Ireland

PREMIUM – Sometimes when you’re sketching you have to get it right first time. Here I share some of the tips I’ve picked up to make sure I don’t need ...

PREMIUM. SeaFest is the annual celebration of Galway’s intimate relationship with the Atlantic Ocean and a great family day out. Of course it wouldn’t be complete without an official urban ...

PREMIUM. I recently had a great week of sketching in a lovely little Irish town in West Cork, but in mid-February. Schull turned out to be a sleepy little town ...

PREMIUM. I was asked to sketch at Seafest 2017, and it was a real pleasure: sunshine, sea, spray and sketching all combined to make a day of great colour and ...

PREMIUM. The art of dog grooming celebrates our very human love of beauty, skill and, above all, our canine companions. It was a joy to sketch at the IPDGA annual ...

I sketched a few events at Culture Night this year. It’s a national, annual event which takes place every September, and a great opportunity to get a dose of culture. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

PREMIUM. I grew up beside Powerscourt Waterfall, near Bray, a seaside town on Ireland’s East Coast. I took my children on a break there and all was peace and light…almost.

PREMIUM. My husband’s mother gave us some gorgeous furniture, which my brother-in-law brought to us from England. We spent a week fishing and hiking together in Galway.

PREMIUM. Thoor Ballylee in Co. Galway is known as Yeats’ Tower, because it once belonged to the great Irish poet. It has re-opened to the public after six years.

PREMIUM. Kinsale is a beautiful town in Cork. The Munster Optimist Championships were held in May and I was proud to see my children take to the ocean as competent ...