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…
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…
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,…