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 only small batch of bluebells left. I love the flowers of wild garlic, but does it have to be so invasive? Spring in...
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 truelly beatuiful area and a great place to start my painting adventure. I spent a very enjoyable Thursday there and could...
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 paint. Even though I work on my own I really enjoyed that extra solitude and vowed to maked trips like this more often....
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 times. I am so proud of it and delighted how it turned out. A Couple of months ago I was asked to paint a mural in...
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 Woods and I was meaning to paint it for a long time. I've built this painting up by adding hundreads of small shapes which...
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 any other and we can't just hit a reset button on Jan 1st as much as we might like to. But if I was to try and sum up...
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 add wild rose petals to the jam.There was a pink wild rose growing in our neighbourhood so whenever she was making jam...
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
‘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 the last 15 of those years. We are spoilt here with the surrounding beaches and beautiful countryside, but the town...
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 love art , I look at art either online or in galleries every single day, and not because I have to, but because I want...