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Author Archives: maireadholohan1
Look Closer exhibitionTeahouses Kilkenny September
Rachel Botha the curator of this show said ‘A closer look is a pivotal solo exhibition by Máiréad Holohan, inviting a considered engagement with and appreciation for the often-unnoticed species in our local environment.’
Why do I post so little?
I guess I get overwhelmed with the amount of doing and this is just one more thing I need to do, which distracts me from my art. Don’t get me wrong I love a distraction, prevarication is my middle name! … Continue reading
Tagged creativity, photography, writing
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2024 till end of May
Just spent a week in a beautiful house near the picturesque village of St Puy between Toulouse and the Pyrenees. I might organise a painting holiday there next year if anyone is interested
January 2023
Here I am again. Wow I’ve a lot to fill you all in on. I finished my book! Got it printed and only have a few copies left. I really have to thank Artlinks for giving me the opportunity to … Continue reading
NEWSFLASH!!!! I have been awarded an Art.inks Bursary to do this work on the bog and its environs! From the mountain to the bog, is a working title for the booklet that I will be able to make
On site, plein air sketch using fine-line pens and homemade inks. Autumn 2021 I am so pleased that I have been awarded a bursary for Artlinks, a funding body run by an amalgamation of 4 local arts offices, Carlow, Kilkenny, … Continue reading
Tagged bogart, Ecoart, irishartist
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Catch up from St Mullins to Cill Rialig and back to Redbog, Drummin, St Mullins November 2021
Early November I was so lucky to spend 10 days on retreat in Cill Rialig artists retreat on Bolus Head, co Kerry. Its a magical inspiring place like nowhere else I’ve been. i am sharing some photos and the three … Continue reading
Pop up show
Making art for the past year has been a saviour. I found it fulfilled the role of what I call ‘a painting a day keeps the doctor away. I reverted to my teenage habit of just drawing and painting horses … Continue reading
Art and life during a Pandemic
What a strange time we live in. I arrived back from Kerala after my amazing time running a trial painting course for Art Holidays Kerala in the middle of January 2020. We were full of ideas for January 2021. Little … Continue reading
2020
you could not dream it up could you? This year has been one of the most amazing I’ve had in my life. in early January I was invited to be a tutor on the trip of a lifetime in a … Continue reading
Masseys and more
Masseys are a kind of tractor to those who do not know. Here is a little Massey that is still working. Like an old farmer it will work till the days it dies. It could not care less about fashion … Continue reading
