What do Art and Medicine have in common? Kieran Tobin.
By Lynda Cookson
Was it the hypnosis which brought success to Kieran’s peaceful landscape art? Or was it the alluring temptation of escape from the demanding life of an Ear Nose and Throat Surgeon? Whichever it was, Kieran Tobin has managed to bring healing to both of his life’s careers.
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As artists do with each other, I promised faithfully not to reveal any of Kieran’s closest art technique secrets, but did you know that this gentle and unassuming doctor thoroughly beats his pictures once they are completed? There now. We were just beginning to feel comforted by the fact that he does so much research and reading before attempting the operation, whether medicinal or creative, when we learn that he gets violent at the end!
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Pastels are chalk-like colour sticks which leave a residue of fine powder once applied. Most of the powder granules adhere together in the right places, but there are always those few which escape. Kieran is loathe to use too much fixative spray on the painting because it alters the colours, causing them to darken and to mingle, blurring the perfect hue. Action is needed to prevent the loose grains of pastel from settling where they should not settle, usually causing unwanted marks on the mountboard of a framed painting. Hence the beating. Followed by a gentle blotting to restore balance to the art piece before it is framed.
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