Baby Jordan and Mom
I painted this portrait a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a Christmas present for the mom in the photo. I had one photograph to work from for the painting that I received from the client, Jordan’s dad. He…
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Young Family in a Tuscan Landscape
Tuscany is one of those places that cannot be confused with any other. It is so picturesque, sometimes too much so and so easy to get sucked in when painting it. I thoroughly enjoyed this painting process though, from the…
A Painting of Breffni Twohig
This is a portrait painting of Breffni Twohig (now Kelly), a cross country running athlete competing at the 2009 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. Her father, Ronan, contacted me back in August to complete this portrait as a gift…
Sports Portraits
I have been working on a large painting of a cross country running race over the last week and it got me thinking I have been commissioned to create sports portraits on more than one occasion. I thought I will…
Roseanne and John with their baby son Jackson and pet dog Lady
I was commissioned to create this lovely family portrait a few weeks ago back in August. John, the client, contacted me with quite a tight deadline for his wife’s birthday present. It was such a lovely photo, I couldn’t refuse,…
Katlyn with her Grandmother Rose
I completed this drawing a few weeks ago. It was commissioned as a gift for the young girl in the picture called Katlyn. Katlyn is my client’s girlfriend and she sadly lost her grandmother Rose last year. They were very…
Wedding Couple Lighting Candles
I worked on this pencil drawing a couple of weeks ago. The couple’s 30th wedding anniversary is coming up this Monday, the 7th August 2023. They were married back in 1993 and their son Eoin commissioned me to create their…
Edel and Sofia at her communion day
This is one of the latest paintings to come off my easel. The painting features Edel, my client’s wife, whom I painted already at her wedding day. You can view her painting on my blog here. Since I painted her,…
A Portrait of Tom Parlon
Tom Parlon is a well known man in Ireland, having been involved in politics, serving as a TD for the Laois-Offaly constituency and a Minister of State at the Department of Finance. He recently retired from his last position as…
Sheila’s 70th birthday gifts
Sheila was gifted these two portraits by her niece Orla who described her in a wonderful way when commissioning the portraits: The commissions are going to be for my aunt, Sheila. She is turning 70 this year. She is an…
A Proposal at Mahon Falls in county Waterfod
This is a painting of a wedding proposal at Mahon Falls in county Waterfod in the south east of Ireland. I was commissioned to create this landscape portrait a few months ago. The painting was given as a gift to…
Baby Boy with the Grandmothers
These are two portrait drawings I worked on a few weeks ago in May 2023. I was commissioned by the little boy’s father to create these portraits for his wife’s birthday. He wanted me to capture two very special moments,…