Málaga Airport Exhibition

From airport 30

Music by the fiddler from the Netherlands.
Frits G. Gompen.

From Watercolour - Joyce themed

Now in the Corporate collection of Aena, Málaga Airport.

So you’re an Artist!

January 25, 2010

Dear Andy,

I spent a few hours and met an English guy called Joe in the bar where I watched Leinster and London Irish knock the living daylights out of each other on Saturday in the Heineken Cup rugby match.

The bar is in Fuengirola and has Sky TV and luckily on a day when it was bucketing down outside and the wind was howling, the Missuses umbrella had done an inside out turn and wanted to head off to warmer climes, they had the heating on and a choice of leaving the door open or closed. The trouser legs were wet from the knees down but I did not mind. The hot in the winter and cold in the summer heater would soon solve that problem.

At half time I took a stroll around the pub looking at the pictures and photographs hanging on the walls. Well it was more of a shuffle as the pub is quite small and the lights low. Now the place was not full. In fact there were only three others and the two staff members who turned up the music during half time just in case we wanted to listen to the studio experts waffling on about what we had seen during the first half taking place at Twickenham.

Joe, having overheard some of our conversations during the first half stated,

“So, you like rugby then?”

“Yes,” I said.

“I know nothing about rugby, I prefer football. How are Leeds getting on against Spurs?” Joe says.

“ I haven’t a clue but I think that it might be on the telly in the pub next door.” I said.

“Could never understand the rules.” says Joe.

I decided not to answer him as I wanted to look at the paintings and the photographs and anyway I have difficulty with the rules myself since they made all the changes. The wife is now an expert and sees things that I don’t, like the guys coming in to the side of the loose ruck. She also puts a lot of the players off side and only occasionally asks me “What was that for? Who is that Ref? Where is he from?”

“Wales” I say, knowing that the conversation will stop there because she is not yet well up on Welsh referees or any referees for that matter.

“On holiday?” says Joe. “No.” said I. “Live here then?” “Yes.” “Shite weather!” says Joe

Some of the photographs were of film stars of yesteryear; others were of advertising that was well known in the 50s and 60s. An interesting and varied selection obviously put together by an enthusiastic proprietor over the years who has an interest in film, music and that era - the olden days!

“What did you do?” says Joe. “When?” I answered in typical Irish fashion.

“What did you do for a crust?” says Joe. “I’m an Artist” I said.

“So you’re an Artist!” says Joe.

The match ended in a draw. Leeds got a result against Spurs. They drew!

The missus and myself bid Joe and company farewell and headed off in partially dry clothes to battle against the rain and wind on our stroll home.



Regards


Roger Cummiskey

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up”. Pablo Picasso.

580 words.

Image:
Towards a head of Pablo Picasso, Watercolour, 50x 40 cm. Roger Cummiskey.
www.ROGERCUMMISKEY.com

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MEET THE ARTISTS IN FUENGIROLA.



Kevin Reardon / 2010-01-21 14:23:55 The Leader Newspaper

Castillo Sohail by Roger

Elaine Carlton and Roger Cummiskey are Members of the Andalusian International Artists Group (aia-group.net) formed over 5 years ago by artists from all over Europe and the USA.

Elaine will be displaying a range of her recent work at the NIXS Galería Avda Condes de San Isidro 50 (between Zara and Policía Local) in Fuengirola, much of which is inspired by and reflects her love of Andalucía. Her work uses a range of textile techniques and media and an excess of fibres and threads.

In this exhibition Rogers also shows images in Oil and Watercolour based on local and sea scenes reflecting the everyday imagery of the area and as Saint Valentine´s Day is just around the corner you might like to surprise a loved one with a special gift.

You can meet both artists at 6pm next Tuesday 2 February. The exhibition will run through to 22 February. Opening times 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 10pm.

Tags: Art, Exhibition

Castillo Sohail by Roger
Cobwebs by Elaine

Agh! The Gargle!

January 19 2010

Dear Andy


Last Saturday a man and his wife asked me about one of my paintings from my James Joyce series. They were very English with that sort of accent of yesteryear one does not hear too often around the Costa del Sol. I was a little surprised when they told me that they had lived in Dublin and went to Trinity College back in the 1950s.

Trinity College is the old Alma Mater of Samuel Beckett the Nobel Prize winner in Literature. James Joyce was a graduate of University College, Dublin, part of the National University of Ireland. Joyce and Beckett struck up a friendship in the 1920s in Paris. Beckett acted as Secretary to Joyce for some time while Joyce was writing Finnegans Wake. Both were Dubliners. So am I.

I was curious, however, as to why this older English couple were so interested in the painting the title of which is “Good Puzzle would be to Cross Dublin without passing a Pub!” They became animated as the painting has about 20 pubs names on it that trade today under the same name as they did back in 1904.

They began to reminisce about their time in Dublin and it appears that like all good English men and women they were partial to the odd one eight of a gallon or two as young students in Dublin in the 50s.

The names of the pubs and their locations were a great source of merriment and brought forth stories of the craic that they had enjoyed as students back in Dublin. Their faces lit up as they remembered the names of the pubs and their locations around the City of Dublin.

In his writings Joyce mentioned about 100 different imbibing emporiums about 40 of which still trade under the same name over 100 years later.



Best regards,

Roger

PS: " It is a symbol of Irish art. The cracked looking-glass of a servant" (James Joyce)


332 words

Image: Good puzzle would be to cross Dublin without passing a pub!
By Roger Cummiskey – www.rogercummiskey.com

NIXS

Galería NIXS

Avd Condes de San Isidro, 50 – between Zara and Policía Local

Fuengirola. January 2010

Open M-S 11-14 and 17-22. Closed Sunday. An AIA-Group exhibition.

Ten original watercolour paintings by Roger based on the writings of Miguel de Cervantes and others.

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NIXS galería

NIXS, Fuengirola.