Stage One
Pencil on primed canvas, 350 x 450 (mm)
Soft layout sketch of subject highlights facial details and provides basis for paint.
Rendezvous
Graphite & Digital, 200 x 300 (mm)
Bar room scene with a pervading theme of treacherous women from Greek mythology.
Children Of Lir
Graphite & Ink, 205 x 135 (mm)
Aoife changes the children into swans. From 2010, this is another addition to my Irish Mythology series and continues the linear, decorative style.
Frollick
Graphite & Digital, 200 x 240 (mm)
Belated illustration based on Rihanna’s antics in the field of a disgruntled farmer last year.
Stephen & Marianne Maguire
Graphite, 200 x 280 (mm)
Belated wedding illustration for my cousin Stephen and his wife Marianne. The small birds represent members of their family whilst the floral border was inspired by the flowers of the wedding.
Rory & Katherine Kavanagh
Graphite, 350 x 250 mm
Portrait of newlyweds, Rory and Katherine Kavanagh. The frame details moments and places significant to their lives.
Queens
Graphite, 400 x 600 (mm)
Work in progress of an idea I had to create a new set of playing cards without reverting to the symbols.
Doodle
Mixed media, 550 x 350 (mm)
Another year, another doodle board. Small one this time round, will be working on a series of these next year.
Stepford Bunny
Graphite & digital, 130 x 190 (mm)