helenfarrellart

Post- script: In 2013, Moynalty won the National Tidy Towns award. The following community arts project was mentioned on the adjudicators report, and we like to think that the community energy involved in this outdoor art exhibition contributed in some small way towards that award! http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/moynalty-co-meath-named-ireland-s-tidiest-town-1.1521107 Left to right-  Helen Farrell, John O Brien, Heather Buchanan, Catherine Mc Cormack, Deirdre Gilsenan. Weighed down by the gloom of a long winter in 2012, our thoughts went to dreaming of longer days when leaf buds would form on trees, birds would start to look for materials with which to build their nests and a certain light would appear in our daylight hours. A notion formed of creating outdoor artpieces alongside  nature, as she created the following season. A brave or foolish notion ? I wasn't sure , but it didn't go away. It became stronger, and we began to conside...

"Daisychain", mixed media on canvas, approx A2 size, unframed. This painting was a commission, from my good friends. Always a nervewrecking business!! The most difficult bit was deciding what to incorporate into the painting..as everything in it was to tell a story.. and then attempting to get the balance, perspective, forms, and all that stuff right. Once I started, the painting took off on its own , as is usual enough.  Again , apologies about photo, I forgot to take a photo of it and I had to ask a pal for this image off her phone.