A painting of a couple in a close embrace dancing the Tango

Castlemarket, Dublin, in the rain, with contrasting reflections from the cool blues of the sky and the warm orange glow from the windows of the restaurants creating an atmosphere of early evening, just as dusk sets in , as bodies...

A couple make their way through a wet shopping street in this small acrylic painting. He holds the umbrella while she carries the bags, their warm orange and red tops standing out against the cool blues around them. It’s an...

A painting of the bandstand inside the beautifully landscaped St Stephen's Green park in the heart of Dublin city. Many an engagement proposal was made here :-) Sometimes my interest is piqued and I like to research some of my...

An acrylic painting on a bed of gesso and sand gives this poppy meadow landscape canvas a soft focus feel, painted with a palette of primary colours.

A painting of Harry Street, Dublin viewed from the Westbury Hotel, looking towards South Anne Street. Bruxelles pub with its lovely architecture and turret is visible on the left and opposite is McDaids pub with its old Guinness sign a...

An acrylic painting of Castlemarket, Dublin on a rainy afternoon with the blue reflections contrasting with the inviting warm oranges and yellows of the restaurants which may entice some of the walkers hurrying along under umbrellas to duck in and...

Castlemarket, just off South William Street, is a lovely little pedestrianised street in Dublin and is given a Parisien feel I think by the colourful awnings and outdoor dining tables of the restaurants and has a great atmosphere at any...

Early evening painting scene of a man and a woman, sitting on her bicycle, chatting under a lampost, outside a store at the Milk Market, Kinsale, Co Cork

This acrylic seascape painting was really a study of the waves and I added the sailboat as a point of interest in the background and painted with a more muted palette of colours than normal.

The big windows of the Bad Ass Café were what drew me to this view of Crown Alley in Dublin’s Temple Bar, looking towards Merchants Arch. Their light, along with the other glowing windows along the street, gave me plenty...

A couple take refuge beneath their umbrella in this romantic watercolour painting, huddled together on a city park bench despite the cold. Snow covers the ground around them, and bare trees disappear into the wintry sky. Maybe there’s a pocket...

A whitewashed two story house set in countryside of the West of Ireland. A High Nelly bicycle rests against the stone wall outside, a popular mode of transport back in the day.

Two clothes shops sit side by side on Dawson Street, Dublin: one displaying menswear, the other dresses. Couples pass beneath umbrellas, silhouetted against the bright windows in this small acrylic painting. The pairing gave me the title, His and Hers....

Diners seated outside La Maison restaurant in Castlemarket, Dublin, bathed in the warm yellow glow emanating from inside, which contrasts with the cool blues in the reflections on the cobblestones all of which help with the dynamics of this evening...

I used more muted, earthy colours for this acrylic than I usually do in my forest and bluebell paintings. Painted on an 18 × 14 inch canvas, it gave me a chance to explore a slightly different palette. The path...

A young couple sit close together on a park bench in this acrylic painting of St Stephen’s Green, Dublin. People pass through Fusiliers’ Arch nearby, while the shopping centre’s illuminated windows bring warm colour to the scene beyond the park....

An acrylic painting of The Old Spot gastropub on Bath Avenue, Sandymount, Dublin. The pub is featured in Michelins “Eating out in Pubs” guidebook.

People fill Grafton Street in this oil painting of Dublin’s shopping district, passing the bright windows and red awnings of Brown Thomas. The wet pavement carries their reflections into the foreground. For this painting, I wanted to simplify the figures...

This acrylic on canvas painting of Stephens Green area  includes a 'jarvey' at rest reading a newspaper, waiting for a fare - the ' gondoliers' of Dublin perhaps! Maybe the couple walking in the foreground might be tempted to take...

A couple step out in their finest clothes in this acrylic painting of an imagined evening street. They walk hand in hand beneath a green umbrella, with warm window light spreading across the wet pavement. I imagined them deciding that...