Belgium, Flanders & The Netherlands

In June of 2016 I was awarded a Visual Arts Fellowship and Residency at Dickinson House in Belgium. They are an amazing artist-led community in rural East Flanders, supporting writers, poets and artists. I spent two weeks there, working on drawings and small watercolour paintings, following which I traveled and continued drawing in Gent, Brussels and Amsterdam. This region of Europe is significant to me, because of my interest in Dutch and Flemish landscape drawings and prints, and the grand tradition of Franco-Belgian comics.

You can see the work I made on this trip in the posts below

Read more about Dickinson House here: http://dickinsonhouse.be/possibility/

Belgium – St. John’s Kirkyard

A double page book drawing which I worked on in Flanders, Amsterdam and finished in Edinburgh. The structure was inspired in part by St. John’s Kirkyard, however there is also iconography from a range of different places including Gent, Rural Flanders, Amsterdam. An ‘epic doodle’ including animals – cats, dogs, bats, pigeons, horses – and loads of different human characters and activities. Scroll down to see details.

St John’s Kirkyard – 2016 29 x 41 cm, pencil in book

The full version, scanned

Flanders – Landscapes

Clearing – 2016, 28 x 22cm, acrylic on paper

Old Kirk – 2016, 30 x 23cm, acrylic on paper

Sketch for Old Kirk, pen on paper

People of Edgeworlds

A few more details from the People of Edgeworlds mural. India ink on the wall.

Woods After The Rain

Woods After The Rain – 2015, 11.5″ x 16.5″, Ink on paper

Woods After The Rain – detail

Woods After The Rain – detail

Install shot with dogs, cats and floating tesco bags in ink.

People of Edgeworlds

A drawing I designed for a wall mural, which i drew at Minneapolis Institute of Art in October 2015

People of Edgeworlds – 2015, 22″ x 30″, Pencil on paper

People of Edgeworlds – detail

People of Edgeworlds – detail 2

People of Edgeworlds – detail 3

People of Edgeworlds – Installation

Done with brushes and india ink

Installation views of the MAEP exhibition “Jamie Kinroy: Edgeworlds”; October 15, 2015 – January 3, 2016; MAEP Galleries, Minneapolis Institute of Art

Balik Ekmek Eminou

A new drawing for my Edgeworlds show. Emninou – an historic district that was an ancient port and marketplace.

Balik Ekmek Eminou – 2015, 7″ x 11″, Pencil

detail

Spirit Temple

I inked and printed the Spirit Temple, in time for my show at Mia in October 2015

Spirit Temple – 2015, 20″ x 24″ Photolithograph

Pulling the prints at Minnesota State University print shop. Many thanks to Josh Winkler!