2021 in Pictures December 31, 2021 in art, visual art, painting, exhibition, drawing, contemporary art January Frozen Lake in Hillsborough "Shock" - first finished work of the year Studio shot - all three works would be abandoned Sketch of female police officers February "Shock" on display for FirstSite show Freshly squeezed paint Home with a dash of snow Back and forth on work that didn't survive Two out of Three works survived! March Detail of hand - in progress Early stages of 'On Gilded Steps' detail Horn detail for "The Infamy of Crete" Early Spring Studio shot In a Huff - aged around 8 April "On Gilded Steps" detail Longer evenings mean longer walks. Collecting work from 2020's RUA Little revamp of the office/drawing space "Gathering Thoughts" finished Cherry Tree in full blossom May Layering of biplanes for "History Repeating" Spring clean of painting storage space Detail of "History Repeating" Sketch from a Victorian Photo June Studio Shot June - with "History Repeating" on right Three pups in a bed Drawing from a cult 60's film still Detail of "Moon Boy" Ambera Wellmann at the MAC, Belfast Maya Balcioglu at the MAC, Belfast July "Galamseyer" - shrub detail Early stage of "Life is But a Dream" A low flying balloon over the garden Sunset over Slieve Gallion Finished - "Galamseyer" August On the Cover of Geraldine O'Kane's book Wedding Day Detail of "Life is But a Dream" Drawing of a dangerous individual September Early days of compositional juggling First image of new addition-to-be Memory of 1993 sketch "Saint and Sinner" - detail of finished work Detail of "Unimpressed" painting Close up of "Rex Aegypti Penultimus" Minimal sketch study October "Rex Aegypti Penultimus" - finished work Cold day in the studio with multiple works Close up of "Lady of the Manor" Detail of large multi-imaged canvas November Portrait of NI exhibition in GT Gallery, Belfast Anne Tallentire in the MAC, Belfast Took part in Platform's Salonathon show Drawing up a new batch of canvases "The Doctor will See you Now" - Finished Eva Rothschild in VOID, Derry “Tilt [At Windmills]” exhibition in CCA, Derry Three paintings at different stages December John Rainey in Naughton Gallery, Belfast Array Collective welcoming the Solstice "Label" "Under Surveillance"
RDH: AUGUST 2021 September 01, 2021 in art, art studio, artist, contemporary art, drawing, northern ireland, painting, reflective diary post 02/08/21 Cover of Geraldine O’Kane’s ‘Unsafe’ has dropped. It looks great!03/08/21 Finally finished sketches from last week.10/08/21Very very hectic at the minute.11/08/21 Night Sky 18/08/21Still pinching myself. The perfect day. Married my best friend surrounded by nearest and dearest. 22/08/21 26/08/21Didn’t get … art award. Very positive feedback in email though.28/08/21First day back in the studio in over a month. Not much occurring but still good to get the overalls on and paint out. Detail work on ‘Life is But a Dream’. 29/08/21Dusting off the cobwebs.Finished ‘L.i.B.a.D’. Kept it a little looser than usual and more on the raw side. Better that than over painted. 30/08/21 Sketchbook work tonight.31/08/21Never far from thoughts. Doesn’t feel like thirteen years.VAI Café: Introducing Derry with talks from UV Arts, Void Gallery and CCA Derry.Power will be off tomorrow so perfect opportunity to catch up on reading and writing.