Ffs Taoiseach - grow a spine and defend good Irish music, instead of being a weak, watery West Brit. No-one in UK politics will thank you, or be any nicer when you do their dirty work for them. #Kneecap #IrlPol #Mastodaoine https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/taoiseach-calls-on-kneecap-to-urgently-clarify-views-amid-concern-clips-furore/a1434942106.html
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This man was in the street for the Chinese New Year, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. I went to paint the dragons, Then I saw an old man, chinese, slightly shrunk with age, walking calmly through the crowd, enjoying the festivities. With wrinkles, wispy white hair, a spindly frame, he looked over ninety years old. Watercolour on 100% cotton paper.
.An original composition by James McCormack, artist
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/a-chinese-man-james-mccormack.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social ]
Galway shawls were a type of heavy-weight shawl once worn by Irish women. Firmly believe we lost our way as a nation when we stopped wearing items that doubled as cosy blankets and would like to propose a return to the wearable bed.
Galway shawl (and lyric) prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/the-galway-shawl-a4-fine-art-print
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Orange Poppies and Yellow Buttercups.
Wildflowers in an Irish countryside meadow . A typical Irish May scene.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/orange-poppies-and-yellow-buttercups-james-mccormack.html ]
Abstract coloured oblongs.
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By
James McCormack
Painting - Gouache On Paper.
Abstract coloured oblongs , rectangles, red, green, blue, yellow, painted on slightly coloured gray background
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/abstract-coloured-oblongs-james-mccormack.html ]
So, I'm appalled at real life, again, and already this morning, so I am going to spend the rest of the day playing Heroes of Might and Magic III.
Slán.
( #mastodaoine, my finger slipped, and the slán came out wrong *and my autocorrect fixed it, ás Gaeilge!*. I'm so proud of it)
Anu (Anand/Anann) is associated with the idea of the mother goddess of Ireland. The pair of hills known as the Paps Of Anu (Da Chich Anann, "the breasts of Anu") in Kerry are believed to be named after her (Shakira, eat your heart out).
Anu prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/anu-a4-fine-art-print
The selkie is a creature from Irish, Scottish, and Faroese folklore that has the appearance of a seal in water, but sheds its skin to come ashore and reveal its human form. If a human finds their skin and hides it, the selkie cannot return to sea.
Selkie prints: https://www.ciaraioch.com/artprints/p/selkies
There's a counter demo against the fash in the GPO in Dublin tomorrow (26th April) at 1:30pm #mastodaoine
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Imperial Museum Petrópolis.
Watercolour.
Imperial Museum, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Imperial Museum, also called the Imperial Palace, in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro state , Brazil. The museum was previously the Summer Palace of the Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II and dates from 1862.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/imperial-museum-petropolis-james-mccormack.html ]
#imperialmuseum #petropolis #museum #coffeeshop #BuyIntoArt #art #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #FediShop #riodejaneiro #brazil #summerpalace #dompedro #1862
Ah no! Poor Leonie. 
‘Dublin Zoo is deeply saddened to announce the passing of Leonie, our much-loved 44-year-old female Northwest Bornean orangutan.’
Wine.
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Red wine in two glasses, a bottle, with grapes, on a tablecloth.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/wine-james-mccormack.html ]
#wine #FediGiftShop #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #grape #bottle #red #wineglass #redwine
#BuyIntoArt
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Street Corner, Bela Vista.
Watercolour.
Street Corner, Bela Vista, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Houses and buildings in Bela Vista, Sao Paulo city.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/street-corner-bela-vista-james-mccormack.html ]
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'Route 66' by James McCormack
Watercolour
A watercolour of the route 66 highway, Seligman, showing a Texaco gas station and a red pickup truck.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/route-66-james-mccormack.html ]
Beal na h-Uamha bho Rubha nam Faoileann, Eilean Eisdeil.
#Argyll #islands #SilentSunday #Scotland #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #photography #ocean
@photography
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I Drink and Dream of Dancing Turtle.
Painting in acrylic of a woman dressed in a long dress of orange and yellow, she dreams of blue water around her as she watches a dancing turtle.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/drink-and-dream-of-dancing-turtles-james-mccormack.html ]
#drink #dream #dancing #turtles #BuyIntoArt #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Fedigiftshop
Intrusiveness of flowers.
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“Intrusiveness of flowers is brooked even by troubled hearts.
They enter and then knock—then chide their ruthless sweetness, and then remain forgiven.
May these molest as fondly!”
(L540) - Emily Dickinson.
Flowers shout like a visual assault, based on the phrase above.
[ Prints : https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/intrusiveness-of-flowers-james-mccormack.html ]
Yes, it’s a very soggy start to Easter in Dublin, but raindrops on flowers are beautiful.
It appears McGregor and his associates have a very loose grasp of history. All those Irish emigrants to various parts of the world. Were they ‘invading’ those places too? And all those English, Norse and other invaders who came to Ireland in the far past? I very much doubt any of those four associates platforming racism and exclusion in Dublin this week have even looked into their own history. They might find a few very uncomfortable truths right there.
We are all immigrants - we all moved about historically, and currently. We disperse to other locations and other countries. It’s very much part of human psyche and history. For all the hype, I hope McGregor loses all his upcoming legal appeals, and no sane person or council gives him the support or attention he’s demanding.
#Mastodaoine #IrlPol #ConorMcGregor https://mastodon.ozioso.online/@RTENewsHeadlinesRSS/114359229533126253
After Dark.
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"After Dark" is a drawing showing the city after dark, with four dark figures sleeping on a bench, close together for warmth. Where do people go if they have no home, no place,? They stay, in the dark the cold, sometimes hungry. Offices and church are closed, everyone else has gone home.
An original composition by James McCormack.
[ Prints :
https://james-mccormack.pixels.com/featured/after-dark-james-mccormack.html ]
