On this day in 1640, Connor Ó Mulryan of Annagh, Co. Limerick, died. His funeral entry names his daughter, wife and father-in-law. See more 17th-century funeral entries in the Journals: https://bit.ly/mulryan1640
"Holywood and Belfast Lough" Today's early #painting is from the northeast of #Ireland. It was painted in County Down after #cycling from Antrim through the centre of Belfast city and out along the southern shore of the lough to Helen's Bay. #Art #MastoArt#MAstoDaoine#Artist
On this day in 1821, Anne McCoy died aged 52. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Killevy, Co. Armagh, in the Journals: https://bit.ly/mccoy1821
"Fitzwilliam Square" Your late #painting today is one I spent two and half years on, from first sketching it one day beside my bicycle in the heart of Georgian #Dublin, through to mostly painting bricks. It's one of my largest paintings. In portrait format so will need clicking to see the whole picture. #Art#Ireland
No prints are available of this painting yet - but hoping there will be in the future. #MastoArt#MastoDaoine#Artist
"Clew Bay 1" Today's early #painting for you is of one of #Ireland's most loved spots. The first in a set of several miniatures I painted of the County Mayo bay - really I could happily do 100 large paintings of it, there are so many great views of its many islands and surrounding mountains. This view is one I had while #cycling. #Art #MastoArt#MastoDaoine#Artist
In 2022, via the @IrishExaminer, I've been lucky enough to pursue my grá for the chats on a full-time basis.
From Ireland's neurodivergent community, its DIY arts scenes and the Irish language; to astronauts, particle physicists and gosh-dang, mother-heckin' Super Mario.
Chats with Northern noisemakers Therapy? sprawled across two papers this year - in part one, frontman Andy Cairns talks about marking the band's anniversary two years late owing to Covid, getting back on the road, and the title and themes of their upcoming new album!
Ballina Junction. Anyway, getting back to sharing a #painting with you - here's one of the brand new ones. It's from County Mayo, and is one of the few still available.
On canvas this painting is 40cm x 30cm. #Ireland#Art#MastoDaoine#MastoArt#Artist Day 23 of #ArtAdventCalendar
We managed to avoid the worst of the birdsite and found a supportive and stimulating community of practice on there. But with all that potentially about to change, we hope to recreate and expand that community here.