Hapy New Year, I wish you all the best in 2011. I have the feeling this year is going to be one like no other with adventures, excitement and changes in abundance!
Today being the first new moon of the new year, I thought it would be a perfect time to set a new challenge for myself! Today is not only host to the new moon in Capricorn, we also had a partial solar eclipse this morning, making today all in all a magical day.
So, New Year New Moon, New Challenge - I shall be doing a picture a day, hopefully purely for this blog for the period from new moon to dark moon (who needs that Roman calender anyhow?!)
It all starts today with the new moon and ends on the dark moon on the 2nd February.
The idea of a drawing a day helps me to push my creativity, keeping things fluid and fresh as well as making me do something new and different each day, no matter what else is going on.
Each piece most likely wont be a finished, perfect piece of work, but hopefully something interesting will come out of it!
My boyfriend Gordon, is also a very talented photographer and film maker, and he is going to be doing a photo a day blog which you can check out here:
http://www.gordoncburns.blogspot.com/
Thanks for looking at my blog and come back again soon :) x
Tuesday, 4 January 2011
Monday, 13 December 2010
The Vampire and Baldr the Dragon
Here are 2 new paintings... The Vampire and The Dragon.
In the Vampire I wanted to capture a sense of reflection and being lost in the moment. With a trickle of blood on her lips, it is left up to you to decide whether she is revelling in the taste of blood, or feeling remorse for her actions....
The Dragon (who let me know his name was Baldr, after the Norse God of light and beauty) is a recent commission, and my first attempt at painting Dragons... I have now realsied I LOVE DRAGONS! They have been creeping or flying into my dreams, and so watch this space for more Dragon paitings.
There's much more art, new and old on my website http://www.lauradaligan-art.com
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
And now for something different...
This is my first attempt at painting a landscape from life. I've sketched landscapes in the past but never sat out there with my canvas and paints. It was a beautiful experience, watching the weather, light and tide change, dodging thunderstorms, which you could see coming in from miles away, and being brought tea from my mum's neighbors!
Northumberland is a stunning part of the country, and this was painted near Bamburgh and Budle bay. In the distance you can see Lindisfarne castle on Holy Island. I felt blessed to sit there, not a person in sight, completely elemental and relaxed.
I'll definitely be doing some more of these paintings, the light and atmosphere up north is truly perfect.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Samhain / Halloween Greetings Card
Available to purchase from my website (as of tomorrow - Oct 5th) all enquiries e mail me @ laura.daligan@gmail.com xxx
Friday, 30 July 2010
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
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