I have been working hard at the easel  since Xmas and have been rewarded with a few lovely paintings. I have been inspired by some beautiful January sunsets and decided to capture the light and include some birds in the compositions. I painted a pair of paintings featuring woodcock flying out of cover at dusk on their way to their feeding grounds. They look stunning in their frames. They can be purchased separately or as a pair.

I have also painted a sunset featuring geese on their way to roost. It is a wonderfully evocative painting and I have included a snap of the mounted as well.

I have had a lot of enquires over the last year if I had any plans to produce some prints of my work. Well I am glad to say that in conjunction with wildlife artist Colin Woolf who is doing the printing, my first prints will be be available shortly. I have taken some orders already and I am offering the prints at a special introductory price once they become available. Please contact me if you would be interested in purchasing one of them.I will post the prices  and sizes next week on a blog update. The prints are offered on their own or framed.

These are the subjects for the prints, a leveret, woodcock. goldfinches and a red deer stag.

I was showing my work at the Antique and Fine Art Fair in Dromoland Castle on the weekend. It is a fantastic venue for any event with beautiful views of the lake in front of the castle and mature parkland surrounding it. My sister was lending me a hand. She was a bit of a  shutterbug with my camera so the following images are hers! (She is the woman  examining the painting in one of the images).

I have decided to release prints of some of my watercolour and pencil works. I announced this for the first time at the show and there was a lot of interest and I have taken some bookings already. I will be giving further details on this site over the next few days.

I hope that the Christmas period has been good for all of you and now that everyone is back to a normal routine that the rest of winter will not be long slipping by.

I have started a number of new works included hares and woodcock but my big challenge is a painting which features Fieldfares and Redwings gorging on whitethorn berries. It will be a lot of work so hopefully the end result will look like the image in my head! By the way  the page colour looks grey instead of white.

My next show is the Antiques and Fine Art Fair in Dromoland Castle, Co. Clare next Saturday and Sunday(18/19th), from 11am -6pm each day.

Well it is hard to believe that Christmas has slipped by and we are now in the new year. I would like to wish all of my blog followers and folks who bought art of me this year a healthy new year.

As some of you know I have been offering a painting of mine as a prize in a draw open to people who have seen me at the shows that I have done since  the Equus Live Show in November. I had the draw last night and I am delighted to announce that Angela Barrett, from Kildare won the framed piece pictured below. I spoke to her earlier today and she was delighted.

I am busy at the easel today working on a large picture which will feature thrushes. It is just at the planning stage but I am excited to begin it. It will be a lot of work. I will try to get an image up in the coming days.