Civil War
A Scraperboard illustration of mine in today’s Irish Times. #irishtimes #irishhistory #irishcivilwar #scraperboard #scratchboard #irishillustrator #irishillustration #irishart #irishartist
Eibhlis O Suilleabhain
Commissioned by the OPW Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre Eibhlis O Suilleabhain Eilís O’Sullivan is the author of a remarkable series of letters, which she wrote over a 20-year period from 1931 to 1951 to George Chambers, an English visitor to the Great Blasket. Following her death, a selection of the letters…
History on a Stamp Book
My An Post stamp also features in this beautifully produced book, ideal for anyone interested in history and stamps. History on a Stamp Book>> Featured within this book are 26 stamp issues related to the Decade of Centenaries, totaling 54 stamps. These begin with the commemoration of the 1913 General Lockout and end with the Death…
National Stamp (Saorstát Éireann)
I can finally reveal my good news on winning the national competition to design the stamp for the centenary of the establishment of Saorstát Éireann. The competition was open to professional artists and partnered by An Post and Business to Arts …. it really is a great honour, and thanks for choosing my work. National…
An Post Irish Book Awards 2022
A book I illustrated has won… An Post Irish Book Awards 2022Best Irish-published book of the yearAn Irish Folklore Treasury by John Creedon My work is on the cover and there are also fourteen full page colour illustrations inside of mine. Each chapter begins with an illustration.
AN IRISH FOLKLORE TREASURY
Same pages from a new book that I have illustrated… AN IRISH FOLKLORE TREASURY by John Creedon Details here>>
Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir
Here is another from a series of small works, commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre
Melodeon
Here is one from a series of small works, commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre. A melodeon to reflect the island’s musical tradition.
Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre
Another of my large sized works commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre George Thompson George Thomson was a twenty year old Cambridge classics scholar when he first came to the Great Blasket Island to learn Irish in 1923 where he formed a close friendship with Maurice O’Sullivan.…
Bhlascaoid Mhóir
Another of my large sized works commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre Muiris Ó Catháin Muiris, or Maras Mhuris, as he was known was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1873. In the final years of his life he dictated his life-story to Risteard Breatnach, determined to have his story…