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I am an artist living and working in the West of Ireland. I make drawings,clothes,ZINES and artists books,short films and beloved objects. I have a stall at the Saturday Galway Market (from early february approx through till the last saturday before christmas) ...... if you would like to contact me further please email queenjaneosullivan (at)gmail(dot)com Thanks for visiting !

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

sun energy has changed things a little

johnson brothers complete coffee set
the way down to my beloved bog
vintage minature chinese tea set hand painted in gold
the swan will be for me
special special light
my whippet towser in the distance

the above two photos and the second one down were taken only last week .....and I was very appreciative of the sun peeking through and the magical light over at my favourite bog where I walk my dogs.
Then out of the blue this sunday......we got a special 4 days of heat and proper grown up sun just in time for my return to the market.
As my regular readers know I have a market stall from mid march till christmas .So here are some of the lovely treasures I was buying to bring next saturday , the marigold colour of the 1960's coffee set is perfect for the welcome sun.
I appreciate all weathers , I really do ,and although it is lovely to have heat and super bright , to be honest ,I am just at home in  the more melancholic days.
In the studio I am quitely working on my drawings that cendrine sent me and when we have drawn on each others work we will exhibit them here.

news flash ** my dear friend artist laura ferraras new drawing installation 

the daughters of litu stimes

is well worth a look , tell her its definately a book to be :)
lauras blog

Friday, March 23, 2012

drawing a thread around me .......


drawing a thread around me

for ritva (heartbeat drawing)
work in progress
ink pencil and marker on paper



drawing is the best thing ever EVER 
have a good weekend :)

Thursday, March 22, 2012

you can never hold back spring


 thank you my dear Ritva ........xxxxxx
excitement ... cendrines drawings just came in this mornings post
 I wish

spring really does happen every year , you just have to keep believing.

tom waits knows all about never stopping believing.

I really like olivia jeffries work, nearly always on found paper.
olivias blog

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

the surface of life


surviving on the surface of life
ink oil pastel and acrylic
gladys windsor fry
1935
pitman press

a favourite place

Sunday, March 11, 2012

magical light









I have been thinking a lot about how important light is to me 

*magical light in my studio (I love how it just visits and surprises me)

*red cardinal on my youngest daughters desktop (light incarnate) 

*screen still from movie I watched late at night with my second daughter(magical memory light)

*me in the spring shadow light

*lucy mckennas hauntingly beautiful solo show recently was full of otherwordly light , and this piece was called lakesky

Monday, March 05, 2012

its not ready yet ....but this is a very very little bit to keep the magic going







you may wonder what are these ?.....
well.....I cannot show the proper drawings yet as we are still working on them ,but this is the back of some of my drawings for our third collaboration


drawings from our hearts ******
a drawing collaboration 
jane o sullivan 
cendrine rovini

drawings from our hearts
series one
series two

It felt good to get these in the post to france to my dear friend and artist collaborator cendrine.
It is sunny and bright here and that always makes things really positive.
I also made jewellary yesterday with my eldest daughter and that felt pretty special , she has a fantastic eye , and I hope will put her pieces up on her blog as they are beautiful.