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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...

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#portraitsforHSEheroes

#portraitsforHSEheroes

Portraits For HSE Heroes   #portraitsforHSEheroes is an initiative started on April 22nd by artist Bernadette Doolan who adapted the idea from an NHS version. It helps artists show appreciation for HSE front line workers. Participating artists would share on...

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Staying Home

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. Walking, taking pictures but now, like everyone else, I'm confined to quarters. As the pandemic started I was staying...

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Commission Process

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

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Holiday painting

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 the same subject over and over, change is always welcome. And a new location always delivers on that. Holiday sketching...

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2019 Farewell

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 downs.Looking back now at the amount of work I created I can see how busy I really was and I think it's all thanks to my new...

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Social Media

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. And that's just YouTube , imagine what's uploaded on Facebook , Instagram etc!? Too much for any one person to look at...

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‘Corners’

‘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...

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Plein Air Painting Talk

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 time there and I was blown away and absolutely mesmerised by this picturesque town.I set up my easel at the first location...

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Gorey Mural

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 Square albeit temporarily. I was on a mission and had a mural to paint so armed with bottles of paint, rollers, brushes,...

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