'I hadn’t painted since I was a child, but suddenly, I found it was this language in which I could express myself'

Artist Cora Murphy is showing some huge paintings at her new Douglas Street home

Cora Murphy feels as comfortable painting in the middle of a field as in her city studio. She's also part of an interiors A-Team

Irish Artists Inspired by the Sea

Irish Craft I admire. Cora Murphy in Cork is a fabulous artist who does wonderful paintings...

Art buyers at the ready as works by celebrity artists can be bought 'Incognito' to raise money for Jack and Jill Foundation

Cora Murphy has travelled the world, but it was in the deserts of Mexico that she realised painting was her true calling, writes Ros Drinkwater.