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| Taken from the book cover of volume 1 of Bram Stokers collected works printed by Leonaur Ltd. |
To All Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Members
The DPSC are offering a prize of 50 Euro to anyone who can come up with a good theme for our next exhibition. As you know, Bram Stoker, the writer of Dracula, was one of the founding members of the Dublin Sketching Club and the centenary of his death is 20th April 2012 which will be during the exhibition. Therefore it would seem fitting that we construct a theme around this. This theme would not be confined to literature but would open up the world of Science Fiction and the Supernatural.Of course the chosen theme is not yet written in stone and the committee have opened up the choice for a theme to members which will give everyone a chance to get their opinions across. I expect the following comments to this post to be very lively, if not with a hint of the extra-ordinary. So get your thinking caps on, and Happy Halloween!
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| From the cover of the Audio Book by Naxos featuring Dracula by Bram Stoker and Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. (If you know who the above artist is please let me know) Richard McEvoy has suggested that we might look at a theme including Science Fiction and the Preternatural (That which appears outside or beyond the natural world). The works by the Artist, Atkinson Grimshaw have been suggested by Aidan Hickey to inspire us on this theme. The following Paintings are by John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836 to 1893  |
"Elaine"
"Autumn Evening"
"The Lady of Shallot"
."Spirit of the Night"
"A Lane in Headingly, Leeds"
9 comments:
Dear Kate,
Apropos of your naming competition, how about "Science Fiction or the Preternatural?"
We very seldom experience supernatural events compared to preternatural ones. And some science fiction could fall into the category of the preternatural: these are all ghostly, haunting, clairvoyant, prophetic, occult, hallucinatory (e.g. the rope trick), and telepathy, bi-location (well attested ), levitation, dopplegangers, and other extraordinary events and states.
These phenomena have been described as "The vestigial remnants of the higher powers of our first parents before the fall and their expulsion from Eden."
Anyone interested might read Occult Phenomena in the Light of Theology by Abbot Wiesinger O.C.R. and Ghosts and Poltergeists by Fr Thurston.
On a personal note, we owe you for your exceptional contributions to the club.
Best regards,.
Richard
If you're aiming to reinforce the message about lots of "Spooky" possibilities... you might make reference to Atkinson Grimshaw. He painted wonderfully eerie night-time views of urban, suburban and harbour areas. Many to be seen via GOOGLE.
Best,
Aidan
Thanks Aidan. I will check this out and post some of his images. Thank you for your suggestion. I love to hear about artists new to me.
Regards
Kate
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your comments and for being the first to reply! I think that we should by thanking YOU for all of the work that you put into the DPSC during your time on the committee.
Regards,
Kate
Thats a beautiful haunting painting of the lane in leeds. Do you know who painted it , kate.
Well done with all the work you're doing!
Catherine king
It's by John Atkinson Grimshaw. If you click on his name it will bring you to the wikipedia page which tells you all about him
Thanks for the praise, but it was Richard's work!
Hi Kate, I'd like to suggest Science and Alchemy for the title.Next year Dublin will be City of Science and of course one could say painting is alchemy!
Kind regards and well done with keeping us in touch.
Yanny Petters
That is a great suggestion Yanny. I like the idea of alchemy. I've been playing around with some new acrylic paints and mediums. Modern alchemy is great! All of the entries will be put forward to the committee when next we meet.
Kate
Thanks so much for the cheque in the post. I'm going to put it into buying an art book for Christmas.
Hope everyone at DPSC has a Peaceful Christmas with time to be inspired for the New Year.
Regards, Yanny
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