Alice McMahon
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Visual artist specializing in charcoal and pastel figurative drawing. |
| Location | Chicago and Galena, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Welcome to my art blog. All of the photos can be enlarged for a closer view by clicking on the image. I'm a professional artist specializing in works on paper. Pastel, graphite and charcoal are favorite mediums. Portraiture and Irish landscape in a realist style are my preferred subjects. |
| Interests | Love, peace, hugging trees, pastel painting, drawing, looking at art, art openings, long walks on the lakefront, live music, dance, Bodhran (Irish drum - I play, a little), travel, spirituality, chocolate, fine wine and dining, baking, coffee, hanging out with my friends and family. Ireland. Guinness! |
| Favorite movies | Anything with Jimmy Stewart, Across the Universe, Juno, Artemesia, The U.S. vs. John Lennon, An Inconvenient Truth, Waking Ned Devine, The Jacket, Stay, Beautiful Mind, Amelie, V for Vendetta, anything that's artistically shot and makes you think. |
| Favorite music | The Blues, John Lennon, the Beatles, traditional Irish sessions, Van Morrison, The Frames, Bell X1, Tom Waits, older jazz, Fleet Foxes, Morrisey, Rufus Wainwright, Bob Dyan, Decemberists, Lifehouse, Cole Porter, Dido, Peter Gabriel, the Chieftains, Seal, Laura Veirs, Waterboys, Vivaldi's Four Seasons, Santana, John Coltrane, Stevie Wonder. |
| Favorite books | Pictures and Tears, about why art can make you cry, McCarthy's Bar, Anam Cara: a Book of Celtic Wisdom, by John O'Donohue, Shakespeare's sonnets, Last Temptation of Christ, 'Round Ireland with a Fridge, Irish poetry, especially Seamus Heaney and Oscar Wilde, The Gift of Peace. |