Stamp
Here is a spot illustration commissioned by the OPW for The Great Blasket Centre. Scraperboard and a colour layer added in Photoshop.
Eviction
Chapter heading “Hard Times”. An Irish Folklore Treasury by John Creedon, Gill Books.
Blasket Centre OPW
Small spot illustrations commissioned by the OPW for The Blasket Centre. https://www.blasket.ie/
Bloomsday
For Bloomsday here is a Dublin door, a watercolour that sold in my recent solo exhibition. Watercolour on Arches. #bloomsday #bloomsday2023 #bloomsdaydublin #ulysses #irishart #irishartist #watercolour #dublindoors
Available work…
My current solo exhibition “Aspects” continues for the rest of this week only in the United Arts Club, Dublin>> Drop in if you can, running until Saturday June 3rd Three of the works available. Storm, Hedge School, Blindman’s Buff. Viewing Times 11am to 5pm Monday 11am to 9pm Tuesday – Friday Saturdays 5pm – 10pm…
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.