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About maireadholohan1

Artist, tutor, crafter,equestrienne, wife, mother and ................

Christmas is coming the goose is getting fat……


Not that we eat goose anyway, twill probably be turkey as usual. This will the first time I'm 29 years that my son James will not be with me…..this makes me sad. He is lucky to be spending the holiday … Continue reading →

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Time flies when you are having fun!


  I cannot remember when I last posted to this blog!   I have been very busy working with some great groups, here is a small sample of some of the work done A pillow case for one of the … Continue reading →

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Making images work……


One of my obsessions for the past while has been reproducing my images on different items. Here is a Tshirt printed with one of my little watercolours……my inner designer is coming out!     Now all I have to do … Continue reading →

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A nice surprise!


I dropped down to An Siopa Glas to get my Sunday papers only to be told she has sold not just one but two more of my paintings! The recent one done started with the Pleine air group of the … Continue reading →

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Cards and things


Nothing like a trip to Dublin with the hubbies card! Aoife and myself popped up to the big smoke for a bit of retail therapy……the reason for the trip was to pick up some paintings from the 'Artists Gift Gallery' … Continue reading →

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Kitchen floor


We live in a beautiful place…….in a house that is a work in progress. We moved here in 2003, it was a pile of stones. To my regret I never took photos of the interior of building before we started … Continue reading →

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Felted Soap


  A lovely morning in Ferrybank. This is a lovely little project……soap stones! We had a small group today, sick children and husbands all around but those of us that turned had fun……we did do some drawing as well, which … Continue reading →

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Autumn at the foot of the Blackstairs.


  Autumn has arrived, with a bang! Whenever I get the chance I love to meet up with my pal Margaret Kent and go painting Pleine Air. To paint in this manner is very challenging. Many painters paint purely from … Continue reading →

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Newpark Close Textiles Project, memory project.


Some of the lovely ladies in Newpark Close, nifty fifties. Making fabric paper to use in their wall hangings…..next step print the photos. I am very exited on so many levels about working here as I grew up just up … Continue reading →

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Some of the lovely ladies in Newpark Close, nifty fifties. Making fabric paper to use in their wall hangings…..next step print the photos. I am very exited about working here as I grew up just up the road and used … Continue reading →

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