Tag: Art
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KCLR Interview
On a cold grey day last Autumn Monica Hayes from KCLR (Kilkenny Carlow Local Radio) came to visit me in my studio to interview me for her great series – A Portrait of …….. We spent almost three hours chatting about all sorts of of things involved with my work, interests and life. The result […]
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Hollywoodrath Commission – Drawings on Stone
The last time I wrote a post was over a year ago!! I was full of good intentions to do regular updates on the progress on the commission. I found it difficult to do being away from home while working on the commission in Stradbally. However, given to choice between being outside doing stonework or […]
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Hollywoodrath Commission – Leaves and Seeds
I’ve been very busy working on the Hollywoodrath Commission, so busy in fact that I have neglected to blog about it. I am three quarters finished and I intend do a series of posts of my progress before I install, which should be in early spring. To start with are studies of the leaves and […]
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Richard Scott Sculpture at Ballymaloe 2018
The annual “Richard Scott Sculpture @ Ballymaloe” opened at Ballymaloe House, Shanagarry, Co. Cork on Thursday 21st June 2018. It was a beautiful summers evening for the opening. Forty sculptures, mainly stone and some bronze are on show in the park lands of Ballymaloe. I have one new work on show, “Lily”. Other exhibitors are […]
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ESB Moran Award for Outstanding Sculpture
In my last post, I reported that I was delighted that the two sculptures I submitted to the RHA Annual Open Exibition 2018, were both accepted. “VOID I” and “Paired Impression”. The week before the opening I was rung up by the RHA, my immediate thought was the “VOID I” had been damaged as […]
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2016 9 Stones Artists exhibition: Pelvis at Visual
Pelvis: photograph Aisling Mc Coy. The 9 Stones Artists exhibition “The Possibilities of Place” is being launched tomorrow – Saturday 9th July at 3.00pm at Visual, Centre of Contemporary Art along with 3 other shows: The Possibilities of Place: The 9 Stones Artists Ex Michina: Frances Hegarty & Andrew Stone At Mirrored River: Enda Bowe […]
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Eileen MacDonagh
Eileen MacDonagh, a well know Irish sculptor is having a major exhibition of new and retrospective works called LITHOsphere at “Visual” Centre for Contemporary Art in Carlow, in the southeast Ireland. I have been helping her with some of the new stones and with her major installation “Cathedral”. Working on one of the Ogham Stones […]
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2011 9 Stones Artists Exhibition at Borris House
As part of the the Eigse Carlow Arts Festival, the grouping of Artists in the local area known as the “9 Stone Artist” had an Exhibition in the ball room in Borris House. We had a great opening on 9th June. Kerry Hardie the poet opened the show with a beautiful talk. There was […]
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New Website
I have just got a new website. http://martinlyttle.carbonmade.com really its just a clean easy way to show images of my work. It will be a Gallery for my work.
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2009 Sliabh Gearr Opening at the Norman gallery
The Sliabh Gearr Granite Symposium opened at the Norman gallery on the Saturday 17th October 2009. It was a beautiful autumn afternoon and a good crowd attended. Jeremy opened the show and Niall Deacon also movingly talked about the conception and the workings of the symposium. Jeremy then led the crowd around all the work […]
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2009: The Nine Stones Artists at the Norman Gallery
The valley I live in by Mt. Leinster in Co. Carlow is full of artists!! We have joined together to exhibit occasionally and we are known as the “Nine Stone Artists”. We had an exhibition at the Norman Gallery from 27th June to 12th July 2009. It was a great show, 10 of us exhibited […]
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Eigse Carlow Arts Festival
I entered two pieces (Large Parika and Wing) for the Eigse Carlow Arts festival, one was selected for the Open Show and one the Local artists section. The festival ran from the 13th to 21st June 2009. I was also involve with a group of local Carlow artists called “Blueprint” and we exhibited during the […]
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