Doorway Christmas Show
THE DOORWAY CHRISTMAS SHOW 2022 – STOCKING FILLERS>> 3 December 2022 – 25 December 2022 I have these five Scraperboards in the exhibition. 20cm x 25cm Scraperboard €290
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
RUA on View
141st RUA Annual Exhibition>> is now open to the public. This Scraperboard piece of mine is in the show. Running from 14th October 2022 until January 3rd 2023 at the Ulster Museum, Belfast BT9 5AB Open Tuesday – Saturday 10am to 5pm
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.…
141st RUA Annual Exhibition
A little bit of good news… Just heard my work has been accepted for the 141st RUA Annual Exhibition which opens to the public on 14th October 2022 at the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
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…
Signal Open
I have this Scraperboard in the Signal Open exhibition… Opening Reception for the Signal Open will take place tomorrow, Sunday 7th from 3 – 5pm. For more information on the exhibition and to view the pieces, visit the site Here>>