Hi everyone...Good to meet you, People!!!!!

Hello Everyone,

Chuck Callahan Here from Parker Colorado USA. I am looking for someone who does traditional Irish Art who would like to join me on a joint venture. I have a card company in the USA and am starting a private collection of St. Patrick's Day and Irish greeting Cards. If you are interested please get a hold of me. I will be more than happy to split all the profits with you and give you all the artistic credits you deserve.

chuckcallahan@mindspring.com

If I could get a large group of people interested in our company I may be able to share it in Ireland. It is a wonderful system and easy. Please contact me at

postmaster@callahanenterprizes.com , if you are interested.

Chuck Callahan

Good Morning, It is great to have other artist to chat with and learn from. I have only been painting (oil) for about three years and I love it. Most of my life I have been into some sort of creative mode, I did ceramics for a long time and for 10 years had a craft business, ceramics, flower arrangements, wreaths and gift baskets. I also made jewelry, but painting was always in my heart and God provided a way for me to learn. One mile from our home a new business came to town, The Red Door Art Center. Copper Mabie is the owner, and instructor, oh what a beautiful artist she is, I have learned so very much. Some of my work has sold the first was a painting I did of a beautiful spot just out of Quinn Ireland in 2007. I will post some of my work soon. I will be back in Ireland this September and plan on taking many pictures to keep me busy painting for a long time. Have a wonderful day! sadelia

That includes a box of somewhat used pastels that I had at Oldham College of Art... Phew that was a while ago!

Mick and I are somewhat different in that our "art" comprises plaster statue restoration. Our normal statuary restoration is for church items, but often individuals ask for our help as well. Mick does structure and some painting and I do painting and some structure. We have also worked on wooden statuary, which is similar but with different materials. The paint is the same, however. I use Winsor & Newton, plus the Liquitex line. With some of their new products, I can't wait to get some new textures on the statuary. I have practice pieces here, so may just try my hand and see what I come up with!!

I want to try painting some contemporary canvases (my cartoons are just that - cartoons and not very good), so maybe I will get that chance this summer. Our light in the flat is excellent. Mick is extremely talented as a pencil sketch artist, watercolourist and working in acrylics and oils. I wish he would do castles again. We found his pastels the other evening, so perhaps????

Hi Mimageinthat!
Welcome to our club ... and it's great to see that you'll be in Ireland within the next couple of years! Way to go! We look forward to that. Please let us know where your interest lies in art ... do you paint perhaps?
Take care
Lynda

Welcome Dinty66! We're looking forward to your Cork diary and perhaps your painterly impressions of your adventure? Tell us about the 'googly box' .... what's inside????
Take care
Lynda

Here is a couple of efforts any way which were done during our brief summer last year

This might be a spur to get me back practicing my sketching since I purchased this 'googly box' I dont seem to find the time anymore .I'm off to west cork on wedensday hopefully I will find some spare time there I will post my efforts and you can mark me out of 10

Because of my work and other calls on my time I get precious little time for art... and where do I work? Center for the Arts, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse!

There's no justice!

Mick
:)