2018 in Photos

JANUARY

Detail of "Bereft Clown" painting in progress

Infinity symbol

Studio Wall - 6th January

Injured bird

Home in candlelight

Paw prints on canvas

FEBRUARY

Kyle Barnes on BBCNI's 'The Arts Show'

"Next in Line" drawing

Reflective palette

LOFT's Drink and Draw at Town Square, Belfast

EMIC spotted on Botanic

Gilbert and George at the MAC, Belfast

David Godbold at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast

MARCH

Jan

Office work

Cleansing the palette

Reworking failed works

APRIL

'Stalker' (1979) directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

Family photo

Detail of "Bye Standers" painting in progress

Drawing that didn't quite make the cut

Grace McMurray at the University Gallery, Belfast

MAY

"Damned It" part of group show in Catalyst Arts, Belfast

Solo show by Kyle Barnes at the Burnavon, Cookstown

Mate's night out

Opening of 'The Here and Now - Six Painters' at Townhouse Gallery, Belfast

Lindsay Seers at the MAC, Belfast

Drawing in the sun

Detail of 'Bye Standers'

Glenshane forest

JUNE

Playing with negative space

Studio shot - 16th June

Detail of 'Cult' - painting in progress

Rosses Point beach, Sligo

The Model Gallery, Sligo

JULY

"Requests?"

Ready for stretching

Justine McDonnell at the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast

Elizabeth Magill at the Ulster Museum, Belfast

Beginnings of 'Oedipus' painting

Sunflower from the iDA Award ceremony at the University of Atypical, Belfast

AUGUST

Alex Cecchetti at VOID Gallery, Derry

Shadows in the studio

"Take Five" drawing

SEPTEMBER

Retrieving works from Belfast

Hoarding ideas

Detail of "A Manifold and Truly Glorious Strife"

The wedding of the year

Studio shot - 23rd September

Peer Critique in the Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast

OCTOBER

Studio shot - 11th October

Rewatching a classic

View from DLR Lexicon, Dún Laoghaire

Detail of "Pioneer Studies" - work in progress

Studio shot - 27th October

Fright Night

"Confessional" painting in progress

NOVEMBER

Progress on "Afore the Stoop"

Ali Cherri's wonderful work as part of the MAC International 2018

"Confessional" - work in progress

Sketchbook work - 28th November

DECEMBER

Work being sent to Belfast for a group show

EMIC's amazing studio space in VAULT, Belfast

Moon-rise over Glenshane

Sketchbook work - 27th December

Detail of "Confessional" - finished

Re-working "Bereft Clown" - detail