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…
Blasket Islanders
Another piece from a commission for the OPW of seven large portraits of Blasket Islanders along with a number of other images for The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin. Appearing oversized down the Slí in the centre, my Scraperboards can be seen alongside the works of two other artists. This is Gearóid Ó Cathain (b.1947) dubbed “the…
Blasket Islands
Today I’m finally able to reveal a big project that I have been working on for the past year or so. It was a commission from the OPW of seven large portraits of Blasket Islanders along with a number of other images for The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin. Appearing oversized down the Slí in the centre,…
Scraperboard & Sketch
Scraperboard and initial sketch.
Civil War
My Scraperboard cover for today’s Civil War supplement in The Irish Times.
The Irish Times Weekend
Scraperboard of mine that appears today in The Irish Times Weekend.
Work in Progress
Small detail of some work in progress…
