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The Latest Articles

Bob Speers and the Quiet Magic of Ireland’s Bogs
In a room filled with timber, peat, and light, artworks hung on walls are more like fragments of the land itself – weathered, breathing, and alive with memory.

Hernan Farias on Light, Connection and Creative Growth
From the Classroom to the Camera – charting his shift from teaching English in Chile to full-time photography in Northern Ireland.

The Colour & Spirit of Time: Tricia Kelly’s Journey with Ócar
Exploring how sixty million years of volcanic fire, weather, and transformation created the red ochre that now colours Tricia’s life and work.

Faith and Colour: The Genuine Art of Beverley Healy
In her imaginative work, paint becomes prayer – a meditation on trust, surrender, and creation, where colour and stillness meet to form something transcendent.

Ruairi Mooney on Creativity, Practice & the Search for Authentic Art
From the North Coast to the Canvas: a journey of resilience, daily practice, and the slow discovery of an authentic artistic voice.

From Trauma Wards to Ceramics: Denise McAuley’s Authentic Creative Journey
From the trauma wards of the Royal to the shoreline of Cushendall, Denise creates small-batch ceramics that carry memory, resilience, & the rhythms of the sea.