SiLVer award at aito 2024
AITO 2024 The Art in the Open this year was absolutely fantastic. It’s always one of the highlights of my year, but this time it felt especially...
Summer work
wet Summer Throughout the summer, my primary goal was to paint outdoors as often as I could. Unfortunately, the weather didn't always cooperate, and...
Graiguenamanagh
Graiguenamanagh Graiguenamanagh had a plein air event in August, and we had good weather with clear skies. The sun made the village look so lovely,...
AITO2023
I was able to attend all the days at Art In The Open festival in Wexford. The persistent inclement weather pushed many of us outdoor painters to...
North Dublin pLein Air
In June, I participated in the Dublin Plein Air Festival. Despite facing some of the most challenging weather conditions, I also had the opportunity...
Dungarvan trip
Now, if you've been following my journey, you know that I absolutely love exploring county Waterford. The thing is, I tend to get travel sickness,...
Sunset Hues – Ballymoney
Despite the less-than-ideal weather forecast, I had planned to spend the week painting outdoors, trying to find moments of clear weather to do so....
New work
Outdoor Painting I kept up my plein air painting practice throughout the year, but for the outdoor painter there's nothing more satisfactionary then...
Artform plein air award 2022
Painting Dunmore A few weeks back I headed to Dunmore East for a bit of a painting. Two of the paintings I did while there I entered in the Dunmore...
AITO 2022
Art in the open 2022 Another great outdoor painting festival is already behind us and here are my hightlights in photos!Paintings Below are...
Painter’s FOMO
Waterford Trip and Painter's FOMO Ok so It's the summer, with a promise of some fine weather so thought to myself why not book a trip to Waterford...
Bloom 2022
Painting Bluebells
Couple of recent bluebell paintings I started this painting on location in the woodland around Kiltennel Church and finished in the studio. There is...
East Cork
East Cork Deciding to take advantage of the double bank holiday i loaded up my gear and headed to the beautiful coastel town of Youghal. It is a...
2021
2021 Normally at this time of the year, I give a little review of the previous year listing the highlights etc but here I sit, pen in hand...
waterford Trip
Waterford Trip I made a short painting trip to Waterford last week. I stayed in the city for three days and drove around stopping to take photos and...
Riverchapel Mural
Riverchapel Mural There are times when being an artist feels that extra bit special. And every time I pass my mural in Riverchapel is one of those...
St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick's Day Painting It has become a tradition that on St Patrick's Day I paint something green. This is from the photo I took in Courtown...
2020
2020 I was never a fan of summing up a year like it's some sort of book I just read and I have to give a book report. New year is just a date like...
Under September Skies
Under September Skies During the month of September I decided to create a painting a day. I also made the decision to extend my plein air painting...
Rose Petals
Rose Petal Picking My mum used to make jam filled doughnuts. They were the most delicious doughnuts I ever tasted and her secret was that she would...
#portraitsforHSEheroes
Portraits For HSE Heroes #portraitsforHSEheroes is an initiative started on April 22nd by artist Bernadette Doolan who adapted the idea from...
Staying Home
Staying home. Here I am writing this post at the end of April, when I should be spending most of my time outdoors, creating or seeking inspiration....
Commission Process
Like most everyone now i have more time on my hands, a positive aspect of this is I can take more photos and videos along the way to show you my process. It usually starts as an emotional response to a picture, looking at reference photos, to developing an idea and ending by following through to painting.. Read More
Holiday painting
Holiday painting Over the years artists have always looked for inspiration in new places and nowadays is no different. As great as it is painting...
2019 Farewell
2019 I am a bit late in saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new!2019 was a year of ups and downs, but I think more ups than...
Social Media
Social Media I just found out today that over 400 hours of video content is added to YouTube every minute. That's over half a million hours per day....
‘Corners’
'Corners' An exhibition of Gorey town paintings Summer 2019Gorey town is celebrating 400 years and I have been lucky enough to call it my home for...
Plein Air Painting Talk
Dunmore East Recently I had the opportunity to paint alongside other artists from South East Pleiner society in Dunmore East. This was my first...
Gorey Mural
The day It was a fine day about three weeks ago, one of the first this year that I gathered my bits and pieces and moved my studio to Gorey Civic...
How long it takes to finish a painting and a privilege of buying art
privilege of buying art I have never bought an original piece of art. Shocked? It's not because I don't want to, of course I do! I am a painter, I...
Studio Update
Studio update It's been over a month now since the official opening of my studio and it is fair to say that I am well settled in! To begin with in...
2018 Recap
2018 So a few days late but the time has come to say goodbye to the year that was 2018. How does one measure or assess a year? We all have our own...
Studio Move
Studio Move It's 4 years since I decided to become a full time artist. At the time I needed to revamp my website and also design a logo. I went with...
Advent Art Calendar
Art Advent Calendar It's December 2nd so that means 24 days till Christmas. I'm going to have to be honest with you - I'm not a big fan of...
Sketching on holidays
This year's holiday seems like a distant memory now that I'm back to work but it was only a few weeks back. Like most years we went to Italy,...
Art In The Open 2018 and Bronze Award
AITO 2018 Art in The Open is definitely one of the highlights of my art year. I seriously love this festival, and always look forward to when it...
Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival 2018
A week of joy! It's about two weeks now since Dublin Plein Air Painting Festival ended but this is the first real chance I've had to sit down and...
Watercolor v Acrylic
Golden Waves Although at this stage I'm painting with watercolor for over 10 years, and on the other hand acrylic is a relatively new adventure for...
Herd
Deer Painting As I was finishing this picture, Paul was passing my studio and when he saw it he commented something like: -We're painting fantasy...
FabrianoinAquarello
Great News! Happy to report that my Venice painting will take part in Fabriano in Acquarello 2018 - an international watercolour exhibition in...
Painting seascape – time-lapse video
Watercolour seascape - time lapse video I've been experimenting with video recording for some time now and it is still away from where I want...
Cheers to a New Year
2017 Here we are at the end of another year and as is the norm time to look back on the year that was or in this case reflect on my artistic year....
ArtSource
ArtSource 2017 I know its overdue but there is a good reason why I'm only writing about ArtSource now! It was such hard work and to be honest it...
A thousand words
Ever heard the expression "you look but do not see"? This got me thinking about what we see when we look at a painting. If you asked a dozen people...
Bales of Hay
Summer is gone! I'm not a farming expert and don't pretend to be but at the end of each summer I see the fields of golden barley disappear to be...
The Giving
The Giving I've been thinking lately about my paintings. Thinking about how yes I enjoy painting but like giving a present is it the giving? Or the...
Forever Young
Forever Young I recently painted a picture called "forever young". It was part of my sea breeze exhibition, or to be more precise it was the star of...
sea breeze – behind the scenes
Everything about 'sea breeze' Wow!! What a great opening night! Thank you so so much to everyone who attended my "sea breeze" exhibition's preview...
Pink Candy Wrappers
Pink Candy Wrappers They say every cloud has a silver lining, for me the dark clouds and rain means time to catch up on correspondence. For this...
SiLVer award at aito 2024
AITO 2024 The Art in the Open this year was absolutely fantastic. It’s always one of the highlights of my year, but this time it felt especially magical. The weather was just perfect - sunny at Carne Beach and beautifully misty at Graiguenamanagh in County Kilkenny....
Summer work
wet Summer Throughout the summer, my primary goal was to paint outdoors as often as I could. Unfortunately, the weather didn't always cooperate, and even on the occasional clear day, I struggled to get organized and head out to paint. Nevertheless, despite these...
Graiguenamanagh
Graiguenamanagh Graiguenamanagh had a plein air event in August, and we had good weather with clear skies. The sun made the village look so lovely, and I even won a bronze prize. I made two paintings and met many fellow plein air artists. I look forward to coming back...
AITO2023
I was able to attend all the days at Art In The Open festival in Wexford. The persistent inclement weather pushed many of us outdoor painters to seek shelter from the rain, leading to inspiring conversations with fellow artists. This year, I was honored to serve on...
North Dublin pLein Air
In June, I participated in the Dublin Plein Air Festival. Despite facing some of the most challenging weather conditions, I also had the opportunity to give a watercolour workshop in Donabate. The wind and the gloom couldn't deter us; in fact, finishing not one, but...
Dungarvan trip
Now, if you've been following my journey, you know that I absolutely love exploring county Waterford. The thing is, I tend to get travel sickness, which means I have to plan my trips carefully to allow for enough time to recover. Waterford happens to be at the perfect...
Sunset Hues – Ballymoney
Despite the less-than-ideal weather forecast, I had planned to spend the week painting outdoors, trying to find moments of clear weather to do so. Yesterday was a sunny and perfect day, so I decided to head to Cahore to set up for plein air painting. However, the wind...
New work
Outdoor Painting I kept up my plein air painting practice throughout the year, but for the outdoor painter there's nothing more satisfactionary then a beautiful summer. I want to share some of my new plein air paintings.
Artform plein air award 2022
Painting Dunmore A few weeks back I headed to Dunmore East for a bit of a painting. Two of the paintings I did while there I entered in the Dunmore East plein air competition. The exhibition for same was this week and myself and Sophie headed down for the opening and...
AITO 2022
Art in the open 2022 Another great outdoor painting festival is already behind us and here are my hightlights in photos!Paintings Below are paintings I created during the festival. Click on the image for the full photo.