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Pocket Portraits at Frost Fumbally
I had a brainwave to draw everyone who came into visit me at FROST Fumbally. A thought ran through my head to say that I really...
Date :22 Jan 2018
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FROST, Christmas pop up shop at Fumbally Exchange
I was delighted to be part of a beautiful Christmas pop up shop at Fumbally Exchange (5 Dame Lane, Dublin 2). A group of about 20...
Date :02 Jan 2018
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No Fixed Abode Exhibition at the Copper House Gallery
The Copper House Gallery ran a group exhibition called “No Fixed Abode” for two months at the end of 2017, and raised ov...
Date :29 Dec 2017
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Starting your career as an illustrator
I finally got my hands on a copy of “Starting Your Career as an Illustrator” by Michael Fleishman. I contributed some...
Date :12 Nov 2017
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Green Door Festival 2017
I love Leitrim! I’m from Leitrim and hope to live there again some day so I love to see cool events popping up so I can convince...
Date :01 Oct 2017
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Culture Night 2017 at Bí Urban
Culture Night is one of my favourite nights of the year and this year I was so happy to be invited to join with my friends at Bí...
Date :22 Sep 2017
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Shark Love for PBS
I was commissioned to make an art activity page for an education package with the Public Broadcasting Service in America. They have a...
Date :12 Sep 2017
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Nature Drawing Walks for Carlow Garden Festival
Carlow Garden Festival has been running for about 15 years now and each year it’s getting bigger and better! The headliner this year...
Date :22 Jul 2017
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Connemara Summer School
I had a wonderful week this July at the Connemara Summer School on Inisbofin island, off the coast of County Galway in the west of...
Date :14 Jul 2017
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Naturama Exhibition at Bí Urban, Stoneybatter, Dublin
I first met Kaethe Burt O’Dea from Bí Urban (pronounced “Bee” Urban) the night of my Synesthesia talk in May and in...
Date :14 Jul 2017
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Talk & Workshop at Body & Soul Music Festival
This year I went to Body & Soul for art, not music! I gave a talk on the Sunday about my work and how it’s inspired by nature...
Date :07 Jul 2017
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Rathmines Garden Trail 2017
Rathmines is a village close to Dublin city centre, and anyone over 40 who went to college in Dublin tells me that they used live...
Date :11 Jun 2017
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Sketch Walk Workshop at Bloom Fringe
Bloom Fringe is a festival run in parallel with Bloom In The Park and encourages biodiversity and sustainability in Dublin City. They...
Date :03 Jun 2017
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Naturama exhibition at Íontas Arts Centre
Naturama exhibition at Íontas Arts Centre, Castleblayney, Monaghan, March 31st – May 25th 2017 I had a solo exhibition at Íontas...
Date :25 May 2017
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Synesthesia – Movement Talk
I was delighted to be asked to speak at the Synesthesia talk series in the Liquor Rooms in Dublin along with Susan Coughlan from...
Date :16 May 2017
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My Naturama Nature Journal Book Launch at the National Botanic Gardens
I had My Naturama Naturama Journal book launch in the Botanic Gardens on May 14th 2017, so, now it is officially out there in the...
Date :14 May 2017
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Embroidery Workshop with Sarah K Benning
One of my favourite instagrammers is contemporary embroidery artist Sarah K Benning and I was delighted to see she was going to host an...
Date :28 Feb 2017
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Offsketch February 2017
Offsketch was back this February as part of the amazing free Offsite workshops organised in the week before this years Offset. The...
Date :28 Feb 2017
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#28tomake
Creative Live set up a free series; one month of creative challenges called #28tomake. Each week they had a different teacher setting...
Date :09 Mar 2016
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Irish Blog Awards
Great news, I’m in the shortlist for the Irish blog awards in the Personal Arts and Culture blog category! Very exciting. If you...
Date :09 Sep 2015
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Drawing at Botanics – September
Here are some photos from another lovely morning at the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. I am organising a sketch trip every...
Date :06 Sep 2015
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Creative activities for September 2015
Drawing at Botanics – September 4th The Botanic gardens in Dublin are so special – so I am going on the first Friday of...
Date :28 Aug 2015
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Drawing at Botanics – August
Dublin in the sunshine is so beautiful!I started a monthly meet up for a small group to sketch the plants at the National Botanic...
Date :14 Aug 2015
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The 100 Day Project Dublin Meet Up
The 100 Day Project are organising meet ups across the world to celebrate the 100 day project (it started at the end of April so loads...
Date :13 Aug 2015
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How to combine your hand coloured work with digital using Clipping Masks
I’ve done a blog already about combining line drawings with digital illustration ( see: How I make my bicycle drawings and :...
Date :05 Aug 2015
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#100daysofbicycles Days 51-60
Finally reached the halfway mark and keeping going! Love how excited the bike lovers get when I draw their bike. I’ve some plans...
Date :23 Jul 2015
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#100daysofbicycles days 41- 50
Almost at the half way mark now :) Love meeting all the bike lovers online. Instagram is a really friendly place! When you see my hand...
Date :07 Jul 2015
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Creative Activities for the month of July 2015
Yes I know you are going to spending every day this month at the seaside, eating ice-cream, but if you need a little break and want to...
Date :02 Jul 2015
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#100daysofbicycles Days 31-40
It’s such a buzz to draw something for someone! I decided early on just to draw the bikes belonging to people I know so each...
Date :30 Jun 2015
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