Art Exhibtion

Have not been blogging for ages but hopefully back on track. Have been really busy. Had my first art exhibition a couple of weeks ago which went really well. There was eight of us exhibiting in the Mount Pleasant Tennis Club in Ranelagh. Mairead, our teacher for six weeks was brilliant and inspired us all and gave us such confidence in ourselves. Special thanks to her. A big special thanks to Dara who helped me through the day and set up and to everyone in my class and all my family and friends who came to support me.

The picture above is some of the works by the other members of the exhibition. This is just a snapshot. I don't want to bore you.

This is called "Anenomies" and it sold at the end of the evening. I was a bit sad letting this one go but it means that I can continue painting with the proceeds. This was an oil on canvas.

My sister Ger brought me back some postcards from her visit to Monet's garden in Giverney. He has to be one of my favourite artists and it is my dream to visit these gardens - hopefully next year. This painting was done in wateroils on canvas and I was really pleased with it. My brother admired it so I gave it to him as a present. I called it Water Lilies.

This is the second one based on Giverney and I called it Flowers in Giverney. This was sold on the night and I had the pleasure of seeing it hanging in its new home and it looks great. This was oil on canvas. These two paintings were done entirely with a pallette knife - my favourite way of painting.

This painting caused me nightmares as up to the Sunday before the exhibition it was totally different. It is called "Midnight Poppies" and is acrylic on canvas. This also is hanging happily in its new house - hopefully loved.

This is called "Purple Flowers" and is oil and canvas. This was sold also and is happily hanging in Joan's house.

Unfortunately this one didn't sell and I called it "Purple Sunrise". It is wateroils on Canvas.