I'm an illustrator and painter living in Ireland. I studied wildlife illustration in Carmarthenshire in Wales, and then fine art print in the NCAD Dublin, Ireland.

 My work includes plein air landscapes, interior scenes, and illustration for both children's books and archaeological projects.

I keep sketchbooks throughout the year, using watercolor, pastel, pencil, and pen as visual diaries and research tools. In the warmer months, I paint landscapes outdoors, mostly in oil. In the colder months, I focus on interior scenes.

These days, I’ve been illustrating children's books. In the past, most of my illustration work was for archaeologists. I enjoy working in gouache, watercolor, and colored pencils, often layering shapes and placing contrasting colors side by side to build images and patterns.

I regularly attend life drawing sessions and find inspiration in the natural world. Archaeologists and gardeners in my life have influenced me the most.  They have both a curiosity and eye for detail that I really admire.

Switching between painting and illustration keeps me learning and creatively challenged. I also volunteer with Fighting Words and support my practice through part-time work at Solstice Arts Center.

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Selected Exhibitions

• Surveyor, Solstice Arts Center, Navan (2022–2024)
  Curated by Davey Moor, Mary Conlon & Dawn Williams
   

 

Illustration Work (Published)

• Volunteer Illustrator, Fighting Words (2023–Present)

• Arthropoda, Tony Mizen (2020) – Music book, independently published

• Early Medieval Ireland 431–1169, Dr. Matthew Stout, Wordwell (2016)

• Atlas of the Irish Rural Landscape, Cork University Press (1996–1997)

• Trinity College Dublin, Geography Dept. (1992–1996) – Lecture slides & diagrams

 

Unpublished Illustration

• Dream Foxes (2023)

• Catherine and the Lighthouse, written by Gwynne McElveen (2007)

 

 

Member of:
Children’s Books Ireland • Visual Artists Ireland (VAI)