Sunday 23 September 2018

ANCESTRAL BREATH

On Saturday we took a road that is now very familiar.
We were visiting a friend's art exhibition, titled 'Ancestral Breath', at the Loughcrew Megalithic Centre. This is Lar's second exhibition at the centre and it opened earlier this week, in time for Autumn Equinox.



Lar Dooley a with Mrs H



Lar is a Primitive Artist who has developed his own unique style of painting
which is very textured and almost tempts the onlooker to touch the surfaces.



He is inspired by Ireland's ancient monuments and carvings.







I am very attracted by his depiction of the Poulnabrone Dolmen, Co Clare



The artist himself - Lar Dooley September 2018


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12 comments:

  1. Hilary Melton-Butcher23 September 2018 at 21:35

    Hi Mel - I love Lar's work ... isn't it interesting and yes - I wanted to reach out and touch his stones. It is very primitive and reminds me of work I see out here on the Pacific coast in British Columbia ... I'm glad you went - cheers Hilary

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    1. A Heron's View24 September 2018 at 00:10

      Thanks Hilary; We first saw Lar's work last year and liked his technique.
      So knowing that there would be a slight difference and wanting to show our support we viewed and shared some of what we saw.

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  2. Moving with Mitchell23 September 2018 at 23:00

    Beautiful BEAUTIFUL work!

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    1. A Heron's View24 September 2018 at 00:06

      Thank you Mitchell I will pass on your appreciation to Lar.

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  3. Bea25 September 2018 at 00:07

    I really enjoy the artist's work. Thank you for sharing!

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    1. A Heron's View27 September 2018 at 17:54

      You are very welcome and it was a pleasure to do so.

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  4. Lettice25 September 2018 at 14:30

    Mystical... is it the fact you talented folk all seem to live in Ireland, I idly wonder?

    LX

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    1. A Heron's View27 September 2018 at 17:56

      You may very well think that however, am certain that there are many other people in the world who are equally talented.

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  5. Graham Edwards27 September 2018 at 14:44

    I was astonished by how much I wanted to touch the first picture (second photograph) even when on my screen. It is palpably deeply textured even though it's presumably only minimally textured.

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    1. A Heron's View27 September 2018 at 18:05

      Your comment in regards to Lar's texturing depth made me arise and measure one of his illustrations with a pipe cleaner and on average the indentations are 1mm to 1.5mm. So yes, I can well understand how you perceived their tactile attraction Graham.

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  6. Debra She Who Seeks29 September 2018 at 23:12

    I love that one of the entrance to the barrow with the wolf and woman!

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    1. A Heron's View30 September 2018 at 01:08

      Am sure that Lar will enjoy your comment even more than I do - many thanks Debra!

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