site-specificity

Artist-in-residence: Lisa Blas | West Cork Arts Centre | Skibbereen, Ireland | June-July 2022

Greetings to all on this day of the summer solstice!

I am currently Artist-in-residence, at Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland, June - July 2022. While in the region, I am working on a site-specific body of work that draws upon local color, weather, light, and the history of Irish landscape painting. Parallel to this research, I am thinking about the notion of islands that embody personal and communal origins, formal circularity and interstitial spaces on the periphery.

In July, Dawn studio will be on site, in a special location where the sky meets water. I will host a painting workshop at sunrise, free and accessible to the local community. Stay tuned for further details on my public engagements and Open Studio via Instagram and Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre.

Lisa Blas
06 | 05 | 21, 6:02 am

Watercolor, metallic ink, dye-based ink and gouache on watercolor paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2021

Lisa Blas, Artist-in-residence, studio, West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Ireland, June 2022

Lisa Blas, Detail of palette notes, Watercolor, metallic ink, dye-based ink and gouache on watercolor paper, Skibbereen, Ireland, June 2022