An award winning painter who paints in oil, en Plein aire. My purpose is to record life,on canvas, as it happens. To peacefully draw attention to changes to our beautiful world. All paintings are originals, no duplicates. Commissions welcomed.
E-mail: tilston188@yahoo.com
Artists who paints in oil en plein aire. Member of the three member Plein Aire Cottage Artists. Members: Mary Rose Holmes, Violetta Chandler and Helen Tilston
It is Spring time in Toronto. The lilacs, tulips and iris are in bloom, gardens are overflowing with flowers and al fresco dining is in demand
Mussels and chips
Interior Designer Annette and her sister visited. Annette and I have been friends for more than three decades. It is always a joy for me to research and find a new place to take Annette, as she no longer lives in Toronto. Lunch at the wonderful local restaurant did not disappoint. We overstayed and leave. Our delightful waitress continued to serve us sparkling water and coffee.
Two sisters, Joan and Annette visit the city
Dining room at restaurant
Minimal would describe the decor
Then to the opera to "The Tales of Hoffman". We have seen many productions of The Tales of Hoffman and this was one of the most spectacular. (This short video is of the actual performance we saw)
The architecturally pleasing Four Seasons Centre for the performing arts was designed by Architect
Jack Diamond, who attended the University of Pennsylvania where he studied with Louis Khan.
Ascending these stairs is always an exciting moment.
Molly Algood by Helen Tilston (original oil on canvas)
Living in North America and being exposed to art and literature from many cultures I am sometimes not as current on Irish literature and the arts as I would like. My youngest brother Thomas, living in Dublin, is an avid reader, patron of the arts and is knowledgeable on music of all genres. His gifts to me are usually books or CD's. He is always so excited to tell when he attends a book signing, concert or lecture of some up and coming artist. A copy of Ghost Light by Joseph O'Connor came through my mailbox and I have just finished reading it for a second time. I highly recommend it.
Set in Dublin 1907, a city of whispered rumours. A young actress begins an affair with a damaged older man, the leading playwright at the theatre where she works. Rebellous and flirtatious,Molly Allgood is a girl of the inner city tenements, dreaming of stardom in America. She has dozens of admirers but in the backstage of her life there is a secret.
Her lover, John Synge, a troubled genius, son of the once-prosperous landowning family, a poet of fiery language and tempestuous passions. Yet his life is hampered by convention and by the austere and God fearing mother with whom he lives. Scarred by a childhood of loneliness and severity he has long been ill, but he loves to walk the wild places of Ireland. The affair, sternly opposed by friends and family is turbulent, sometimes cruel, often tender.
Many years later, an old woman makes her way across London on a morning after a hurricane. Christmas is coming.......
A story of love's commitment, of partings and reconciliations, of the courage involved in living on nobody's else's terms, Ghost Light is profoundly moving .
Edmund John Millington Synge
Edmund John Millington Synge (16 April 1871 – 24 March 1909) was an Irish play writer and poet. He was one of the founders of the Abbey Theatre. He is best known for his play "The Playboy of the Western World.
Synge suffered from Hodgkins disease
a form of cancer and at the time untreatable. He died just weeks short of
his 38th birthday and was at the time trying to complete his last play, Deirdre of the Sorrows.
Author Joseph O'Connor
The Author is Joseph O'Connor Joseph Victor O'Connor is an Irish novelist. He is known for his 2002 historical novel Star of the Sea. Before success as an author he was a journalist with the Sunday Tribune newspaper . He is a regular contributor to RTE He is a member of Aosdana.
Joseph O'Connor has a sister of extraordinary talent, namely Sinead O'Connor
Sinead sings with Christy Moore - The Heart.
The Heart would make a good sound track for the Movie "Ghost Light" My portrait I feel resembles my interpretation of Molly Allgood . I can wish to see it on a bill board.
Do you feel the O'Connor's have talent? Have you read any of Joseph O'Connor's books? Do you like Sinead's voice?
