Working on a new paper, Bockingford HP, which is made with woollen particles, makes me rethink the process I was comfortable with. Paper is a vital piece and the “dance” between pigment and paper is what it makes the final image. Wool gives softness in certain areas, somewhat haze look.     …working with gum […]

  When I found watercolour paper for my painting projects, like this one down, I decide to use it for gum BI and the result is extraordinary! Only one layer on the Muckross House photography and without sizing… ME HAPPY 🙂 SaveSave

Just finished and left to dry. Volkswagen Bus parked in Kinsale… three layers of watercolour paint with gum bichromate  

Alice again, gum bichromate, 4 layers Alice again, gum bichromate, 4 layers   SaveSave

By Lidija Ivanek SiLa Some five years ago I visited Rovinj, Croatia. There I had an interesting conversation with an artist and gallery owner. She said to me that the good years of selling art are gone once again. That she is an artist for 30 or so years now and that she survived war […]

Ireland, especially Kinsale, in Summer is like a big botanical garden filled with flowers. My garden is arranged from bushes overflowed with big purple balls of Hydrangeas. This little still life that I arranged with yellow background from thick curtain (curtains are used to shed windows in Ireland…they do not use blinds) mean to me more of the […]

Raven, sitting behind the bush of roses, hiding, trying to steal food for small birds. Smart birds. Always alert. Curios. They are common in Ireland. Their voices are mixed with the seagulls all through the day.   SaveSave

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LINK Sarah Ratchford, journalist and editor, found my work and did an interview with me. Now she published an article about my photographs in SCOPE magazine. SaveSave SaveSave

Gallimaufry by Lidija Ivanek SiLa | Make Your Own Book SaveSave