Loughcrew, Cairn T, 6ft x 6ft, 2D image - Mixed Media on Torn Papers on Wood. Siofra Exhibition.

For most of the 1990's , I was involved with a group of artists, Siofra ( changeling..in English).

We met as mature students in Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, as it was known then.

We held monthly meetings in each others homes, and over much tea and natter, we kept up to date with arty goings on and organised many art exhibitions.

We attempted to bring as much of our art as we could into the everyday community , by arranging shows in as diverse and local venues as we could manage at the time . Some venues included hairdressers, derelict housing ( pre Celtic Tiger), community centres, third level colleges and libraries. It was good craic.

Here is a work in progress of Cairn T, which I had in a show we had in the National College of Ireland in the Irish Financial Services Centre, Dublin.

We titled this show "Bigger is Better", as our brief was to each work to a 6ft x 6 ft dimension.

This was the above piece in progress . Making this artwork challenged me..in all areas. I wish the images were of better quality.

A close up of finished piece.

"Sense of Place" Art Exhibition in Tallaght University Hospital Dublin. June - September 2019.

Some weeks ago, I was honoured to be asked to prepare a hashtag body of artworks for hashtag exhibition by the family of the late Maeve Doyle. Maeve left a vast hashtag collection of hashtag paintings, hashtag drawings and hashtag poems, expressing a wish that her hashtag artworks be exhibited further afield. " Meeting of the Waters in Avoca". Watercolour. 30cms x 20cms Born in 1958 to a German refugee mother and an Irish father, Maeve was the youngest of their four children. Most of her life was spent living along the coastline of south Dublin, from which she derived much of her inspiration. She studied Fine Art Painting in IADT, known then in the 70’s as Eblana Avenue. She was a gentle and sensitive young woman, who was a true working artist expressing herself in a free and fluid manner through her several media. I was delighted to find the perfect hashtag art venue for her work in hashtag # tallaghtuniversityhospital , which is the National Cent

"Moynalty Community Outdoor Art Exhibition " EPIC Award nomination Ireland and British Isles.

Post- script: In 2013, Moynalty won the National Tidy Towns award. The following community arts project was mentioned on the adjudicators report, and we like to think that the community energy involved in this outdoor art exhibition contributed in some small way towards that award! http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/moynalty-co-meath-named-ireland-s-tidiest-town-1.1521107 Left to right- Helen Farrell, John O Brien, Heather Buchanan, Catherine Mc Cormack, Deirdre Gilsenan. Weighed down by the gloom of a long winter in 2012, our thoughts went to dreaming of longer days when leaf buds would form on trees, birds would start to look for materials with which to build their nests and a certain light would appear in our daylight hours. A notion formed of creating outdoor artpieces alongside nature, as she created the following season. A brave or foolish notion ? I wasn't sure , but it didn't go away. It became stronger, and we began to consider

Outdoor Exhibition in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May - September 2017.

Mountpleasant Mural community project in MISA courtyard, St James Hospital Dublin. May - September 2017 . These paintings on view in the Mercer’s Institute for Successful Ageing (MISA) courtyard in St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8 are from the Mountpleasant Mural Project, a very successful community outdoor arts endeavor, which was one of the events of the Ranelagh Arts Festival 2013. Members of the public in Ranelagh were invited to add their brushstrokes and signatures, to these paintings, which celebrate local areas and events. This project was one of many integrative community art events that took place in parks, in schools and on the streets in Ranelagh during the festival. As an artist with a special interest in bringing art into everyday communities, I was excited to be approached by Roisin Nevin,Creative Life Co-ordinator at MISA and asked to select and prepare a collection of artpieces for a show in the courtyard in MISA. These artpie

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