Studio news...

Go over to the Paper Lantern Studios blog to see all the hard work I have been doing recently. Below is what the studio is all about - tea parties!! And art, of course!

Make and do...

You are not a real pirate until you make your own flag. Here is mine. My pirate name is Blood Thirsty Mo, and I made this flag for a trip on a cruiser down the river Shannon.

Halloween...

I know it's July, but I am in the process of digging out all my art stuff, as I am moving into a new studio. Amidst all this chaos I have found some gems that I totally forgot about.

Here is a Halloween costume I made a couple of years ago (I think it's three years, jeez I feel old now). Anyways, I was Satan's daughter for the night. Resplendent in my home made Hell High uniform. Below are some pics of the costume and close ups of some of the detailing.

Business Cards...

I finialised the design work on my business cards and they have gone to print! Myself and Anita wanted one side to have the details about the studio and the other a piece of our individual work. See mine below, also the original painting.

Exhibition...

My aunty Mar (Martine Finucane) has an exhibition in Gallery 126 in Youghal until the 15th July. She currently lives and works in Clashmore, Co Waterford. Click here to see all of the paintings. I loved them all and have chosen to show this one, as my favourite colour is purple. Well, I thought that was sound reasoning enough.

UPDATE - I have just realised that some of her watercolours are up on the site too. Click here. Awesome.

Boats...

This weekend I helped my friend Ger Ryan, who is a member of St.Michael's Rowing Club, Dún Laoghaire. They have a Regatta in July and needed the name of the club painted onto the boat. See the images below of the lads working away and the finished product.

Busy bee...

I have been a very busy bee recently. Hence the lack of blog. So what have I been up to?

Well number one, I set-up an artists design studio with my good friend Anita Corcoran. It's a great building on Mill Street, Dublin 8. We have named it Paper Lantern Studios, there will be a full web journal from day one at our blog. Just waiting on the keys!

I have also gotten a two week internship working for CIRCA Art Magazine. I will be helping them out with the next issue of the magazine. All for free, but good experience for me, as I am trying to get back into the design world. That starts on 21st July.

So until then I am temping in office jobs and generally just waiting to get into the studio. I can't wait to dust off my canvases and take my sewing machine out of the box and get stuck in!