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NEWS: My portrait of my friend and fishing buddy Dermot Seymour will go on show in the Royal Ulster Academy Annual exhibition, in the Ulster Museum Belfast on the 18th of October and continue until 6th January 2025. Dermot is pictured in his studio in Maya working on one of the 'Primate' series. The curious double strokes on the wall are the result of Dermot wiping a brush clean, turning it to remove paint from both sides. My portrait of Annie Murphy, former lover of Bishop Eamon Casey received a lot of attention. Journalist Noah Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times took an interest in the story and it became front page news.www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-29/irish-bishop-annie-murphy-affair My portrait of Lucky Khambule, co-founder of The Movement for Asylum Seekers in Ireland (MASI) has been awarded the Ireland-Us Council and Irish Arts Review award for portraiture at the 193rd RHA. In 2022 the National Gallery of Ireland purchased my portrait of Catherine Corless, the woman who uncovered the Tuam Mother and Baby Home scandal. Find out more about Catherine Corless and her work follow the link. Above left, Annie Murphy, 120x90cm Below left: Portrait of Lucky Khambule, co founder of MASI, the Movement for Asylum Seekers in Ireland. 122x122 cm, I took part in an interview with Alan Keane who runs The Artist's Well, an archive of nearly 50 interviews with prominent artists from around the country. Mine can be viewed on YouTube, episode 46 and it lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes. A book called The Source, which features the first 50 artists has been published. |
'Annie Murphy, Former Lover of Bishop Eamon Casey, at her Home in Riverside, California'
oil and acrylic on canvas. 122x92 cm Shortlisted in the Zurich Portrait Prize 2023 €6000 |
'How to Pronounce Chorizo and other First World Problems'
acrylic on canvas. 30x30 cm €970 |
Portrait of Catherine Corless, Historian and Human Rights Campaigner. Purchased by the National Gallery of Ireland
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