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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. When painting in response to Spike Island, I thought often (almost obsessively) about how it must have felt to be captive - as opposed to captivated on / by the island. Inhabitants - be they monks or prisoners - must have looked at the sea and the far shore - with longing. I imagine imprisonment is difficult at any time but to have civilian life literally in your sites must have been extra challenging. I imagine their proximity to the shoreline, gave island inhabitants endless estuaries in to which their minds could wander - satisfying and nourishing their longing for liberty and home.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 90cm x 60cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €1950.00 Post the first COVID lockdown I took time out to spend a weekend on a yoga retreat Sherkin Island. It was my maiden voyage - I now know what I missed. It is glorious - idyllic, super lush in Summer time and so close to Shore. Going against all my usual holiday pre-requisites, we did yoga at sunrise on Silver Strand. It was cold and damp but just as the sun came up - the sun slid across the sand (giving a full explanation to it's name!) and it was the most glorious setting I have known. Immediately afterwards we swam in the sea. Had you asked me to partake in such a dawn excursion pre-Covid, I would have excused myself impolitely! And yet - it was wonderful - an absolute Silver Lining.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas (SOLD) 94cm x 69cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €2250.00 Inspired by the imagined longings of historical inhabitants of Spike Island. The tranquility and beauty of their setting, with the far shore still in site, must have been jarring to say the least. A constant taunt for liberty denied and life going on at pace just beyond them. For all the beauty of our surroundings, having peace in our hearts and minds is the prize.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 70cm In slip frame, ready to hang. Inhabitants of Spike Island - whether monks or prisoners - must have had a particular relationship with time. The Covid Lockdown time, and spending so much of it in isolation gave us all pause to reflect on time and how we spend it. When you start to think of time as a man made construct - it can get quite loose or dense. Eitherway, during the quiet time I had time to be in nature and to think of all the things I would do post-lockdown. First up was to see and be in the sea - There will be Time - is a tribute to looking forward, even when things are sticky and having fate that there is time - and good times - before us!
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 60cm x 60cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €1250.00 A meditation on solitude and connection. A wise man - Michael Kirby - who has been a great influence on my work, showed us that everything that lives is connected. While I'm more than fine being alone, the quiet time of lockdown reminded me how my inner life is nourished by my time out in the world. I am richer for connection, community and having a sense of place in the world - all of that helps me feel at home in myself!
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 90cm x 90cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €2950.00 Silver Strand on Sherkin Island has a dreamy quality - it is a time and place. And it is time out of time. 'Holding On & Letting Go' is a theme that flows through my work. Inspiration is a feeling - sometimes fleeting - and sensations like how I felt at sunrise on Silver Strand are often like water in my hands. I hope this painting goes some way to capturing all of that.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 124cm x 112cm In slip frame, ready to hang. SOLD You have to keep your wits about you in the sea. Sinking or swimming are ultimate options. As a very recent - and occasional - sea swimmer, I love the immediacy of immersion. It's impossible to feel wishy washy about the sensations. 0.5 seconds after immersion you are fully alive - senses accelerated, at absoute optimum. Although I am in possession of a rambly mind - and prone to projecting forwards or harking backwards, I am a fan of being in in the moment. Sea swimming helps me be 'all in' and be fully alive one moment at a time.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 120cm x 120cm In slip frame, ready to hang. At a young(-er!) and (more!) impressionable age, I read May Sarton's A Journal of a Solitude. I remember being floored by the line 'Hope, but for what?'. The lack of hope or vision or joie de vivre struck me as utterly sad and terrifying too. I have known the feelings of being rudderless and at times been terribly lost. I think that is part of the human experience. Many of us anticipated the recent Covid quiet period with dread - it smacked of 'the end is nigh' and yet on the other side of it, many of us feel renewed and are facing forwards with some hope. And we are certain what we are hoping for. On the other side of solitude, I think the things we are hoping and hopeful for are not 'things' - there is a communion in that too. It reminds me of the words of another great writer, Mary Oliver:
'Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
The world offers itself to your imagination
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place in the family of things.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €745.00During my final year in secondary school, I had, for a brief period of time, a substitute English teacher. I remember this woman for many reasons but principally because of here peculiar analogies. She told us we should always remember that a good story was like a fish with its tail in its mouth!In the decades that has swooshed past since I left school, I have forgotten a LOT but I could never shake that analogy! And so here I am at the end of one collection facing towards the next one. Starting Over feels like a culmination but also a beginning of the shape of things to come in my future work, beyond the precipice.
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Get a Book, Postcards AND an Art Card Gift Set all together now for €49.That’s:
- A Gift Box of Art Cards (€20) – 10 cards & envelopes per set - choose either NEW Sea Paintings OR Regular Art Cards** Please make a note in the checkout
- My book HOME (€20)
- A Gift Box of Art Postcards (€15)– 12 cards & envelopes per set
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 60cm x 60cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €1250.00 'Chugam' is from the Irish 'Cuig' - to come - Chugam is 'to me'. At times when I feel as though I'm 'standing in a gap' in life, 'Chugam' feels like a mantra, an invocation. Willing myself forward. I feel that when standing on the shoreline, facing forward, in to and harnessing the power and energy of a frightening (yet possibly fabulous!) future.
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on board 36cm x 30cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €549.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 45cm x 35cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 90cm x 60cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €2,250.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 120cm x 90cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €3,750.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 50cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 30cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €595.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 90cm x 70cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €2,450.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 90cm x 60cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €2,250.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 45cm x 35cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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NOTE: All sizes quoted are image size, please add 4.5cm to all sides for the white border (9cm addition to width and height). Example: 52cm x 52cm (image) 61cm x 61cm (paper size)
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NOTE: All sizes quoted are image size, please add 4.5cm to all sides for the white border (9cm addition to width and height). Example: 52cm x 52cm (image) 61cm x 61cm (paper size)
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NOTE: All sizes quoted are image size, please add 4.5cm to all sides for the white border (9cm addition to width and height). Example: 52cm x 52cm (image) 61cm x 61cm (paper size)
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NOTE: All sizes quoted are image size, please add 4.5cm to all sides for the white border (9cm addition to width and height). Example: 52cm x 52cm (image) 61cm x 61cm (paper size)
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Since time began, or since I started printing Art Cards, I always created mixed boxes of Art Cards i.e. a combination of square and rectangle shaped cards. Having carried out some research it seems LOTS of you wanted a set of square cards and so I am DELIGHTED to launch my New Art Card Collection Gift Pack. From the classics to my most recent paintings, this brand new collection brings together 10 of your favorite Paintings in one Art Card Gift . All 10 cards are square (145mm sq). Blank for your own message they come with 10 envelopes. Each card is of the highest quality print and illustrates a contemporary landscape painting from my collected body of work. I have included the story of how the painting came to being –on the reverse of each card - for you and your recipients to enjoy. All cards are blank on the inside for your own message and are suitable for every sentiment. Highly finished and presented with matching envelopes, each Gift Pack can be personalized with a note (please just let me know your preferred greeting in the ‘Order Notes’ section in the final stages of the checkout!). As with all my product, cards can be Shipped Worldwide. Thank you for your support! Contemporary Landscapes from Ireland Art Postcard Gift Box €25 - that's 10 cards for €20.00 (RRP €2.95 each). Postage & packaging: €3.95 in Ireland and €5.95 worldwide
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €795.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 40cm x 30cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €595.00
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SOLD OUT!Oil on canvas 50cm x 40cm In slip frame, ready to hang. €845.00
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Abstracting the Landscape
4 Week Online Painting Course
Early Bird: €199*
*Expires 2nd Jan. 2023 - while stocks last. Full price €249.00.
Going Live on 19th February 2023 (and every Sunday for 4 Weeks!)
Please note: Places are limited and sold on a first come, first served basis. This workshop teaches participants how to abstract elements of the landscape and create their own painterly response. Through a series of fun and stimulating exercises, you will learn how to approach painting in a fresh and creative manner while tapping into and developing your own intuitive painting style. What is included:- 4 x Weekly LIVE Online Painting Workshops with demos 11am - 1pm each Sunday.
- Exclusive ‘Behind the Scenes’ weekly footage of my own process.
- An extensive video library of recorded support classes such as photo-transfer technique, collage, glazing and texture.
- A private, supported Learning Hub group where participants can share work and questions.
- Comprehensive reading and resource list of books, audio and video learning materials.
- Downloadable Cheat-Sheets with top tips on how to start, edit and complete your own paintings
- Slide Show on specific areas of Art, Artists & their techniques and my sphere of influence.
- Access to recorded (and downloadable) LIVE class replays: Listen whenever, wherever and study at your own pace.
- Life-time access to all learning resources
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SOLD OUT!Oil on Canvas 61cm x 46cm In slip frame ready to hang This painting might appear a bit maverick in this collection but, as with them all, was painted in response to a time and place. In this case. The time being a VERY hot day in my studio. It began life as a demo (for my Abstracting the Landscape Online painting course) but as the layers progressed I realised it was harking back to a recent landscape I had visited. ‘Heatwave’ was painted at the tail end of the collection and the beginning of my next body of work, so it literally is the shape of things to come.