Black and white pencil drawing in a realistic style. Several instruments sit quietly on a padded leather corner bench during a break in the traditional Irish music session at the Galway Arms pub in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. In the foreground on the left is a Banjo owned by Pat Quinn. Next is a fiddle belonging to former Gaelic Storm fiddler Katie Grennan. A guitar and concertina belonging to John Williams, of Solas, sit in the anchor spot in the corner. Next to that is a bodhrán drum. Not present in the original source photo, this drum is loosely patterned after the one belonging to Paddy Homan who frequently plays at this spot as well. In the background above the bench is a brick wall, while a pint of Guinness is seen in the foreground.
Break in the Session at the Galway Arms
Graphite on paper, 12x7
Original currently on display and sale at the Gutman Gallery in Ann Arbor.
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