Ah sure, it’s only harmless fun

Filling out official forms fills me with dread. Whether it’s because I’m too literal or too creative, I don’t know but these forms are the stuff of my nightmares. I hate bureaucracy but I recognise it has to exist so country people can get civil service jobs in Dublin. Thankfully, I’m clever enough that, when [...]

Gone fishing

Back Monday…

Happy Thanksgiving

An American client of mine wrote me an email this week in which he effectively said, please, please bill me for as much money as possible before Christmas. Then, about 5 minutes later, he wrote another email with a megabucks purchase order for next year and we haven’t even finished started this year’s work yet! [...]

Pigeons are bullies

Drumroll…here’s the photos of the paintings I collected yesterday. Liz Johnson is an English artist based in Co Westmeath. Her work is mainly on large canvases in acrylic, oil paint and mixed media. It fuses a combination of energy and colour using various mark making techniques and applications. She has a forthcoming solo exhibition at [...]

Feminism, 3d paintings, and an afternoon drive

Went to the Anchor Bar on the quays in Dungarvan and got talking to a guy about post-modern feminism (as you do). To be more accurate, we despaired about the current culture of ‘ladette-ism’ (spelling?). Or, to be even more precise, we were talking about Jordan! Why is she famous? And why should the media [...]

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