‘….and they shall have stars at elbow and foot’ youtu.be/84gO8cXeDfY
John moriarty/Allihies
YouTube video by Samuel Chambers
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Brian Joseph McHenry
@brianmchenry.bsky.social
Who on the cold grey coast of Ireland artist/illustrator I draw record covers sometimes my printshop lives here: brianmchenry.bigcartel.com/
Following the sad news of the passing of Glen Hansard, age just 56, we revisit his 2019 album 'This Wild Willing' - "I hope that history sees it as one of the finest albums to ever come out of Ireland." open.substack.com/pub/klofmag/...
Glen Hansard (1970-2026)
Following the sad news of the passing of Glen Hansard, we revisit his 2019 album 'This Wild Willing' - "I hope that history sees it as one of the finest albums to ever come out of Ireland."
open.substack.com
Study for ‘Our forgotten dead are crossing the Minch again’
You are there and I am here - a pencil study for ‘Look, our forgotten dead are crossing the Minch again’.
In my brash and callow youth there were only two people I thought should be let near a Burns song, Dick Gaughan and Dougie Maclean. I might have mellowed slightly but I did have a point youtu.be/x8u8YN02WoQ?...
Green Grow The Rashes
YouTube video by Dougie MacLean - Topic
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A drawing of Lochmaddy in the last half of the twentieth century
Really pleased that Errol’s Hot Wax are releasing National Park, outside, on ltd vinyl on 21st Aug. It comes with an 8-page 12x12 booklet with photos, flyers and lyrics. There’s a @monorailmusic.bsky.social version as part of the Glasgow School series which comes with National Park plectrums too.
I used to renew this book every fortnight from Ayr Library spending hours as a teenager pouring over the words and pictures. The words as much as anything, how he talked about himself, about painting. He was the first artist that made me think about art in a different way. So sad that he’s gone.
Everyday Hymns by Goliath. A recent record cover that I’ve finished and a lovely one to work on so hopefully that shows. It’s here on @bandcamp.com so please support goliathmusic.bandcamp.com/album/everyd...
‘The shocking knife attack in north Belfast was a barbaric act, but claims that this brand of brutality is entirely “alien” to Northern Ireland represent a severe case of historical amnesia.’ [1/n]
Barbaric knife crime didn’t arrive in Belfast with a refugee... it’s been here for decades
“Any Roman Catholic would have done”
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Some installation shots from ‘Get your paper here’ at the Formation Gallery in Copenhagen many thanks for asking me to contribute
Some mock-ups/ final footering around with two recent pieces
Losing something creates something- Mohamed Mbougar Sarr talking about solitude, being alone and leaving Senegal youtu.be/aBYh4DRPwy8?...
Writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: I Write to Look for Something Lost
YouTube video by Louisiana Channel
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The Scots word for pony is pony. A bit of a reworking of an earlier drawing.
A solitary lightbulb casts light on a room that nobody can go into
"Our goal is simply to point out irregularity as a device, to show the necessity and the importance of irregularity in art." Aleksei Kruchenykh
An aeroplane flies over an imagined northern Italian landscape
