By emptiness abducted
  • Welcome to Terminal Illusions

    This blog was set up by Ciaran Coghlan, an Irish visual artist, to discuss contemporary world art, counter-cultures and to document his own work as a visual artist in County Cork. Feel free to comment, discuss and debate at your own leisure.

    "There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art." ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Left us space here, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013

Left us space here

  Another day another empty scene… Another Cork City street (Winthrop Street if you’re interested).

Stll Day Beneath the Sun

Still Day Beneath the Sun

Still Day Beneath the Sun, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013 This is another image from Cork City – somewhere around Dunbar Street. Its about 10 x 10 inches, I think. I’ve yet to measure it properly.

In a passageway where light is scarce and faded

Where light is scarce and faded

  In a passageway where light is scarce and faded, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013

Eyes Wide Shut, oil and acrylic on board, 2013

Eyes Wide Shut EP cover

I was recently asked to design a cover for Irish-based band Darken the Distance‘s new EP, Eyes Wide Shut. Darken The Distance are an Irish five piece alternative band-Their lineup of striking vocal, two guitars, piano/keys, bass, drums/percussion and harmonies gives a huge yet intimate sound. I don’t usually do figurative works – but based on my … Read more

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Duty to Retreat : landscapes of the extramundane

Exhibition of selected Cork artists working in painting, print and mixed media. Participating artists: Sabine Weissbach, Ciaran Coghlan, Kevin Gough and Sabina Lucas. 8 – 31 March. Artist demonstrations and talks on weekends. Free entry.

Untitled II, oil and acrylic on paper, 9 x 6.25 inches, 2013

Smaller works

I’ve been doing some 8 x 10 inch works on paper recently and decided to go a bit smaller (6.25 x 9 inch). These are more or less studies for larger paintings but I think the better some of of them may turn out I might frame them. Who knows?

Time forgotten

Time forgotten

Time Forgotten, oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013

Remainders of a sun-kissed dawn, oil and acrylic on canvas, 24 in X 32 in, 2013
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Empty Cork City

One of the central elements of my work is the lack of people in it. I started off on this weird theme of abandoned places some time ago by utilizing (appropriating/stealing) screenshots from T.V programs, films, documentaries, computer games, etc… I took inspiration from things like 28 Days Later, I am Legend, Call of Duty, … Read more

The Realm of Silences, oil and acrylic on canvas, 20 x 30 inches, 2013

The realm of silences

Fresh from the oven. Its probably not quite done yet.

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