Royal Ulster Academy Annual Show

I was very chuffed that my work 'Irish Lights' was selected for this years Royal Ulster Academy annual exhibition.  It's up in the Ulster Museum at the moment and you can see the exhibition until the start of January.  Even more exciting that being picked to be in the exhibition is the fact that my book has been sold!  I couldn't believe it when my mum phoned me to say she'd seen a red dot by my piece when she was in looking around the exhibition.  Woohoo! There is no other word for it really.

Detail of the book

Another close up

How the book is displayed in the exhibition.

Cheesy pick of me at the opening of the exhibition with someone looking through my book in the background!

Exhibition...

I'll be part of an exhibition, along with my mum and sister, opening this Saturday from 11 - 1 in Killyleagh library.  Everyone's welcome the opening so do come along if you can.  There will be refreshments, including a glass of wine if you fancy it!  The exhibition runs to the 28th June.

Shop Update....

I have finally gotten round to taking photographs of some of my new prints and have now got them up on the shop.  Do take a look.....

You can also buy them in person at the Yard Gallery in Holywood.

Exhibition opening...

On Thursday night we had  the opening of our joint exhibition, Land, Sea and Air in Castle Espie.  This exhibition is the first time me, my mum and my sister have had an exhibition together.  It was a lot of work getting ready for it but it was all worthwhile - so many people turned up for the opening night, we were really chuffed!



We started with a little celebratory glass of champagne…




My piece was called Irish Lights - a concertina book of lithographs of drawings of all of the lighthouses around ireland - 73 of them in total!




It worked out pretty long in the end, 7 metres when laid out flat, about 4 metres when concertina’d.







I also created a large print of all the lighthouses together (as I figured most people probably wouldn’t want to buy a 7 metre book for their house!)




Sarah had beautiful paintings of wildlife including hares, pheasants and stags. As well as a selection of drawings and prints.










and mum had gorgeous landscapes and still lifes.







The exhibition is on until the 9th June so there’s plenty of time to have a look if you’d like to.  There is a lovely cafe at Castle Espie so you can team it with some tasty lunch or a cup of tea and a brownie, and of course you can always go and see the ducks as well!

Castle Espie
78 Ballydrain Road, Comber, Co Down
028 91874146
info.castleespie@wwt.org.uk

Open Monday - Friday 10 - 5 and Sat - Sun 10 - 5.30

I’ll be doing some book illustration at this event, tomorrow and Saturday.  Head down if you get the chance, should be lots of fun!