A graduate of the Crawford School of Art in Cork, I have been teaching art to children and adults in my locality for many years, while also finding time to paint mainly private commissions. In more recent times I have been exhibiting and selling in annual group shows together with my students.

Painting mainly in watercolour, I draw my inspiration from the beautiful scenery, characters, old buildings, boats and half-hidden treasures that surround me. A walk along the beach may reveal a stranded starfish after a storm, or a couple of children engrossed in a rock pool on a sunny summer’s day. Looking through a gap in the hedgerow might give me a view of an alert pony, or a group of curious cows – all these glimpses of everyday life in the countryside around Crosshaven provide plenty of reasons for me to get out my paintbrush.