Sketching Koi Carp: My Way To Mourn
Our koi carp didn’t do a whole lot, but they were beautiful, and were an oasis of calm in my busy day. We lost them recently due to our own neglect.
Family Camping in Connemara: Better Bring the Paints
PREMIUM. Camping with teenagers has its ups and downs. I experienced both on a recent camping trip to Connemara, Co. Galway, but I kept my serenity with a bit of sketching.
Sketching Life and Colour of Galway City
PREMIUM. The life and colour of Galway City in the summer are legendary. I’ve caught a few of my favourite Galway sights in watercolour over the last couple of weeks.
Summer Sketching in Galway – A Week in Paradise
PREMIUM. Sometimes the sun arrives to stay for a while in Ireland and we remember what a paradise we live in. Here are a few of my sketches of a week in the sunshine.
Sketching Optimists in Spring Sunshine: Sailing Week in Baltimore, West Cork
PREMIUM. There are worse ways to spend a week than sketching Optimists in early spring sunshine in Baltimore, West Cork. As usual, the young sailors greatly impressed.
Sketching Jazz in Galway – Things Hot Up with the Cool Cats
I sketched the Galway Bay Jazz Band and the swing dancing in Busker Brownes, Galway. There’s no nicer way to spend a stormy day in January.
Discovering a Treasure: The Fishery Watchtower, Galway
PREMIUM. The Fishery Watchtower in the heart of Galway City is an intriguing little museum full of original architectural features and lots of information about Galway’s fishing past.
Sketching the City of the Tribes
A city on the sea like Galway is always full of wonderful sketching opportunities…but on a cold winter’s day sketching the city of the tribes is best enjoyed from the inside.
Beyond the N18: Hidden Kilcolgan – Art Exhibition in Gort Library, 11th-17th October 2015
Most people passing through Kilcolgan on the busy N18 never venture off it. My exhibition in Gort Library from 11/09 – 17/10 2015 shows its real and often hidden beauty.
Cruinniú na mBád: Galway Hookers in Kinvara – Grace and Beauty in Blackberry and Oxblood
PREMIUM. Galway Hookers, traditional boats of Ireland’s West Coast, were once a vital part of Galway’s trade and economy. Their beauty and glory are celebrated every year in Kinvara.