Posted by Kieran Meehan

on MONDAY 30 Mar 2009, 12:23:56

Is a new film to be released on 1st April. The story revolves around the Pirate Radio Stations which were based off the coast of Britain in the Sixties. It reminded me of the time my brother, Tony, was a DJ on Radio Scotland.

This is a photograph of him taken on the boat in 1966.
Afte...
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Posted by Kieran Meehan

on TUESDAY 17 Mar 2009, 00:15:46

The most underrated, if not totally ignored, art form of the 20th century was street photography. Up until the Fifties, photographers seemed to be on every corner.


They never asked their subjects to stand still or to pose for a photograph so there's a spontaneity, a sense of movemen...
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Posted by Kieran Meehan

on SUNDAY 08 Mar 2009, 01:04:11

 
Chair and Bureau, ink on board 15 x 21 inches 1979

 
Boiling Kettle, ink on board 15 x 21 inches 1980

For these paintings, the medium dictated my technique and the technique governed the style I developed. I painted layer upon layer of ink to get the depth of colour I was looking for....
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Posted by Kieran Meehan

on WEDNESDAY 04 Mar 2009, 00:08:54

I painted this picture of Glasgow University from Kelvingrove Park in 1976.
Oil on canvas board. 12 x 27 inches

Some twelve years later, Uncle Bert showed me this photograph of my grandparents, taken in 1906.

You can just make out an image of Glasgow University in the background and th...
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