2019 in Photos

JANUARY

Rearranging office space

Alana Barton exhibition in the Black Box, Belfast

Studio shot with works in progress

Beginnings of "Lost Woods Study"

FEBRUARY

Detail of "Ruins" in progress

Looking over the Lagan

MARCH

Bright day in the studio and re-purposing failed works

Adding text?

I popped the question and she said yes!

APRIL

Aimee Melaugh's wonderful show in the Glassworks, Derry

Leaving work in the RHA to take part in the submission process

Francis Bacon's studio in the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

Visit to the Royal Academy, London

The National Gallery, London

Rousseau's Tiger in the National Gallery, London

Tate Modern, London

Peter Doig in the the Tate Modern

Self Portrait by Bonnard in the wonderful exhibition in the Tate Modern

Tate's new extension with a Franz West piece in the foreground

Doris Salcedo at IMMA

Jan with Jasper

MAY

Visiting the CCA Derry/Londonderry

Very disturbing window painting

"Ferryman" and "The Bogland Sackrace" in progress

Close up of "The Lost Woods Study"

JUNE

Taping up "The Bogland Sackrace"

Christopher James Burns' "Limbo Land" in the MAC, Belfast

Rogue at the River

JULY

Macro shot of painting skin

The smallest brush I own

Ballydugan Mill, Downpatrick

Wonderful show about Cindy Sherman on BBC Arena

AUGUST

Siblings

Sleeping Dogs

Prepping works for transit

SEPTEMBER

Mark McGreevy at the MAC, Belfast

Detail of painting in progress

Work by Craig Donald in the Goose Lane Gallery, Belfast

Still of 'Midsommar' - one of the best films I've seen this year

OCTOBER

Installing Bardo in the Ards Art Centre, Newtownards

Sandra Robinson solo show in the Ards Art Centre

Wonderful gift from Action Mental Health at the opening of Bardo

Ipod has returned!

Projecting images onto a new canvas

Visiting the RUA exhibition in the Ulster Musuem, Belfast

NOVEMBER

Fresh paint

"Helen" in progress

DECEMBER

Photo experimentation with Jan

Fog filled nights

Surprise gift wrapping

Detail of a commission in progress