These are some experimental textures I was working on in my sketchbook recently....

This is a little abstract of wildflowers in fields locally. :-)

"Wildflower field" ...acrylic on board...

Hi everyone!

La fheile Padraig go shonna duit - "Happy St. Patrick's Day to you all" from me here in little old Ireland! :-) 

Looks like it's going to be a good day, sun shining, birds singing so hopefully all the parades both large and local will be enjoyable for all !   

I don't know what I will be doing myself yet, may spend the day catching up on artwork as I was occupied with other stuff over the past few days and didn't get to do much or I may go for a cycle to Ardgillan gardens and bring my camera with me as I love taking photos albeit in an amateur way. 

y son Glenn and his girlfriend Aiva have gone to Galway for a month and I will miss seeing them but we will skype. They are gone to Bearna, outside the city to a beautiful place called St. Bridgid's gardens with their course at the Botanic Gardens for work placement experience and will love it! 

Anyway, I won't rattle on... I am putting up a little painting I did during them week for you to see. 

It is a little 5inches x 7inches acrylic painting....untitled as yet.

Enjoy Paddy's Day everyone! :-)

 

Hi everyone! :-)

March is in and the weather has picked up a bit . I hope it continues as there is definitely a feeling of cheerier and brighter days coming!
I just love Spring!

These are a few small works on paper that I did using watercolours/acrylic/inks.

Hi everyone!

We are well into February now and after having the most dreadful stormy weather since Christmas and its not over yet I think! :-( Roll on Spring-like weather I say.  Although stormy, its been quite mild though and lots coming in the garden and in the hedgerows which is hopeful! :-) Lots of erosion in the sand dunes on the beaches locally and I fear for the owners of the chalets living along the seafront as the land on front of their properties is being eaten away more and more.
On the art front, I have one of my paintings in the "Nature through Art" exhibition at Castle Espie Wetlands centre in Co. Down, Northern Ireland until 9th March. I was so pleased to be part of the exhibition at this beautiful place. I got my painting back from the "Hive Emerging" gallery in Waterford, unfortunately it didn't sell but it was good to be part of this exhibition also and I met the gallery owner as he delivered the painting back to me in person which was lovely. My own exhibition which will be called "Nature's art" will be on the first two weeks in July in our local library so I am working towards that at the moment. :-)

I am putting up this latest work for you to see which is entitled "Shield" . It was inspired by an object on our seashore that is there for a long time and has been battered well by all the high tides and storms and is still standing as strong as ever! :-)

"Shield"...mixed media on block canvas....39.37cm x 39.37cm