Endings and Beginnings
Happy New Year! I’m a little late writing this blog, so when you read this you may feel that the sentiment is a little past being relevant. However, we have just had the first new moon of 2023 (a...
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Healing through Art
I’ve always turned to drawing as a way to find peace and calm, in fact during one of the most difficult times of my life so far, my artwork is what dragged me out of the darkness and led...
Discovering old sketch books
We recently moved home and as part of settling into the new house I decided it was about time I finally sorted through all my art boxes and got them all organised. It turned into such a trip down...
Procreate: Adding a digital art string to my bow
I’ve been keen to learn how to create digital art for some time and when I came across an advert for a sale on a Procreate course on Udemy.com I saw it as a sign! I have started creating...
My first big project
I will never forget the excitement of hearing from Niall that Cathy Fitzgibbon had chosen me to be the illustrator for her self-guidance mindful eating and gratitude journal. This book was a huge project as Cathy needed around 5...
My first book cover design!
Niall from BookHob Publishing asked if I would create the image for Shiobán Dunleavy’s book: "Accepting and Connecting with Muscular Dystrophy-How Spirituality Empowered Me to Strive When Faced with Adversity". I was so excited and also thrilled at the...
When a dream opportunity is presented to you, don’t pass it up!
I had always dreamed of becoming an illustrator, when I was 23 I even wrote and illustrated my own children’s book about a little hedgehog and his wise friend, Badger. I created Christmas cards with those characters and gave...