Rural Life
'Notes from Sheepland' documents female farmer's life and work
A documentary about the life and work of Wexford-based artist and farmer, Orla Barry, ‘Notes from Sheepland,’ opened yesterday, Friday,...
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Rural Life
Laois artist 'drawn to the charm of rural life'
Laois artist Karen Fingleton may not live on a farm, but she gets plenty of inspiration from animals and the...
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How some nosy cows became an artist's 'business card'
Anyone who has spent time in the company of cows can attest to their curiosity, and it was this very...
Rural Life
Connemara farm childhood was artist's inspiration
A Galway based artist who spent her childhood on her grandparents’ Connemara farm looks to memories of their animals for...
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Sculpture depicting bulls and cattle carves out niche for artist
One of the country’s best-known equine artists used lockdown to reacquaint himself with his love of sculpture, with his Charolais...
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Island living: Farmer paints a picture of life on Inis Mór
With 30 paintings ready to go to a gallery exhibition, and tours to organise on the 10th generation family farm...
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Textile artist showcases 'shear' brilliant sheep portraits
A Tuam-based textile artist’s sheep breed wool portraits feature at Project Baa Baa, a programme celebrating the cultural, economic and...
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Artist follows seasons of a sheep year in the south-east
‘Shaved Rapunzel, Scheherazade and the Shearling Ram from Arcady’ is a new publication by visual artist Orla Barry that follows...
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Captured moments as farm-inspired paintings go north
Having relocated from Belfast city to a farm on the Waterford/Kilkenny/Tipperary border, artist Una O’Grady is looking forward to returning...
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Co. Kilkenny artist reels in the reality of the 'new rural'
A visual artist who lives in the rural uplands of north-east Co. Kilkenny recently launched a film, ‘You Cannot Climb...
Agri-Business
South-east tillage farm provides inspirational setting for artist
Rooted in an outdoor way of living, artist Nadia Corridan has rediscovered a love of the land. Based in a...
Rural Life
Tuam artist 'fleeces' her subjects by 'painting with wool'
When Tuam-based artist Kathy Ross wanted to bring her subjects to life, she turned to wool. “I studied fine art...
Rural Life
'City girl' turns real life farmscapes into artistic portraits
Artist Una O’Grady may have grown up in Belfast city; but, relocating to a quaint farm on the Waterford/Kilkenny/Tipperary border...
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Artist looks to farmer friends for their cows as muses
Artist Eoin O’Connor is known for his cow paintings but, in the absence of his own stock, has to turn...
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Acclaimed artist captures canvas of rural life
One of Ireland’s most successful artists, Mark O’Neill, takes much of his inspiration from farming and rural life. O’Neill –...
Rural Life
Waterford artist draws on farm life for inspiration
Waterford artist Anna Hearne may not have been able to combine her passions for farming and art at post-primary school...