by Tempy Osborne
As a second generation adventurer and explorer I have always had the notion that anywhere in the world could potentially be seen as home. I live and work in Belgium but grew up in a family of artists surrounded by the sea and mountains landscape of the Beara Peninsula in West Cork, Ireland. In 1989 at the age of five I was taken on a year-long family adventure to the remote Inuit village of Grise Fiord in the Canadian Arctic. Here gleaning the experience of 24 hour darkness, temperatures of -40c and below, dog sled fishing trips, ice camping and the harsh reality of seal hunting, polar bear skinning and sea ice that breaks up a little earlier with every passing year. Since then I have been back to visit the Arctic many times and ideas of climate change, mass culture and fear of the unknown continually to surround my work.
I studied Fine Art specializing in painting at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland from 2002- 2006. Rarely painting on traditional canvas, instead I search for new ways of expression using wood, plastic, fabric and other surfaces.
Tigh, oil on fabric, 10x10cm 2015
Summer Hills, oil on wood, 3x3in 2014
About Dawn, oil on fabric, 15x15cm, 2014
Little Boat, oil on wood, 1x1in, 2014
Arctic Mars Research Station, detail, oil on fabric, 2014
Adrift, oil on wood, 2x3in, 2015
Unknown Limits, oil on fabric, 10x10cm, 2014
Big Iceberg, detail, mixed media on board, 2008
Iqaluit International Airport, oil on board, 6x4in, 2008
Artist: Tempy Osborne
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Creative Thresholds 
Reblogged this on Tempy Osborne and commented:
I didn’t write a blog post here this week because one was posted for me over at Creative Thresholds, a place that ‘explores the creative potential of borders, boundaries, difference, and limitation. It’s a playground for multiple genres and diverse points of view.’ There are some really great articles on this blog so I was very pleased to be asked to contribute as one of this months featured artists!
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