I’m continuing to engage with a wonderful worldwide artist community on Instagram. I was so chuffed to hit over 2000 insta followers last month. Thank you all for your support!
Read MoreMarch Catch-up
in newsletter, art
My first newsletter!
in newsletter
I’ve decided to double up and post my newsletters as a monthly blog.
So here's what I've been up to ...
Read MoreSky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week 2020
in art, painting, portraiture
What fun! As a response to lockdown, Sky Arts created a compelling incentive for everyone at home to pick up their paintbrushes and they called it ‘Portrait Artist of the Week’.
Read MorePortrait of a Patient
Today I was both privileged and honoured to be asked to be a guest speaker at the annual open day for the Irish Society for Crohns & Colitis at The Gibson Hotel in Dublin.
It was requested that I present my most recent work, ‘Portrait of a Patient’, a series of words and visuals that stemmed from my own personal experience of having IBD. Click here to read more about the project which was awarded the Trinity College Provost Fund for the Visual and Performing Arts.
Read MoreLife Cropped
Recently I've been challenging myself to painting from life using oils. But rather than bite off more than I can chew in a 2.5 hour window I'm choosing to focus in on sections of the model. This forces me to pay close attention to subtle shifts in temperature and tone that I would have previously ignored.
Read MoreStill-life with figure
in art
I let myself slip into the world of pure observation.
Read MoreBeing Afraid ...
in event
A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Ursuline Secondary School in Blackrock, Cork (my past school) if I would come back and present some of the annual student awards and say a few words to the students. This is what I said ...
Read MoreThe Anatomy of 'Talent'
Passion. Skill. Vision. Flair.
For me, these are the four components of 'talent'. Only when they join forces like a Mighty Morphin Megazord do they really shine.
The thoughts below tumbled out of my skull upon waking this morning so I thought I would share my musings.
Read MoreWe are art
in Musings
For me art is the ultimate human experience. It is the zenith of the Maslow triangle. It is a means of collating data from all of our life experiences and communicating it to another in one swoop.
Read MoreMy Painting in Dublin Castle
Yesterday I went to visit Dublin Castle to see my painting ' Misty Ree' in situ.
What an honour it is to hang in such a prestigious location!!
How did it get there?
Read MoreMy Schoolhouse
I lost my artistic 'voice' for an unnaturally long time (16 yrs +). A time where I 'couldn't' even start a drawing or painting. This 'block' crumbled when I met Neil at Schoolhouse for Art just over a year ago and started back with a regular practice.
Read MoreIn Our Own Time - National Exhibition Tour
So we had finished filming 'Painting the Nation' and the question was .. what next? Kevin's idea .. 'Let's go on the road!' ... and off we went to exhibit, not the work done in 90 minutes on the show, but the work we had done ... 'In Our Own Time' ...
Read MorePainting the Nation with RTE
It started with a text from a friend .. 'hey you should apply for this' ... Erm, reality tv? I don't think so lol. But then ... friends and family started to encourage it ... 'ah sure it won't do any harm to apply' etc etc. .. Pauline Mc Lynn is hosting!? ... ah g'wan so.
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