March 2011 Blog Posts (11)

Hello and Happy Friday to you all!

With the sun shining on us this week we have to go out and take the opportunity to spend time in the great outdoors, so this Sunday we will be found wandering the Phoneix Park - specifically the area surrounding the Magazine Fort. There are spectacular views from this area across to the Dublin Mountains - so it's perfect for a nice spot of painting or sketching. We will meet at the foot of the Fort - just by the exit from the Park to the Conyngham…

Newtownbarry House garden during a course with Fergal Flanagan in Summer 2010. 16" x 12" Oil on canvas.

Walking the dogs, Ballinesker beach. From photo. 10" x 8" Oil on board.

Just getting around to posting some activity. This is a view of the top lake in Johnstown Castle gardens. From a photo - before I learned not to include the kitchen sink!…

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ARtist Neal Greig has been awarded the prestigious Pollock-krasner Award from the Foundation in New York.

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There seems to be always a story to tell, and tonight was no exception.  I arrived in Rosslare this evening with my spirits waning, as a heavy blanket of cloud was making sure that the "Extra special Full moon" , wasn't going to be seen! Apparently the Moon is the closest to the earth tonight for 18 yrs...220000kms.

Handiness was the name of the game- so I parked, in…

Two weeks on from my Op. I managed to get out in Edenvale. Check the handy place to hang my radio, and my view finder!!!!!!!