Happy Christmas

Just finished calligraphy on photograph album which will be given as a gift to  HM The Queen tonight after the Dublin Castle banquet! Two albums were created, one being given to HM and the other (an exact replica) to be held by the State. Photographs and prints were of royal visits to Ireland from 1821 to 2011 (obviously with…

Last week, I completed a highly specialised and detailed, large-scale commission—a true test of endurance completed under an extremely tight deadline. The project involved two days of meticulous planning followed by over three days of intense execution. My life was essentially put on pause for six days; the relief of finishing just in the nick…

This is my most recent commission and took 2 months to complete. The piece is entitled “Laudete Dominum” or Psalm 150.  Psalm 150 can be found in the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament and is closely associated with King David. The words of Psalm 150 are taken from the King James Version of the…