Art Exhibition

[Rob MacKillop]

Rhona is leaving school soon, and tonight was the 6th-Year Art Exhibition. The school asked for two of her works for their Permanent Exhibition. Well done, lass!

[Apologies for the Proud Dad Indulgence!]


Artist 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Left to Right: Pineapple, Tomato, Flowers. Developed from macro photography. White pencil on coloured paper.


Triptych Pineapple Tomato Flowers_edited-1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Theme: Urban Garden...


Urban Garden 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


With photos:


Urban Garden Final by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Orchids - showing work in progress, and unfinished, deliberately so...


Orchids by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Artist 1 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

Brass Etching of a Leaf:


Brass Etching Leaf 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Rhona sepia by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Rhona 2 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Well done indeed Rhona and you have every right to be proud Rob. The artwork is super and I especially like the etching. Nice shots of the event too. I really like the second to last.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Pete. I might be wrong, but you seem to have been away a while. Hope all is well.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

No reason to not be a proud pop Rob. She has a talent that I think reflects her DNA.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Glenn.

 

[Tom Dunne]

A lovely way to finish off the secondary school life. Great work too. Well done Rhona; my heart goes out to young people starting out today.
A far cry from when I finished secondary; relief to be out the gate and away from terror of the Christian Brothers and not having a clue about what awaited us.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Excellent Rob and excellent work Rhona. Always great occasions usually with a lot of useful real world processes learnt. Here's to future success in whatever way.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, lads.

 

[Nick Lukey]

Wow some talent she has, very impressive.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Nick.

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks, Pete. I might be wrong, but you seem to have been away a while. Hope all is well.

Thanks Rob. All is well and I will be back in full swing again soon.

 

[Beth Anthony]

congrats rhona (and rob).

 

[Paul Lange]

Great set Rob and I like the Orchids drawing, it has a botanical illustration feel to it.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Paul. Last summer, Rhona did a Certificate in Botanical Art, which is about the same as an A Level, which she passed with a Distinction. There is a two-year Diploma in the same, but it inevitably raised the question of what job prospects there are with such a thing. Most of the people on the course were retired women. So, a Certificate was enough for Rhona, and she'll be utilising some of the skills she learned in Interior Design. She also won the school prize for Technical Drawing, so detail is her thing.

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

She has every right to be proud and the proud father comes without saying. There I said it. Honestly a great talent if I've seen one. Wonder why the mother isn't mentioned here, talents and looks as far as I see it comes from both sides I believe. All the best for her in the future.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Her mother writes dictionaries...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

We are a strange bunch!

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

We are a strange bunch!

You could have fooled me