A collaboration with U2’s Adam Clayton for The Elephant In The Room Movement. "The effects of war and climate change on population displacement are embodied in this artwork, with rising sea levels and the loss of plant and wildlife, including the habitat of the elephant itself. “ The artwork raises awareness about the urgent need for action on war, climate change, and their impact on our world and our mental health ..read more

Adam Clayton of U2 has asked me to collaborate on one of the ‘Elephants In The Room’. We are at design stage at the moment so keep an out eye for our progress. When painted it will be on view in several venues around Ireland before being auctioned in Sept’23 with all proceeds going to the Samaritans. Just a bit excited!! Take a look at Elephant In The Room to see great work being done by Brent Pope and The Doorway Gallery and to view the other wonderful pieces on display ..read more

I’m really proud of this association with Fierce Nice - a gallery I've long admired. We’ve been working on this for a while, to get just the right images at the best quality possible. Fierce Nice have created a wonderful (very cool!) online platform with a beautifully curated portfolio of artists and it’s just what I’ve been waiting for. All my editions are strictly limited and each print comes with a signed certificate of authenticity, just especially for you collectors out there. Digitisation was created by the incredible Copperhouse Gallery with the only Cruse Scanner of its type in Ireland ..read more

I just dropped “Silent Conversations” to GOMA Gallery in Waterford today. It has been accepted into their 6th Annual Members Exhibition. Waterford City holds a special place in my heart as I went to art college there and I have a series of 7 commissioned paintings hanging in Waterford General Hospital’s pre-natal department. Wonderful to visit there again today. GOMA’s 6th Annual Members Exhibition is an eclectic exhibition of fine and applied arts featuring work from 34 Artists. The exhibition will showcase a wide range of talent covering multiple disciplines from paintings, sculptures, print ..read more

I’m absolutely delighted to be able to say that I have joined The Kildare Gallery, in its new location in Kildare Village. Yes I know! A fabulous gallery in a fabulous location. They are now open for business in the new pop up gallery in the amazing Kildare Village. Find them at unit 100 in the beautiful new part of the village and browse lots of great work for sale by their talented artists. There are also pieces dotted around the village with QR codes that will give you information on the artist and medium ..read more

The artists selected by curator Clare Hartigan for POPA this year travelled to Stradbally Hall two weeks before the festival. We had from Tuesday to Friday to create our artworks to be hung during the Picnic. One each, measuring 12ft x 8ft! Mammoth!. I love painting large but this was to be my largest yet. All was good until the day before when I had a major panic! How was I going to paint this with basic outdoor paints? Was my image going to work? How on earth was I going to do it on time? What had I signed myself up for? But I had signed myself up, so I just had to get on with it. And how h ..read more

The artists selected by curator Clare Hartigan for POPA this year travelled to Stradbally Hall two weeks before the festival. We had from Tuesday to Friday to create our artworks to be hung during the Picnic. One each, measuring 12ft x 8ft! Mammoth!. I love painting large but this was to be my largest yet. All was good until the day before when I had a major panic! How was I going to paint this with basic outdoor paints? Was my image going to work? How on earth was I going to do it on time? What had I signed myself up for? But I had signed myself up, so I just had to get on with it. And how h ..read more

CURATED BY CLARE HARTIGAN “The Place of the Picnic Art (PoPA) returns this year with another five artists invited to take residency on-site at Stradbally Estate during the festival build. The Artist spend their days painting large scale paintings for display on the POPA wall in the main stage arena over the weekend of Electric Picnic itself. The project has once again been curated by artist Clare Hartigan, who has been at the heart of Electric Picnic’s art scene for many years. Clare has invited five artists to join her on POPA this year, following the theme of “Speak to Me” with an emphasis ..read more

Finally giving this painting an extra archival varnish. It’s best to leave the oil painting 6mths to a year before applying this varnish as the paint underneath needs to be completely dry. It’s now good for another 500 hundred years or so! Nice to know that her painting will live on with her wonderful writing for generations to come. The Druid Theatre Company have special plans for it ..read more

These small canvases 25cm x 20cm x 4cm can look great framed. I like to use a blocky tray frame that compliments the blocky nature of the pieces. See below for some examples ..read more