Mindful Drawing: The Power of Doodling
Most of us will have at some point or another found ourselves doodling, with little or no real attention to what we are creating in the boarders of a notebook. I often found I would naturally start to doodle...
My September Art Exhibition in Edenderry Library
When I was a little girl, I had an obsession with Sylvanian Families, in fact, I had a whole village set up and I called it Oakwood. The village of Oakwood had a resident artist, she was one of...
The Barley Moon is now on Redbubble
I'm so excited to share with you that I now have a shop on Redbubble. You can shop The Barley Moon here. Dive into my collection and discover a world where the waves whisper secrets and the moonlight bathes...
My First Published Oracle Deck: The Barley Moon Mandala Oracle
In 2020, when I first discovered tarot and oracle cards, I set an intention of creating my own oracle decks. I designed a deck, hand drawing each card and although that deck still sits in draft form, I will...
The Magic of Tarot
In early 2020 I found myself facing what those familiar with tarot would call, a 'Tower' moment. At the time I was on a fast track to rock bottom and essentially was about to go into what I will...
Children’s Art
In 2013, one of my good friends gave birth to her first baby . I was teaching that day and I remember I was sitting at my desk working on some plans when I got her message to say...
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...
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...