has been selected and hung as part of the 165th Royal West of England Academy Open Exhibition. Show runs from 1 October - 3 December 2017. PV Saturday 30 September 3 - 6pm. RWA, Queen’s Road, Clifton Bristol BS8 1PX. Solar Horses (2017) Handmade oak gall ink, antique shellac and lakewater collected from Loch Lough (Uisneach, County Westmeath, Ireland) on board. Uisneach is known as the mythological and sacred centre of Ireland, famous for its huge May/Bealtaine fires which ushered in the first days of summer and could be seen across a quarter of the island. Dagda, mythological Sun God and leader of the Tuatha de Danaan, is said to have stabled his solar horses at Uisneach. Archaeological remains of a stable enclosure have been found within two souterrains to the north flank of the hill paved with carved slabs similar in form to the famous Uffington White Horse in Berkshire, England. Box framed in white wood and non-reflective glazing. 63 x 74 x 4.5 cm. £1600 ... See more Tuesday, September 19th, 2017, 9:08 am Currently showing in The Transformed Land exhibition at Circle Bath Hospital Gallery, Foxcote Ave, Peasedown St John, Bath BA2 8SQ until 1 November. All works for sale. Glacial Melt (2017) Black writing ink, handmade oak gall ink and water collected by Nicki Heenan from the base of Corvatsch Glacier, St Moritz, Switzerland, on canvas board. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 49.5 x 59.5 x 4.5cm. ... See more Tuesday, September 19th, 2017, 9:02 am Currently showing in The Transformed Land exhibition at Circle Bath Hospital Gallery, Foxcote Ave, Peasedown St John, Bath BA2 8SQ until 1 November. All works for sale. Lochan With No Name (2017) Black writing ink, handmade oak gall ink and water collected by David and Richard Littlejohns from a lochan with no name (grid reference NC3116053731) to the north of Foinaven Mountain, Sutherland, Scotland, on canvas board. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 44.5 x 54.5 x 4.5cm. ... See more Saturday, September 9th, 2017, 9:11 am Very pleased to be showing in the Discerning Eye exhibition again. Exhibition runs from 16 - 26 November at The Mall Galleries, London SW1. North (2016) Black writing ink, handmade oak gall ink and water collected on the turning of an incoming tide at Cowbar, North Yorkshire, on board. Box framed in white wood and non reflective glazing. 27.5 x 27.5 x 4 cm ... See more Tuesday, August 29th, 2017, 4:52 pm Just sold Swallet Hole (2017), a work from the Ancient Scent:Ireland residency, direct from the studio to one of my longstanding collectors. It's on the way to Cornwall as we speak. Swallet Hole (2017) Writing ink, handmade oak gall ink, antique shellac, 7 drops of Kilbeggan whiskey and water collected from St Colmcille’s holy well (an old place of veneration and calm in a grove adjoining Durrow Abbey, County Offaly, Ireland) on board. Box framed in white wood and non-reflective glazing. 70.5 x 68.5 x 4.5 cm. ... See more Tuesday, August 1st, 2017, 11:24 am Summer studio sale throughout August. 20% off all paintings on my website (where available)........pm me for further info etc..... www.westmancoat.com Tuesday, July 11th, 2017, 10:45 am Timeline Photos New work from recent Irish residency: Bell House Pines (2017) Writing ink, handmade oak gall ink, antique shellac, water steeped with earth and pine needles collected from the foot of Turloch’s Tower (Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland) on paper. Turloch’s Tower was built around 1124 as part of the monastic centre of Clonmacnoise, founded in 544. It was originally named ‘Cloig Teacht’ - The Bell House – and would originally have sounded for miles across the waters of the River Shannon and the flat lands surrounding the site. There is no bell in the tower today. Several rooks use it and the adjacent Pines as a nesting site and minaret. Their loud calls echo around the ruins of the monastery and the ground is littered with sticks and bones thrown down to warn off trespassers. ... See more Friday, July 7th, 2017, 12:14 pm UK Artists showcase the plight of the disappearing British bee Delighted to be mentioned in The Ecologist by Arts Editor Gary Cook in this article on the FIFTY BEES: The Interconnectedness of All Things exhibition showing at Ace Arts, Somerton, Somerset until 22 July 2017. ... See more Ecologist Arts Editor, GARY COOK, visits a new exhibition showcasing the plight of the British bee - those species already sadly lost and those on the verge of extinction Tuesday, July 4th, 2017, 6:33 pm Timeline Photos Another new work from my recent Irish residency which I think is just about finished....... Swallet Hole (2017) Handmade oak gall ink, antique shellac, 7 drops of Kilbeggan whiskey and water collected from St Colmcille’s holy well (an old place of veneration and calm in a grove adjoining Durrow Abbey, County Offaly, Ireland) on board. 57 x 54.5 cm (currently unframed). ... See more Tuesday, July 4th, 2017, 2:10 pm Timeline Photos New work just about finished......first painting made as a result of research and water gathering during the Ancient Scent Irish residency in April this year. Solar Horses (2017) Handmade oak gall ink, antique shellac and lakewater collected from Loch Lough (Uisneach, County Westmeath, Ireland) on board. Uisneach is known as the mythological and sacred centre of Ireland, famous for its huge May/Bealtaine fires which ushered in the first days of summer and could be seen across a quarter of the island. Dagda, mythological Sun God and leader of the Tuatha de Danaan, is said to have stabled his solar horses at Uisneach. Archaeological remains of a stable enclosure have been found within two souterrains to the north flank of the hill paved with carved slabs similar in form to the famous Uffington White Horse in Berkshire, England. 65 x 49 cm (currently unframed). ... See more Load More...