Jul 24, 2019 | exhibition, new work, news
‘Corners’ An exhibition of Gorey town paintings Summer 2019 Gorey 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...
Mar 8, 2019 | new work, thoughts
thoughts 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,...
Jan 3, 2019 | new work, thoughts
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 ways whether it be checking bank balances or even counting any extra lines on your brow! But for me it’s what...
Dec 2, 2018 | new work, news, thoughts
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 Christmas. Not the day itself mind you just the whole build up. The nearly 2 months of seeing Christmas...
Oct 23, 2017 | new work, thoughts
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 to look at the same painting would they all see the same thing? Naturally they’d all be looking at the...
Sep 26, 2017 | new work, thoughts
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 replaced by fields of bales and they always remind me of big pillows. Like the fields are getting ready to...
Aug 19, 2017 | new work, thoughts
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 the exhibition!! It was my signature piece , a beech scene with two kids playing in the water (it was my...
Jul 28, 2017 | new work, thoughts
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 whole day of miserable weather I was working on catching up on social media, emails, pricing commissions and wrapping a few...
Jul 19, 2017 | new work, thoughts
Small Pleasures Today I thought I’d talk about my small acrylics. Over the last few weeks the weather has been a little better than the norm I’ve spent a lot of time at the beach. Now normally I’m a watercolour girl but recently I do indulge...
