Monthly Archives: June 2012

Cloughjordan Exhibition

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Cloughjordan Train Tracks

I am delighted to say I will be doing my second ever photographic exhibition at the end of June.

Starting on Wednesday the 27th of June in the truly wonderful surroundings of Sheelagh Na Gig bookshop in Cloughjordan, Tipperary.

The exhibition is part of the Cloughjordan Festival running from Wednesday 27th of June until Sunday 1st of July.

I will be hanging roughly 30 framed prints [both big and small] around the relaxing environs of the Sheelagh Na Gig bookshop run by the always enthusiastic Liz O’Shea on the main street of the town.

The exhibition will remain in the shop until the end of July.

The framed prints will all be on sale, limited to only one copy of each print.
I will also be selling limited edition mounted prints, specially for those who like to pick their own frames.

If you get a chance to drop down, it’s less than a two hour drive from Dublin, please do. If you don’t feel like buying a print then please make sure to buy a coffee or book from Liz, the shop is a wonderful resource for the local community.

Hopefully see some of you there. I’m gonna be there for the whole weekend.

Here’s some handy links

Festival Website

Festival Programme

May Be The Gates Of The Cheshire Home

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Near The Cheshire Home

This was actually the photo I was on my way to take when I happened to stumble upon the dead pigeon in the previous post [click here]

I really have no idea where these gates lead to but my educated guess would be an alternative entrance into the Cheshire Home. The gates are now quite rusted and chained up with a big padlock. As you can probably see from the overgrown trees the gates haven’t been opened in quite some time. The tree on the right hand side of the picture is what really caught my attention [as I nearly walked on a dead pigeon]. It looks like some creature from a sixties low budget horror movie. It was almost consuming the gatepost but was actually attacking it from above. The next scene in this movie features only one gate post and the viewer thinking about what is missing.

I decided to get really low down on the ground to take this one [what must the staff in the park think of me at this stage], by that I mean I actually lay down on the ground, I really wanted to make the place look like the entrance to Bates Motel from Psycho. I think the dead leaves scattered on the ground really add to the haunting feel of the scene.

After taking the photo, I then had to go straight home as I was all wet from lying on the ground. I’m a fool for my art

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