Last week I was mostly portraiting. This is called ‘Lady of the Vanir’ all because
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Weirder and more wonderful than ever.
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#libertyopencall
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Original and unique designs by me from my own paintings #libertyopencall
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#libertyopencall
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#libertyopencall
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#libertyopencall #libertyopencall2018
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Lady Ireland on the easel.
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Expand your optimism, it’s cheap medicine. It’s amazing what you find when piling up paper
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Inspirational autumnal colour, transient and exquisite.
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#fillerflowerfever thanks for the inspiration guys
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‘Down the eternal stream’ off to @bluedotgeneration exhibition opening this week. Beautifully framed at short
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These tile and repeating pattern/textile designs from my work are my entry for the #libertyopencall2018
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Company and coffee while being creative. #perfectsunday
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Playing with the new dagger brush.
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Rise up and shine.
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I love making new digital work from my paintings – it’s such an adventure –
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Steady hand and long hours. This one is called ‘Three am’
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When on hold draw what’s in front of you. #drawing
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Trying to show the shiny gold inks which really make this piece ‘Fabulous fins’ pop.
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Initialling the finished piece.
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Fabulous fins keep happening. #video #painting
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I really like the @moleskine paper and love the wee notebooks but starting to feel
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Extraordinary sky at Belfast lough last night. Stormy with a proto rainbow. #belfast #clouds #rainbow
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I have a cat called Mr Binks who really doesn’t make it easy to paint
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Orca – #Bluedotopencall @bluedotgeneration @lisa_cat
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Entered the @twenty20 Sunsets photo competition and in looking for the best image came across
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This one got lost in the portfolio, so just rediscovered and continuing. I always have
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In golden pond #wip #watercolor #painting #fish #swim #dream
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Lovely happy days on the beach all thanks to @schmincke_official @moleskine @daler_rowney
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Look west. #strandhill #sunset #sligo #digitalart
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Final surf of the day. The Hill just never disappoints. #strandhill #evening #surf #sligo #digitalart
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Just keep painting, work in progress.
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The art is all around us. Looking out your front door can be an artistic
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Similar but different, the depths of my childhood.
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Into the deep still water the ghost fish glide #wip #watercolor
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Just keep swimming.:.
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I’m not sure the darkness is what I would emphasise. I’ll just leave this here.
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New textile designs on the board – loving the vibrant weather and the vibrant flowers.
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Invisible, indivisible.
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Then the muse grabs you and gives you a shake. #wip
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Work in progress. Lovely day of painting. The gliding of the ghost fish spreading peace.
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Details details –
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Good thing it’s an obsession because it takes a while. #wip #watercolor #fish
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Construction underway and lines in place for a new larger piece, white on black. The
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How I feel on a sunny day #schmincke
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Ooooh colour
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Art nerding with my new watercolours. Unwrapping the pans and painting the colour chart.
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Bit dissappointed in Schmincke that there was a repeat of the Azure and therefore another colour missing – but the colours are glorious.
Life gives you lemons? Make art – and gin and tonics ?? #art #gin #perfect
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A fish called wonder #tbt the first in this series. Just about a year ago,
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