Bang Bang — Presentation II

The composition opens out across a broad horizontal field, with a dense black and rust-red mass set against a large pale area of white and grey. At the centre, green and ochre forms interrupt the darker ground, while fine white and red lines stretch across the surface like wires, routes or measurements. Scraped paint, scored marks and fractured edges give the work a sense of something built and weathered over time. The image never settles into a fixed subject; instead it hovers between landscape, structure and diagram.

Artwork by Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Illustration by Dr. Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Bang Bang — Presentation I

A dark field of black and burnt red is cut by a pale vertical plane, while a vivid green form seems to emerge from the centre of the work. Fine white and red lines travel across the surface like wires, trajectories or fragments of a drawing laid over the paint. Beneath them, scratched marks and heavily worked brushstrokes give the surface an architectural quality — part wall, part map, part memory of a place. The painting holds itself between abstraction and structure: something appears to be forming, but never quite resolves into a single recognisable object.

Artwork by Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Bang Bang — Presentation III

Dark reds, black and acidic green are driven through by a network of fine white and red lines that cut sharply across the painted surface. The marks suggest trajectories, ricochets or fractured lines of force, while scraped paint and broken edges give the image the feeling of impact already absorbed. A pale sweep along one side opens the composition, but the darker mass presses back against it. The result is tense without becoming literal: the title gives the work its sound, while the painting holds on to the moment after it.

Artwork by Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Illustration by Dr. Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Illustration by Dr. Suzanne Conboy-Hill

Andrea Castilla Illustration Lola in The Garden of the Galleys

Andrea Castilla Illustration, Windows in Myrtle Hedges

Andrea Castilla Illustration, Lola and her Friend from: The Door of Privilege, Christmas Canzonetta

Andrea Castilla Illustration, The Dance Card, Singing for Christmas Almonds

Andrea Castilla Illustration, The Linnet's Wings Christmas Canzonetta 2021

The Twelve Bens, Connemara, Photo, Marie Fitzpatrick

Girl at Window, Marie Fitzpatrick

Allendale Triology, Mandy McDonald

A Small Flame, Irene Cunningham

Divine Love/The Dancer's Spin, Marie Fitzpatrick

Winter at Castlewellan Forest Park

A great tree rises from a bed of stones, its roots spreading visibly into the foreground like strong fingers gripping the earth. The winter palette is restrained — greys, blue-greens, white and charcoal — but the contrasts give the trunk real weight and structure. Bare branches stretch outward across the upper part of the painting, while the quieter woodland beyond recedes into cool mist. The stones below create a rhythm of light and dark that leads the eye back towards the base of the tree. It feels both still and enduring: a winter landscape built around strength, age and rootedness.

Artwork by Marion Clarke

A Cold Calling by Irene Cunningham

Noon on Lough Owel, Mullingar, Photo Marie Fitzpatrick

Sounding the Alarm, Irene Cunningham

Bolam Lake by Oonah Joslin

Douglas Fir by Oonah Joslin

Christmas Ramblers, Derrycarne Woods, Dromod, Marie Fitzpatrick

Blue Noon by Maire Morrissey-Cummins

A Winter Wonderland

A river winds quietly through deep snow, carrying reflections of the pale winter sky between banks softened by frost. Dark tree trunks anchor the foreground, while the landscape beyond fades gently into mauve, blue and rose-grey. The water provides the only real movement, breaking the stillness with ripples of reflected light. There is a calm, almost dreamlike quality to the scene: winter has transformed the familiar landscape into something hushed, spacious and briefly enchanted.

Artwork by Marion Clarke

Last Train of the Year

A snow-covered path leads into the dark beneath a line of trees and lamps, while the railing on the left draws the eye steadily towards the distance. Pale greens, blue-greys and soft yellow light dissolve into one another, giving the scene the blurred, hushed quality of a winter evening. The pastel remains visibly worked across the surface — rubbed, layered and broken — so that snow, light and darkness seem to mingle in the air. The title adds a quiet sense of urgency: this is not simply a winter walk, but a moment of departure, with one final journey still to be made before the year closes.

Artwork by Marion Clarke

Checking it Twice by Marie Fitzpatrick

Swans on Boderg, Marie Fitzpatrick

Cat in the Hat by Judith A Lawrence

Lola and her Friend wrap up Warmly for Christmas, by Andrea Castilla

Lola and her Friend by Andrea Castilla

Coastal Redwoods, Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor

Tall redwood trunks rise through the picture, their warm russet and deep brown tones set against the cool, misty light of the woodland beyond. The trees dominate the foreground, creating a strong vertical rhythm, while glimpses of green undergrowth and pale distance open up between them. The handling of colour gives the bark an almost glowing quality, as though the light is being caught and held by the trees themselves. There is a sense of enclosure here, but also of depth: the eye is drawn steadily through the redwoods and into the quieter forest beyond.

Artwork by Marion Clarke

Nostalgia by Marie Fitzpatrick

Study of Black

A raven’s head fills the composition, its beak open and eye sharply alert. What at first appears to be a study in black quickly reveals a much richer range of colour: blue, violet, brown, rust and silver are worked through the feathers, giving the plumage depth and movement. Fine directional marks describe the sleek feathers of the head and the rougher texture beneath the throat, while the pale background keeps all attention on the bird itself. The result is both observational and expressive — a close study of darkness that shows how many colours black can contain.

Artwork by Taryn Clarke

The Winter Visitor

A robin perches among dark winter branches, surrounded by soft green leaves, red berries and a pale felted ground. The wool fibres give the scene a wonderfully tactile quality, with the bird’s rounded form and warm orange breast standing out against the softer winter tones. The loose, feathery texture of the felt suits the subject beautifully, making the whole image feel warm, handmade and quietly festive. Needle-felted wool painting

Needle-felted artwork by Taryn Clarke

Sunset over Glengarriff by Maire Morrissey Cummins

Giants Causeway

This view of the coast is rendered in bright, simplified colour, with sea, cliff and shoreline broken into bold outlined shapes. The blue water opens calmly across the left of the composition, while the land rises in bands of vivid green, yellow and ochre along the headland. In the foreground, the rocks and causeway stones are treated almost like mosaic pieces, giving the painting a lively decorative rhythm as well as a strong sense of place. The work feels both observational and interpretative: Maire is not aiming at photographic detail here, but at the energy, structure and colour of the landscape itself. The result is cheerful, striking and immediately recognisable.

Artwork by Maire Morrissey-Cummins

Moonlight on the City

A dark city rises in layers beneath a pale, unsettled sky. Tall buildings emerge from deep greens, greys and near-black tones, their forms softened by the handling of the paint rather than sharply defined. In the foreground, tangled wires and broken lines cut across the lower edge, bringing a rough, physical energy against the distant skyline. The moonlight is indirect rather than theatrical, catching surfaces here and there and allowing much of the city to remain in shadow. The result is atmospheric and slightly uneasy: a city seen at night, half revealed and half withheld.

Artwork by Caolan Clarke

Running against the Wind, Marie Fitzpatrick

Soft Shoe/The Red Balloon by Marie Fitzpatrick

Winter Blues by Lisa Cihlar

Christmas Eve in Lola's house by Andrea Castilla

Alcott, Merry Christmas, The Linnet's Wings House Art