I originally doodled this guy during a talk at Offset, possibly inspired by the amount of fellas there sporting magnificent facial hair.
Unwelcome Visitor
I originally doodled this guy during a talk at Offset, possibly inspired by the amount of fellas there sporting magnificent facial hair.
Fisherman
Jayzus, it's mighty dusty over here! Well, hopefully that's going to change as I'm not as busy as I have been over the past couple of months!
Watercolour 5" x 4"
Little Guys
A bunch of little guys that tend to adorn most corners of my sketchbooks, diaries, shopping lists, schedules..... Also a reliable warmer upper doodle when I'm not feeling too inspired.
Beech Trees
I've a bit of a thing for drawing trees of late. These ones reference some beautiful 200 year old beech trees I visited recently in County Antrim called 'The Dark Hedges'.
Marco Moonwalker
Here is a selection of my illustrations from Marco Moonwalker, the third book in the Marco series, which I completed earlier this year.
Birds
Great night last night at the Black Letters and Ballads folk session. This was a little painting I donated for a raffle to raise funds for The Joinery studio space where it's held.
Watercolour 6" x 4"
The Third Policeman
This image is inspired by one of my favourite books, The Third Policeman, by Flann O' Brien. The text is from a passage that was left out of the published novel, which was published posthumously. It's not particularly related to the image but a good taste of the books essence.
Watercolour and ink 8" x 11"
Watercolour and ink 8" x 11"
Alice in Wonderland
This was supposed to be my submission for the August theme of re-imagine a film poster over on the Boulder Art Blog. As always, I left it to the last minute and didn't get it in on time!
It is watercolour with a bit of photoshop. I included the silhouette version because I thought it would look interesting as a book cover or something similar.
It is watercolour with a bit of photoshop. I included the silhouette version because I thought it would look interesting as a book cover or something similar.
Monster in me drawers
A quick watercolour for the monthly theme 'Monster in my Closet' over on the Boulder Media Art Blog.
Animation Art Show
This is my submission for the Animation Art Show, an art auction being held on Sunday, 29th July in aid of The Children's Sunshine Home & Laura Lynn House. It will be in the Science Gallery, Dublin.
Bianca, Estrela and Simon have put in a serious amount of work organizing the event so be sure to pop in and say hello if you're in or around Dublin.
It's a great opportunity to bag yourself some artwork while supporting a fantastic charity and fantastic Irish artists!
You can find out more info here and here.
Watercolour 7" x 5"
Bianca, Estrela and Simon have put in a serious amount of work organizing the event so be sure to pop in and say hello if you're in or around Dublin.
It's a great opportunity to bag yourself some artwork while supporting a fantastic charity and fantastic Irish artists!
You can find out more info here and here.
Watercolour 7" x 5"
St. Kevin and the Lake Monster
A friend is organizing The Glendalough Midsummer Festival which happens in June. Part of the festival is a play about the story of St. Kevin and the Lake Monster so I did up this t-shirt and poster design for it. It was loads of fun but I didn't have a huge amount of time to spend on it unfortunately. There's loads going on at the festival so be sure to have a look if you're in the area!
You can read about Saint Kevin here.
You can read about Saint Kevin here.
How I see myself
Me, drinking tea, with a creature in a tree!
This was my submission for the monthly theme 'How I see Myself' over on the Boulder Media Art Blog. I don't have time to paint it at the moment but I'll hopefully get around to finishing it soon. Be sure to check out some of the great submissions on the blog.
Boulder Media Art Show
We had a little art show here in Boulder Media last week. Some of the very taleneted folks in the company brought in a piece of art which was then auctioned off within the company to raise funds in support of the Somaly Mam foundation.
I contributed this watercolour painting and a few older ones and was very happy to see them find a new home! Bianca and Estrela did an amazing job organizing the event!
The Somaly Mam Foundation is a nonprofit charity which is working to end human trafficking and help victims of sexual slavery. You can read more about this amazing organization here.
Marco Master of Disguise
The second book in the Marco series is available so here's a few of my illustrations from it. The story was written by Gerry Boland and published by The O' Brien Press.
Irish mammals
There aren't many mammals native to Ireland.
The badger is one...
And the pygmy shrew.
I've only ever seen a dead badger. While looking up photos of them I came across this. Maybe if you like badgers and don't want them killed for no reason you could help by signing the online petition.
Marco Master of Disguise
I finished up on this just before Christmas. There were 33 black and white illustrations in total. I think it's due for publication around March so I'll put more up about it then. It's the second of a 3 book series written by Gerry Boland. You can see more about the first one here.
That's what bears do!
I was doing a bit of a clear out and came across these. They were done up last year for a story I'd written. I was happy with them at the time but think I could do a lot better now! I'll add it to the list of projects to be finished!
In a roundabout way they got me the illustration work I've been doing with the O' Brien Press so not a complete waste!
In a roundabout way they got me the illustration work I've been doing with the O' Brien Press so not a complete waste!
Language Barrier
There were plenty of language mix-ups while we were travelling around Europe. The biggest one being people thinking that my name was 'Onion' and giving me very funny looks! These two might have a bit more difficulty.
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