Contemporary Irish Artist
/Inspired by the Book of Kells, the wonderful manuscript kept in Trinity College Library, Dublin, there are only 500 of these beautiful prints being made. Each is signed and number by the artist. Shipping to the US is included in the price. Size A3 (11.7 x 16.5 inches). See the link below to order yours.
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/Driving from Dublin to Enniskerry each day I pass through the Scalp and the beautiful Sugarloaf Mountain appears in front of me. One day, after I’ve been studying the Japanese Masters, I think this mountain is own Mount Fuji! I begin to see it everywhere; Killiney, Dun Laoghaire, Dollymount. And then I bedin looking for it everywhere… The Japanese depicted their sacred mountain in the contemporary landscape. This series is a small and humble bow to those artists and to our own Sugarloaf Mountain. There are 12 watercolour paintings
Sudden Shower over Three Rock, Glencullen, Watercolour on paper
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I recently worked with a wonderful group of children painting a mural at the entrance to the Oratory in Dun Laoghaire. This Oratory was decorated by Sr Concepta Lynch. It is an amazing example of Celtic Revival art. The children were from the local Dun Laoghaire Domincan School. Here’s a link to a 2min film about the project
/I’m delighted to have my work shown on the Future Learn online course run by Trinity College. Personally I am really enjoying the course which is running for four weeks and is free. Apparently you will see some of my work on next week’s section.
The piece attached is an imagined Twitter feed from one monk in Ireland (Scribe A) to another called Kevin (KevinKells) , who is based in Kells. The monks have been warned to leave Iona to escape the Vikings. All the illustrations are copied from the Book of Kells.
