A blast from the past
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTVSh0om7V0 Can't believe this was July 2019 - time does fly when you are having fun. Suffering withdrawals from dynamic flow painting at the minute, so you can expect some new work and some new videos soon! Enjoy!
Creative Cornucopia Cavan
What is Creative Cornucopia Cavan? Creative Cornucopia Cavan is a project that has been long in my thoughts and just recently become a reality. It’s really just a directory of artists and artisans in Cavan. I thought, particularly in the current situation,...
You cannot withstand the Storm
It's been a flurry of activity here, some of it very productive and therefore pleasant, but some very frustrating and yet valuable as I learned a lot! The valuable, yet frustrating nature of a steep learning curve is that you really do engage deeply with the problem...
It’s Cold Outside
‘Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable’. Cesar A.Cruz Some art is designed to reflect our taste, enhance our living spaces, and draw attention to the beauty that surrounds us. But then there is art that impacts us to the core, it may be...
What makes a Limited Edition Print special?
What makes a Limited Edition Print so special? Is a print just a print, or does quality matter? And why would you invest in a limited edition print!
Ghost Horse
Many moons ago, when I was a child in the early 60's, I regularly passed Hughes Dairy's in Churchtown. In the large field in front of the Dairy were a multitude of horses that were used to draw the milk carts every morning to deliver milk to every house that I knew!...
A virtual coffee and chat with Deborah Black, from Silver Wave Jewellery
As we are still in the grips of a pandemic it's lovely to get to know other creative souls virtually. So, welcome to my first guest blogger, Deborah Black who is here to tell you a little about herself and her beautiful handmade jewellery. 1. Deborah, tell me a...
MEMORIES OF A HOT SUMMERS DAY AND ICE CREAM VANS
Do you remember the soft creamy deliciousness that was ice cream from an ice-cream van on a hot summers day? We had a regular ice-cream man. His van was blue and cream with big wings on the back, and he played a musical jingles as he drove around our little...
BECAUSE … SOMETIMES WORDS JUST DON’T CUT IT!
Way back in the 90s I was going through a tough time, finding myself getting severely depressed usually after Christmas and well into the New Year. As a way to try to get to the bottom of this yearly decent into darkness I started to go to counselling sessions. The...
THE DIVINE FEMININE
In our world today, sadly, religions have become the cause of division and hatred. They are the root cause of oppression and create intolerance. Many of them espouse peace and tolerance as a core tenet of faith, but sadly the more radical teachings and interpretations...
DEMETER – Greek Goddess of the Harvest
As we move into autumn my mind turns to Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest. When angered by the abduction of her daughter she subjected the world to famine! Hell knows no fury ... as they say. This mythology speaks to many facets of women, woman the source of...
‘ART SHOULD COMFORT THE DISTURBED AND DISTURB THE COMFORTABLE.
‘Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable’. Cesar A.Cruz Some art is designed to reflect our taste, enhance our living spaces, and draw attention to the beauty that surrounds us. But then there is art that impacts us to the core, it may be...