paint-a-box

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JULIETTE O’BRIEN

June 29, 2023 by infomatique

AT LOLLY AND COOKS ON MERRION STREET

Juliette O’Brien designed and painted 9 mini murals on traffic light boxes for the Dublin Canvas project during the summers between 2017 and 2020. The project is a competitive opportunity for artists to submit art to be chosen by DCC to brighten up Dublin City.

Lolly And Cooks is a family run business dedicated in producing deliciously fresh savouries and cakes directly from their own bakery in Dublin.

Most of their ingredients come directly from the family farm in Tipperary, where sustainability is at the forefront of the operation.

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART

June 29, 2023 by infomatique

OUTSIDE JAMES ADAM & SONS

James Adam and Sons Ltd, trading as Adam’s, is Ireland’s leading Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers. Founded in 1887, it is situated in the heart of Dublin on St Stephen’s Green.

Over the last century the company has developed its expertise in many fields and currently offers specialist sales ranging from Important Irish Art, Fine Period Furniture, Silver & Object’s Of Vertu, Contemporary & Modern Art, Militaria & Memorabilia as well as Vintage Wine Sales and we are adept at the appraisal and sale of private collections.

LADY ON A BIKE PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART

June 3, 2023 by infomatique

Artist: Pawel Jasinski

Artist: Pawel Jasinski
Artwork title: ‘Lady on Bike’
Location: Dominick Street/Dorset Street, Dublin 1

Artwork description: A big, Apple Lady is walking along the street. In contrast to her physicality, her spirit and dreams are light and flying up to the sky.

Biography: Pawel Jasinski, artist and designer, was born in Poland and currently works in Dublin. His paintings were exhibited in several European countries including Latvia, Ireland, Poland and England. Portrait of Paul Brady painted by Pawel has been printed on the side of a building in Temple Bar. His work “Woman on the Temple Bar” was chosen as the picture of the month December 2017 by the curator of The Hunt Museum in Limerick.

THE TRINITY KNOT BY CIARA O’NEIL

June 3, 2023 by infomatique

OUTSIDE THE CHURCH OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

[Update 3 June 2023]: Today I managed to obtain information relating to this example of paint-a-box street art:

Artist: Ciara O’Neil
Artwork title: ‘The Trinity Knot’
Location: Philipsburgh – Fairview Strand – Dublin 3
Artwork description: A modern twist on Celtic Ireland, the artwork features a woman with fiery hair holding a harp, the emblem of Ireland. The work is surrounded symbols of the Triquerta (the Trinity Knot) which symbolises eternal spiritual life.
Biography: I am a Dublin based artist and NCAD graduate with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Visual Culture. During college I mainly worked within the medium of paint however recently I have found myself working with the realm of illustration and combining the two mediums together. During the summer of 2019 I will be exhibiting some of my most recent work at K-Fest in Killorglin.

I have no information relation to the street art located on Fairview Strand but I can tell you that the construction of the Church of the Visitation started in 1847 and it opened on the 14th of January 1855 and was dedicated on the 12th of October 1856. Entrusted to Conventual Franciscans March 1987.

Fairview Strand was formally known as Owen Roe Terrace and Philipsburgh Strand. On Fairview Strand, near Luke Kelly bridge, is Dublin’s oldest Jewish Cemetery, Ballybough Cemetery. The graveyard was built in 1718 on land leased on a peppercorn rent from Chichester Phillips, but it was a different, prominent Jew also named Philips for whom Philipsburgh Avenue is most likely named. The mortuary chapel added in 1857 and contains more than 200 graves. The last burial there was in 1958.

WHERE OLD GHOSTS MEET BY ANDREW McCARTHY

April 30, 2023 by infomatique

DARTMOUTH ROAD – LEESON STREET

I must admit that I was confused when I discovered that this was described as being on Dartmourth Road rather than Dartmouth Road.

This artwork depicts the late poet Patrick Kavanagh and the beautiful Hilda Moriarty for which his poem ‘On Raglan Road’ is about. The poem originally named “Dark Haired Miriam Ran Away” laments for his love for Hilda which was not reciprocated by her – She became a Doctor and married Donogh O’Malley. “I will immortalise you in poetry, Hilda.” – Kavanagh once said and so he did. The poem has had many versions, most famous of which was sung by Luke Kelly of The Dubliners after Patrick Kavanagh requested he do so.

Today I used a Full-Frame Zeiss Batis 85mm lens with a Sony FX-30 APS-C body which may not have been a good idea as it was impossible to photograph the other side of the cabinet … the side showing Patrick Kavanagh . An APS-C sensor is able to capture more total light than a smaller sensor with equivalent technology due to its larger size. This results in less image noise and shallower depth of field than a smaller sensor taking a picture with the same focal length, f-stop, aperture, and ISO. However, as an APS-C sensor is smaller than a full-frame camera or Medium Format sensor, the opposite holds true, with larger sensors having less image noise and shallower depth of field than the APS-C sensor when taking a picture with the same focal length, f-stop, aperture, and ISO.

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON SUNDRIVE ROAD IN CRUMLIN

April 23, 2023 by infomatique

PHIL LYNNOT BY AINE MACKEN

Phil Lynott of Thin Lizzy, lived on Leighlin Road and Rutland Avenue in Crumlin.

Philip Parris Lynott ( 20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist and songwriter. His most commercially successful group was Thin Lizzy, of which he was a founding member, the principal songwriter, lead vocalist and bassist. He was known for his distinctive plectrum-based style on the bass and for his imaginative lyrical contributions, including working class tales and numerous characters drawn from personal influences and Celtic culture.

Lynott was born in the West Midlands of England but grew up in Dublin with his grandparents. He remained close to his mother, Philomena, throughout his life. He fronted several bands as a lead vocalist, including Skid Row alongside Gary Moore, before learning the bass guitar and forming Thin Lizzy in 1969. After initial success with “Whiskey in the Jar”, the band had several hits in the mid-1970s, such as “The Boys Are Back in Town”, “Jailbreak” and “Waiting for an Alibi”, and became a popular live attraction combining Lynott’s vocal and songwriting skills with dual lead guitars. Towards the end of the 1970s, Lynott embarked upon a solo career and published two books of poetry. After Thin Lizzy disbanded, he assembled and fronted the band Grand Slam.

In the 1980s, Lynott increasingly suffered drug-related problems, particularly an addiction to heroin. In 1985, he had a final chart success with Moore, “Out in the Fields”, followed by the minor hit “Nineteen”, before his death in 1986. He remains a popular figure in the rock world, and in 2005, a statue in his memory was erected in Dublin.

Today I used a Sigma Quattro DP1. A few years ago i was offered a Sigma DP1 Quattro at a very good price and while I had a bad experience with all my previous Sigma cameras I decided to accept the offer especially as the camera could produce .dng images but, as you may have guessed, there were many problems that can be really annoying. The DP1 Quattro is a fixed lens camera aimed at enthusiasts who demand the best image quality in a reasonably portable form factor. Announced in September 2014, it’s a unique camera in many respects, employing an unusually-shaped body, a fixed focal length lens and a sensor unlike any outside of Sigma’s range. It also eschews modern features we take for granted on other new cameras such as Wifi or even a movie mode. The DP1 Quattro is all about still photo quality.