I'm absolutely delighted to have my Limited Edition Prints available, in different sizes, through the new Doorway Gallery Prints store in Nutgrove Shopping Centre. This is a fabulous new store in the centre and is dedicated to selling prints … and the selection and price ranges are excellent. 

There are a number of real favourites available including: 

     - Dublin Bay Wonder

     - Soar

     - Mezmerize Circle  

Well worth popping into this wonderful store if you are in south Dublin and Chérie or Rhona will take good care of you …!! 

For enquires, please contact Chérie or Rhona at:

The Doorway Gallery - Prints,
Unit 33, East Mall
Nutgrove Shopping Centre, 
Rathfarnham Dublin D14 F5X7

M: +353 (0) 8799 10650
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Really thrilled to be invited to support the SCOOP Foundation for their novel and interesting #OUTOFTHEBOX art auction. They have asked over 100 artists to create original artworks on pizza boxes, skate boards, trainers and a handful of mirrors …!!! I know .. crazy idea … but I love it …!!! The event was run in the RHA on the evening of 28th March … it’s was a cracking night …!!!
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Here are a few pics of what I did with the old mirror that SCOOP gave me … I have to say … I love the way it turned out … !!! It certainly was quite different fom what I normally do and I was ‘way outside my comfort zone’  ….!!! But I got ‘my juces flowing’ following a wonderful day pottering about in the antique stores on Francis Street. I called the final piece ‘Syrian Rose’.
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Funds raised from the art auction go to support SCOOP’s specialised programmes that empower displaced and marginalised young people in Ireland and abroad these include SCOOP Art, SCOOP ED, SCOOP Music and SCOOP Recruit.

Big shout-out to Viola, Ann & Rory for the ‘shot in the mirror’ …!!! ?

Two wonderful charities that I have supported for the last 4-5 years approached me at around the same time this year for their respective events in October & November 2022 and I wanted to do something pretty special for them. 

Drawing from a Banksy style mural I did last year, I wanted to paint something positive, uplifting, inspiring, but that also had “an edge” and references to resilience and inner strength. Creating 'Dublin Bay Wonder' was a new challenge, a new creative challenge. I have found the last two years have pushed me into a space where I'm keen to 'push the boundaries' or 'test myself' in terms of styles and techniques. I was keen to bring the the figure of the girl I created for the mural last year onto canvas and let her 'come to life' there. Incorporating two iconic Dublin Bay landmarks, speaking to community, the girl reaches to the softly colored sky to the flutter of butterflies. The butterflies symbolize transformation change, beauty, adventure, as well as fragility and that sense of making the most of every moment as life is short.  This painting is dedicated to making the most of the life and time we have. 

I created three originals of 'Dublin Bay Wonder' with mixed-media and 24K gold leaf on board &/or canvas: 

- the smallest one using the 12.5 x 12.5cm board provide by Art Therapy Project, New York;

- a mid sized one, measuring WxH 65 x 63cm framed for The Caroline Foundation, Dublin; 

- a larger one on a deep edge canvas, measuring WxH 72 x 69cm, used for creating a Limited Edition Print series.

The paintings are beautifully framed by my regular framer @SkerriesFrameworks who chipped in by offering complimentary framing on the New York piece …!! Thanks Ger … :-)

See more about the Caroline Foundation Lunch: 

https://thecarolinefoundation.com/annual-charity-lunch-2022/?fbclid=IwAR1WvVF0mNjy2FaPCklpX0k3vcNr7S8KN5yMpEuZ_iy1VpFRSnMMZF1Jyu4

Find out how you can support the Caroline Foundation: https://thecarolinefoundation.com

For more about The Art Therapy Project, please see:  https://thearttherapyproject.org

I jumped at the opportunity to create this new-take / re-imagined approach to painting squares. Having being approached to do a commission for a light filled room close to the sea and a dramatic coastline close to Dublin, I was immediately draw to the potential of the colours, energy and freshness of my classic ‘Revive’ series for the space.

I was keen to capture the vibrancy and form of my classic squares but create them in a new way, make them bigger and see how they would work on canvas. I was also keen to ensure the three dimension aspect of my small squares was retained and enhanced further. 

I enjoyed the process of making the 16 mini-canvases and creating the mini-paintings on each square, in what turned out to be a completely different process in using mixed media on canvas rather than watercolour on paper with the classic small squares. All part of the creative process, it was energising ...!!

Really delighted with how this peice has turned out both in terms of the vibrancy and balance of colours and the stricking three dimensional aspect of the mini-canvases floating on the back canvas and with in a gorgeous white wood tray frame.

Enjoy …

If you are interested in commissioning a piece of unique art in this style please don’t hesitate to get in touch at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +353 87 2512571 and we can look at colour, size and pattern options. 

I always wanted to do a ‘Banksy style’ piece on one of the walls at home (or somewhere else !!) and an opportunity arose recently and I decided to go for it …!! Our next door neighbour, was due her third child in late October / early November 2021, to join her two older sisters (3 & 5 yrs old).

With permission from the neighbours, a couple of weeks ago I spray painted a piece with two girls and two balloons. The girl on the left is ‘adapted’ from the classic Banksy and I created the other one, inspired by an old picture of one of our own boys excitedly chasing and reaching for bubbles when he was a tot …!!!

With the arrival of our neighbours baby girl, last week, on the day, I added the third balloon, to finish off the piece nicely.

It was my first time doing something like this and I have to say I really enjoyed it.

I call it … ‘❤️❤️❤️ - Welcome Ellie’

Well I’m really, really thrilled with how the glasshouse at the Wineport Lodge has turned out.  A big thank you to the Wineport for the opportunity to collaborate with them and create this splash of colour at their wonderful venue. We wanted to create a wee bit of magic and something that would be ultra positive and uplifting with one of their new glasshouses, installed to create socially distant & protected spaces for customers. 

Right from the beginning I was drawn to creating a memorable and immersive experience, with light and colour, that would help fill people with feelings of calmness, wonder, warmth and a ‘wee bit of magic’, while sitting at a bistro table taking in the stunning scenery by the waters edge.

Given the year that is in it, I’m delighted to have created an ‘outdoor immersive art piece’, and as an artist, this represents a new dimension, about which I’m excited.  

Big shout out to David Daly for his help with installing the new piece in the Wineport. 

I look forward to hearing what you think and hopefully you get a chance to visit soon ..!!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ... Thanks a mill.