barry edwards artist
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Tourism |
| Occupation | Airport fire service |
| Location | waterford city/ Wexford, waterford/WEXFORD, Ireland |
| Introduction | I live in Waterford City, Ireland and love walking the coastline here along the river Suir, places like Ballinakill woods, Passage East, Woodstown, Cheekpoint and Dunmore East.I spend a lot of time looking at the Rock pools, rock shapes, twisted roots of fallen trees and the clumps of seaweed that cling to the rocks.I also spend time in Castletown near Gorey Wexford, places like Clone Beach and Kilpatrick.Also Bree near Enniscorthy.Recently I have been looking down at ground level more but still like to play around with the landscape, it really all depends on what I find on the day.Most paintings are done on the spot, plein air.I work mostly with watercolour and acrylics but like to experiment with charcoal and just simply sketch.The painting you see here of a herring was one of the first things I did, you could say it was the beginning. |
| Interests | painting, etching, pencil sketching.Exploreing waterford coastline, river suir,Dunmore East.Yoga, pilates,Kayaking with the family.Going to art exhibitions, like Barrie Cooke, Graham Sutherland,Sean Mcsweeney, Ivon Hitchins,the Australian artist Fred Williams. |
| Favorite movies | I like older films,Bogart, Cagney, silent movies, drama and comedy.Buster keaton, chaplin,Laurel and Hardy etc. |
| Favorite music | Rachmaninov,chopin, Nina simone.Also like Irish Trad music, started playing the flute and tin whistle this year.My son is a keen banjo player so i try to keep up with him. |
| Favorite books | Never read books.I get more fom looking at pictures."Anyone can look, but only art will make see". |