Here are all the meditations on Paddy Reilly’s, the Irish pub I used to visit when I lived in NYC. Paddy Reilly’s brought forth other memories that became part of this issue of my meditation series. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My […]
I wanted to merge the feelings of music and dance in this abstract meditation. However, the dancers, whom I tried to blur into an appearance of motion, just became blurred. I copied some of the music from a book of Irish fiddle tunes. (I may have omitted or spliced in a spurious measure in the […]
This is an abstraction of Paddy Reilly’s, the place I used to go to Irish music sessions. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at: https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com
This rendition of the interior of Paddy Reilly’s is made up of sketches of individual photos I took during the jam sessions I attended when I lived down the block from this Irish Pub. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork […]
I used to play at Irish music jam sessions at Paddy Reilly’s in NYC. I’m pretty sure the three outside window sun shades were did not have green stripes, but I used my artist’s license to make up a color. One could say that the green awnings, along with the orange-y bricks are reminiscent of […]
I lived just down the street from Paddy Reilly’s for a while in the 1980s and 90s. I played Irish music on the fiddle back then. On Tuesday nights there was a jam session. I enjoyed that so much: blending in with the bigger sound of the many and varied instruments, the camaraderie, and of […]
I have a lot of Celtic Harp music. I used to love playing Irish fiddle tunes with other musicians. When I listen to Irish music, I can barely keep my fingers still. I think I put them to good use as I listened to harp music the other day. With a dip pen in my hand, my pen followed […]
