Contemplative
Trees
Ink on Handmade Paper
30cm x 21cm
Mounted to 30cm x 42cm
This one feels like an old and trusty friend - around before I was born and (I hope) long after I’m gone.
He works to a different sense of time than I do.
Ink on Paper
24cm x 32cm
When I’m out walking I sometimes see a branch silhouetted against the sun. It always makes me pause. I hope this does the same for you.
Ink on Paper
20cm x 29cm
This one still has some growing to do. I hope it has centuries to do it in.
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Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
Seeing corvids on winter-bare trees is so archetypal.
Perhaps I’ve read too many gothic novels….
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
A single bird, watching the sun.
Do you even wonder what they’re thinking as they sit up there?
I do.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
I love the emptiness of single branches reaching towards the sun.
Often there are birds, big or small, surveying the land for threat or food.
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
A tree that’s been around longer than I have. Standing ankle deep in soft grass and flowers. I can hear birdsong.
Monk’s World
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Monk’s World *
84cm x 60cm
Ink on Paper
'Monk Seeks Quiet' finds Monk threatened by a storm. Rather than seeking shelter, he looks at the darkening sky, realising that even the most worrisome of moments contains clues to its own resolution. The clouds point the way towards the quiet safety he seeks. Blending surreal and metaphysical elements, the piece invites quiet reflection. The muted yellows and dark shadows dance with the stark red sun, symbolising a dance of calm and intensity. The delicate branches reach out like silent whispers, evoking a peaceful, introspective energy, pointing towards the quiet we all are seeking.
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84cm x 60cm
Ink on Paper
Monk is on a journey. The world is unstable. He tries to understand. Surrealism and symbolism collide. Acrylic ink conjures swirling storm clouds and stark, bare trees. There's both turmoil and quiet resilience. Monk stands hopeful amid chaos, embodying human fragility and strength. 'Monk and the Storm Clouds' brings an intense, reflective energy that invites you to embrace mystery and introspection in your space.
Ink on handmade paper from Bhutan
31cm x 45cm
Monks journey is without end. Always he is seeking. Always there’s more to discover.
This is ink on paper handmade in Bhutan. The paper comes from a sustainable resource in forests in the east of the country, and is harvested and turned into paper at the village level.
This piece is coated with yellow ochre - one of the traditional colours and materials used in Bhutanese art and architecture.
Ink on Paper
30cm x 21cm
However slow, however hard-won, Monk keeps going. There is no mountain he will not climb, no weather he will not endure. He is driven by curiosity and an unbreakable inner strength. His victories are slow, but they are still victories.
60cm x 42cm
Ink on unbleached watercolour paper
A lone red-robed figure — Monk — stands still on a high grey bluff, facing the sea as the last light of day sinks beneath the horizon. Monk Near the Sea is a quiet meditation on transience, rendered in expressive ink washes and stark brushwork. Blackened trees lean like thoughts toward the sea. A crimson sun, heavy and surreal, bleeds into the water below. The land is mottled with soft shadows and flickers of yellow — the last hints of life before nightfall.
This piece is part of the Monk’s World series, a collection of minimalist, symbolic ink landscapes that trace the solitary wanderings of a timeless figure through strange and shifting dreamscapes.
The visual language here blends Mystic Minimalism with East Asian ink wash aesthetics, yet stands outside tradition — evocative, ambiguous, and personal. Monk Near the Sea is about endings, yes, but also about stillness, clarity, and acceptance.
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Ink on unbleached watercolour paper
60cm x 42cm
Where sea meets land, Monk pauses.
Wilderness looms behind him, emptiness stretches before. “Monk Looks Out to Sea” captures a moment of still contemplation — a quiet figure poised on the edge of decision, surrounded by stark trees, inky shadows, and the blood-red shape of something unknown on the horizon. A dreamlike scene rendered in fluid washes and bold silhouettes, this piece invites the viewer to pause and wonder: where would you go next?
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84cm x 60cm
Ink on Paper
Monk in a Clearing captures Monk, a solitary figure, as he pauses in a dreamlike landscape of mist, silence, and unspoken meaning. Rendered in flowing acrylic and ink, the composition evokes movement, contemplation, and serenity. Bare trees and distant birds suggest the changing seasons of the mind, and Monk’s tiny presence in this expansive landscape hints at timeless wandering — a metaphor for inner exploration.
Soft hues of blue and grey contrast with looming areas of black and a striking red accent, creating a powerful visual narrative that’s both meditative and mysterious. This work invites quiet reflection and offers a calm, emotional presence to any space.
You can see the making process here.
Ink on Paper
42cm x 30cm
In “Monk and the Sunburst”, the wandering figure of the Monk pauses just as the clouds part, releasing a sudden, radiant burst of colour into a quiet, monochrome world. This A3-sized work from the 'Monk’s World' series captures a fleeting spiritual moment — a vision, a transformation, or perhaps a realisation.
The soft blue sky and expressive black ink wash evoke mist, shadow, and stillness, contrasted sharply by a vivid pink sunburst that brings emotional intensity. The composition speaks of stillness pierced by beauty, of solitude touched by awe.
This piece invites reflection and would suit collectors of minimalist, contemplative, or zen-inspired art. Its small size makes it ideal for intimate spaces, meditation corners, or personal nooks.
Acrylics and Ink on paper
24cm x 30cm
Monk is struggling. Shapes seem to be blending into each other and the world has lost its share.
A vision? Or is Monk just tired?
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Acrylics on Canvas Board
21cm x 30cm
Monk’s day starts early and the path is long.
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
Trees remind Monk - and me - of how much growing we all still have to do.
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
Mounted to 21cm x 30cm
Monk stands on the lookout. Is he looking how far he’s come, or how far there still is to go?
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
In the heat of the midday sun, Monk pauses beneath a friendly tree to benefit from a moment of shade.
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
Just for a moment, just to catch breath, Monk pauses and leans on his staff.
Then he walks on.
Acrylic and Ink on Paper
30cm x 21cm
As the day gives way to dusk, Monk pauses on a quiet ridge. Beneath a glowing red sun and a fading blue sky, he stands silently beside a bare tree — a moment suspended in time.
“Monk at Sunset” is part of the ‘Monk’s World’ series, a meditative exploration of solitude, purpose, and wandering through unknown landscapes. With bold yet restrained ink-flow and brushwork, this piece uses ink and acrylic on watercolour paper to evoke inner stillness. A burst of crimson in the sun and figure adds a note of quiet drama to the otherwise muted palette.
This small-format painting is perfect for collectors drawn to zen aesthetics, introspective themes, or poetic minimalism.
Acrylic and Inks on Paper
30cm x 42cm
Monk pauses for a moment. He wonders why the birds are so agitated.
30cm x 42cm
Hand-ground Japanese Ink on handmade Indian Paper
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Monk looks to the mountains. A new day starts and his day's journey awaits him He pauses, receiving the light of the world.
He is ready.
Created using black ink ground by had from a Japanese ink stick, with highlights in home-made cochineal ink. The paper is recycled cotton-waste paper handmade in India, stained with tea.
The piece is mounted on white, recycled cotton-waste paper, hadnmade in India.
Homemade Ink on recycled cotton-waste paper, handmade in India
21cm x 30cm
Framed
Sometimes the mountains are high and day after day there is nothing but climbing. Head down, Monk perseveres
Ink on Canvas
Framed
42cm x 60cm
Time is suspended. There has been snow, and more will come. Monk waits. What has been is over. What will be does not yet exist. Monk stands inside this moment, watching.
Using ink, I contrast stark blacks against vivid reds and ethereal blues, capturing solitude and quiet strength. Monk stands beneath a barren tree, suggesting resilience and acceptance amid desolation The swirling sky hints at transformation. Bringing this into your space will inspire reflection and a deep connection to mystery and inner power.
Ink Abstracts
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Ink Abstracts *
A swoop of energy. A static circle. Movement and stillness. Yin and Yang.
The two poles around which life revolves.
This is combination of minerals and botanic inks.
The red broken circle is created from ink made for Burnt Sienna and Burnet Green Earth dried pigments.
The complete circle is homemade pomegranate, gorse, moss and dandelion inks..
The picture is on a raw/natural cotton canvas.
The pictures is about the elements that make up the fabric of life - physical and metaphysical.
36cm x 57cm
Homemade Ink on Handmade Paper
'From Deepest Earth, a Flower' is created using homemade, natural inks (made by the artist) on handmade, recycled cotton-rag paper from Southern India.
The organic quality of the colours creates a harmonious whole, as the inks merge, compete or simply sit alongside one another. Much like the world we live in, this painting is an ecosystem where each element finds its rightful place.
The picture is part of an ongoing series I'm creating exploring Global Localism - working with papers and materials that are artisanal, handmade, and seem, in their way, to involve local artists and artisans from all around the world collaborating creatively to make something new and beautiful. I feel a sense of hope in that.
The piece is offered unframed so you can decide how best to display it and enjoy both the work and the deckled edges of the handmade paper.
You can see a video about this work here: https://youtube.com/shorts/2wD4jQpSIo0
Ink on Handmade Recycled Cotton-waste Paper from India
75cm x 95cm
Framed
'Jackdaw' watches, wonders, plots and plans. He's intelligent in a way we can never understand. He is of another world, as are all of us. Familiar and unknowable.
'Jackdaw' is a nature-inspired abstract created with water-based ink - primarily pure India ink, supplemented with a diluted yellow hue. The ink was applied with wallpaper scraper and hands onto wet paper.
The paper is handmade in India, 100% cotton, sourced from recycled garment waste. Approximately 300gsm. Imported by Liberties Papers in Dublin.
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Diluted ink on watercolour paper.
60cm x 84cm
Made in the darkest days of Winter in Fanad, this captures the fire burning and the memory of summer. It’s warm, vibrant and passionate.
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Handmade ink on Washi-style handmade paper from Nepal
60cm x 80cm
This is a tribute to localism on a transnational scale!
The paper is Japanese-style washi-paper, handmade in villages in Nepal, infused with bamboo leaf.
The ink is botanic, natural ink created by hand in Donegal - a combination of Walnut, Oak Gall, Madder Root & Whin Bush (Gorse).
42cm x 60cm
Ink on Paper
This large abstract combines a violent splatter of black in with delicate straight lines of red pastel. The combination of chaos and containment creates a tension that asks many questions but leaves you to find the answers.
Hand-ground Japanese Ink on Paper
42cm x 60cm
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This medium-size abstract is made with a combination of hand-ground Japanese ink and commercial Indian Ink. Applied to wet watercolour paper using a wall paper scraper, it is powerful, unsettling and mysterious.
60cm x 84cm
Ink on Paper
This bold splatter of pure black ink on white paper makes a simple, mysterious statement. It’s full of energy, but withholds meaning. It’s a large statement piece which will define any room it’s placed in.
Acrylic Abstracts
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Acrylic Abstracts *
70cm x 50cm
Ink/Paint on Canvas
Framed
‘Born in Stone’ is deeply geological piece: the energy of life exploding at the pace of geological time - slow but unstoppable.
It’s painted with homemade inks/paints - dominated by mineral pigments: Red Ochre, Warm Ochre, Burnt Umber, and Chalk. These swathes of rock are broken up by splashes of botanic inks, alcohol inks and oil pastel lines.
It’s a raw and rich piece of natural energy - bringing the deep-underground onto your wall…..
Acrylic on Board
60cm x 42cm
Sun, moon, dream and terror dance above a silent city. The bold red and calm blue offer a ying/yang hint of what the future might bring: conflicting energies, different outcomes. The fluid charcoal strokes evoke the spontaneity of dreams. Through surreal, semi-abstract forms, I invite you to feel the tension and harmony of unseen forces, bringing dynamic energy and thoughtful mystery into your space.
Acrylic on Paper
42cm x 30cm
‘Storm’ is a visceral response to the raw force of nature — painted as Storm Eowyn rattled windows and sent shudders through the house. Amid the noise and chaos, this piece emerged as a distillation of energy, motion, and the creating of a space of personal calm.
Broad, sweeping acrylic strokes clash with sharp incisions and subtle light, suggesting wind-lashed hills, turbulent skies, and the fleeting warmth of sun through cloud. The palette is earthy, ominous and storm-washed — slate greys, soot black, ochres, and fleeting warmth in the orange hues — capturing the emotional and atmospheric weight of the storm itself.
This work is for those drawn to elemental power and the poetry of weather made visible.
Acrylic on Wood Board
60cm x 42cm
Deep within or far beyond, there are things we cannot imagine.
'Beyond the Edge' explores the unknown spaces of the cosmos — or perhaps the mind. A mysterious, organic form drifts across a darkened, star-speckled field, surrounded by energetic color and motion. Is it planetary, biological, metaphysical? Is it deep in space, or an idea floating across the subconscious?
‘Beyond The Edge' is a painting of questions, not answers. It suggests forms we can neither name nor understand.
Acrylic on wood board
42cm x 60cm
A shimmering metropolis drifts between reflection and imagination in 'Unreal City’. Vertical marks suggest urban skylines. Their mirrored forms ripple across a textured, aqueous surface. The boundary between sky and water is thin and trembling: two realms that practically. A burst of deep magenta disturbs the cool serenity, like emotion bursting through cool reflection.
Painted on wood, this piece is grounded in realism, yet remains evocative and ethereal, capturing the liminal beauty of cities, both real and imagined.
Over the years I’ve worked in many cities on rivers and by the sea: Melbourne, Brisbane, Mumbai, London, Thessaloniki, Stockholm and many others. This contains echoes of them all.
Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper
24cm x 32cm
The basic paint here is a copper acrylic - which gives the picture a slight metallic sheen. I like how that’s at odds with its organic feel.
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas
50cm x 40cm
From my window there are rough, scrubby fields, then a range of hills. At dawn this is where the light comes from.
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas
50cm x 40cm
My garden is very wild. I like it that way. So do the birds, butterlies, dragonflies and assorted critters who live there.
Acrylic and Charcoal on Canvas Board
60cm x 60cm
There’s something of the summer in this. I hope it gives you a chance to pause, as if in the shade of a quiet olive tree in the grounds of a Greek villa or a Mexican hacienda.
“Sunshine and Olive Trees” blends earthy greens, golden ochres, and deep Mediterranean blues into a layered abstraction evoking warmth, stillness, and dappled sunlight. Bold charcoal contours frame organic, flowing shapes, inviting viewers to linger in a space that feels both vivid and contemplative — like a summer afternoon held in memory.
Acrylic and Graphite on Cotton Watercolour Paper
30cm x 42cm
I love that this flickers in my imagination between being a figure and a landscape.
The confining lines seem like bonds ready to be broken.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board
60cm x 60cm
I was turbulent when I painted this. Sometimes I paint calmly - sometimes I paint myself into calmness!
Paint on Canvas Board
60cm x 60cm
I love setting myself limits. Here I decided to use only black!
The end result reminded me of looking down on Greek islands and imagining all the boat journeys connecting them
Cartoons & Curiosities
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Cartoons & Curiosities *
Ink on Paper
24cm x 32cm
A direct ink impression of a piece of ornamental grass. With added sunshine.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
There’s definitely a touch of the gothic in this one. More unsettling than calming perhaps. For those with a touch of the halloween about them…
Ink on Paper
15cm x 21cm
I wet the paper and let the ink flow. I guide it where I feel I should and respond to what it chooses to do.
I love the mixture of structure and form that emerges.
For all the world I’ve no idea why this makes me think of a sea-creature.
But it does.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
I love the times of transition: dusk, dawn, the coming or going of a storm.
Those edge-times are when different understandings can break through.
Ink on Paper
21cm x 30cm
Ink doesn’t flow so well on canvas, but I liked the way this seemed to be clear about what it was, and was not, willing to do.
Ink on Canvas Board
25cm x 30cm
Ink on paper
21cm x 30cm
I combined an ink print from a piece of ornamental grass I ‘borrowed’ from a neighbour’s garden, with an imagined background. I like the tension between the painting and printing.
Cartoons & Curiosities
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Ink on paper
21cm x 30cm
I combined an ink print from a piece of ornamental grass I ‘borrowed’ from a neighbour’s garden, with an imagined background. I like the tension between the painting and printing.
42cm x 60cm
Ink on Paper
Framed
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'Tree and Mountain' captures the quiet strength of nature through simplicity. The stark ink branches reaching toward the bold red sun suggest resilience and renewal. The minimal lines evoke calm, while a solitary bird brings a sense of freedom. This painting invites tranquility and reflection, filling your space with mindful energy and a gentle reminder of life's enduring beauty.