Have you ever wondered what it's like to work as an artist? I have had my first painting exhibition 30 years ago and have been a full-time painter since. I have been hanging out in studios all my life, and I still love looking at other artists' studios, watching them create, seeing what books they read or how they use their materials. This past year of lockdown living has been …
I was due to show work I have created throughout 2020 in a new solo exhibition at the John Martin Gallery in London. With the recent tightening of lockdown restrictions in England, the show has been postponed. The gallery is still operating online, and you can find the most up to date information on their website or by subscribing to their newsletter. I am heading back to the studio. If you are interested in a behind-the-scenes look at my studio and creative process, check back here in a few days. I am starting a studio vlog, and the first episode should be up then.
I made that splash precisely a year ago today. And what a year it’s been. I wanted to splash things from a height for a long time. Somehow New Year’s Eve 2019 was the perfect time. I remember stealing into the studio and making two cerise type pinks balanced with an apple green as my flying colours. I laid the large canvas flat on the ground and went upstairs to set up my ammunition. Then I let fly with the pink, just abandoning…
The garden around the shed I paint in has slowly changed colours and shapes since I began working there back in March. It was bound to influence my work in some way. I feel like I want to paint flowers. Not in a photographic way but so can allow nature into these new paintings. I don’t analyse it, just let it roam wherever it wants…
I found this book 25 years ago on the floor of a train going from Dublin to Limerick. I love the cigarette burn and old ticket from London to Southampton used as a bookmark. The author was born in Paris in 1918 and was the youngest son of René Gimpel, the well-known art dealer from that time. He had an exciting life and having read his book, I get the feeling he would rather be in a car crash than share a meal with an artist. If he had …
