"Drainer"Acrylics on Canvas
4x12 inches (10x30cm)
€65 (approx. $85) +€10 P&P
Daily Painting - Sunset
"Sunset"
Acrylics on Canvas
4x12 inches (10x30cm)
€65 (approx. $85) +€10 P&P
Oregon Trail
Right, I've been working on this piece for a commission for a friend in Oregon. I love working on music pieces and would love to get more into painting old time bluegrass/rock scenes on top of my usual Irish music ones.
Here's the final video "making off":
Like all commissions, it starts with a rough sketch made from various photos references. The musicians were taken from one specific indoor scenes, while the costumes were from various gig photo references. The sky and background was from yet another two photos and the cart was done using one photo as colour reference and another one for the angle... I think that's it. ... yeah that's about it!
Thanks Megan, I really enjoyed this one.
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New board
Just finished my new toy. It's the 3rd surfboard I make from scratch and first board from the new shed. This one's 5'9 - 21 1/2 - 2 3/4. with cloth inlaid cutaway keel fins.
Just in time for a new swell...
Daily Painting - "offshore"
"Offshore"
Acrylics on Canvas
4x12 inches (10x30cm)
€65 (approx. $85) +€10 P&P
Daily Painting - "...alone, not lonely."
"...alone, not lonely."
Acrylics on Canvas
4x12 inches (10x30cm)
€65 (approx. $85) +€10 P&P
Early Morning Surf
My seemingly endless stack of private commission is slowly coming to an end so I'm finally trying to get back into my former small format daily paintings habits...
"Early morning surf"
Acrylics on Canvas
4x12 inches (10x30cm)
€65 (approx. $85)
Rileys Print
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Print of my "Evening at Rileys" painting are now available: http://www.photo4me.com/cart/details.asp?PictureID=188649
Lino Prints on Wood
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I've been practicing with Lino prints for a while ans thought I'd give it a try on some driftwood I had. I like the results so far.
New Lino Prints on wood
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"Right of Way"
Custom Lino Print & Acrylics on driftwood.
Size: Approx. 8x10 in (20x25cm)
Price : €50 + €10 shipping (approx $73 total)
This is one of 3 prints on wood I made with this design before it got damaged and was unsuable.
"Fireworks"
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"Fireworks"
14 x 10 in (25 x 35 cm)
Oil on Canvas - Unframed
€200 (approx $278)
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My Pallet Shed
A few months back, I came across this website of various people making entire sheds out of pallets and reclaimed/recycled wood. I liked the idea so much and since I'd already been making various bits and pieces with pallets and worked on some bigger project (including a roof) in my own house. I decided to give it a go.
Here's the project so far...
First was the job to clear a whole area. I had this spot at the back of my garden that used to be a 7ft mound of rubble. I had spend a whole winter clearing it, saving every stone to build the walls and ground and every wheelbarrow of soil to even out places in the garden. I had time and I wasn't going to kill myself doing it so it took me about 4 months, shifting only just 10 wheelbarrows everyday.
I initially thought about doing a wee garden patch there with raised beds but there just wasn't enough light coming it as between the trees and the existing shed. So I decided to use the space to build my pallet shed.
First step was to find a source of pallets of course. Best is to find a couple of small offices or supplies shops that don't bother recycling pallets. Industrial estates often leave pallets outside their warehouse as well for people to take. just drive around one Saturday and ask. You'll need a LOT of pallets.
Then flattening the area and making an even bedrock. The whole place is already full of massive rocks barely filled by soil so it's already pretty stable. I just put a 6 inch layer of rocks for draining purposes.
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It takes a good bit of cutting measuring to get everything to fit properly as nothing is really square and in a perfect straight line.
I made the whole structure two pallets high, about 7 and a half foot high. Before I started on the roof i just wanted to get a feel of how the outside was going to look like. A friend suggested I use a damp barrier so i went around a few industrial building sites and asked them if they had a few old tarps in their skips. After a few enquiries I had enough sections to cover the entire county,
I started dismantling pallets and put them straight flat on the walls (first photo) until a friend pointed out that water wouldn't run down the wall, but instead collect and rot the wood so I took it all appart and did a proper cladding by overlapping the planks (second photo) -it seems obvious now!
This will use up a lot more wood of course but it's the only way to do it properly.
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I did the roof in one afternoon but you will need help lifting and setting up the central beam (my wife gave me a hand... it's a 5 min job). Take your time. Think about what you're doing and what the purpose of each section of wood is. Next think I knew, I had a structure solid enough to dance on it.
Once the roof was done I covered it with some sections of old tarps I had recovered from building sites. Make sure you overlap them from the bottom up.
Once this was done, I added a second over of tar roof felt. I had 2 rolls of it already but they weren't enough so I had to buy an extra one. There about 25 euros each.
Then, with the roof secure I can now start the slow process of cladding the entire shed using yet more dismantled pallet. It's a slow and tough process, especially the dismantling part, and quite a workout so you won't need to get into the gym for a while. This will take a LOT of pallets. The from wall on the picture bellow took about 18 to 20 pallets alone.
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I also line the inside of the shed, using the thicker planks on the bottom of the shed and some relaimed sections of ply for the wall -again, I got the ply from a site, they were using it to mask the work site. once sanded and trimmed it's perfect. It'll be painted also later so it doesn't have to be perfect right now.
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After a few months of work, I'm glad to say that I'm nearing completion. The shed will be my surfboard shaping bay and is made from pallets and reclaimed wood and bits. Total cost is under €170 , for screws, roof felt a few electrical fittings etc...
It just needs a door (in progress), some wood protection on the outside and a clearer blue inside and a couple more pieces here and there but it's fully functional now, dry and water tight.
I've since them made a few more smaller pallet projects, like new desks for my painting studio and work area :
One Evening At Riley's
"One Evening at Riley's"
Acylics on Canvas
Tick edge, unframed
Tick edge, unframed
39x12 (99x30.5 cm)
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One evening at Riley's
Meeting with them Tuesday, so fingers crossed. Wish me luck
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