The Art Project House

The new house has become an art project in itself, but its all about creating beauty in the world isn't it?
Within the labor of demoing ancient carpets and linolium and subfloors to reveal the wood floors beneath, compounded with stripping varnish from dark woodwork, we have had hours of discussion on the best space for studios for both Heather and I, and the kids for that matter.

Five days after our move-in day, we've made some colour choices for the foyer, living room, and dining room, and decided to make the was-going-to-be studio downstairs with a library, computer and movie projector. The small galley kitchen is remaining in place, though I was hoping to make it my personal studio, but in a better option, I will be working alongside Heather in the upstairs studio.

Soon there will be an additional messy-craft space in the basement, along with a quiet art space for Liam in the attic. Along with that are plans for an outdoor art table so I can create in the garden, and an pottery kiln, thanks to our friends Lisa and Charlie.

Hope to have project pictures up soon!

A New Location for Loime Studios

Great new art will soon flow from this new abode! Loime Studios has relocated to 4220 Hamilton Ave, Baltimore, MD 21206 in the Frankford neighborhood. The house itself is going to a project for a while, but the 40 year old carpets are up, along with the 60 year old tiles and soon the 83 years of grime will be loosened from the hardwoods!

Mermaids and Brambles

FREDRICKSBURG, Va -- So over the past few months, I completed the Mermaid's Song series and recently delivered it to my webmaster to update the official webpage (www.loimestudios.com) and that should be coming soon.
I gathered so many great literary resources and great images to use with the series I decided to do another series of mermaid illustrations as well, centered around the Ted Hughes poetry book, "The Mermaid's Purse," from which one was included in the "Mermaid's Song" series. The new series has gone well, and will hopefully be ready to go to the printers by my March deadline.
In the meantime though, during a recent trip which precluded me from taking the larger illustrations, inks and brushes, I began an illumination series based on Ronan O'Snodaigh's "Garden Wars." The poetry collection follows the personification of the inhabitants of a garden as they struggle toward survival and was a brilliant collection. Designed as illuminations to the poems, they are being dropped off at the printer today so they can be scanned, duplicated, packaged and mailed toward Ireland. For anyone who isn't familiar with Ronan, he was a percussionist for DEAD CAN DANCE and for KÍLA (www.kila.ie) .
It has been a great return to including a greater amount of literature in my work and working on the Garden Wars illuminations has been a great inspiration to many other similar works, which I'll endeavour to have online soon.

Oran Na Maighdeann-Mhara Series preview