One of my favourite original oil paintings "Sparrowhawk" is now back on the market with Balla Bán Art Gallery. Framed prints are also available to order online at: https://brianmccarthyart.ie/shop/.
Like most artists, Covid-19 hit me like a freight train. It seemed like one minute I was celebrating turning 60 and reminiscing about my first solo exhibition Masquerade featuring Venetian carnival masks,…
Impact of Covid-19
Cue drum roll for this year's Zurich Young Portrait Prize Winner - the amazingly talented Eva McPartland (14), who scooped the top prize with this portrait of her sister Ellen (10)…
Zurich Young Portrait Prize Winner – Is This Normal?
Sadly gone but definitely never to be forgotten. Jack Charlton - Ireland's most loved and respected Englishman. Rest in peace.
Jack Charlton – RIP
Hopefully, this won't be the only Irish pub left standing 'After the Storm' of Covid-19.
“After the Storm” of Covid-19 Pandemic
I'm delighted to support this is great initiative by the 5th Port Dollymount Sea Scouts in Clontarf with my photo of Bull Bridge. But truth be told, it's overshadowed by…
5th Port Dollymount Bull Island Calendar 2021
If you're not in, you can't win!! The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2021 is open for submissions until 15 January 2021. Here's my entry: "Flower Girl". Anyone…
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2021
As with fashion and fabric, Irish fashion designer Lainey Keogh responds instantly to what she sees and likes, according to an interview with this month's The Gloss Magazine. Naturally, I'm…
The Gloss Magazine – Lainey Keogh
Delighted to support BID FOR LIFE online art auction fundraiser with a limited edition framed print of my painting "Parade of Sail". A mere snip at €300. Auction runs from…
Bid for Life Auction
Some portrait commissions are definitely easier than others. I'm thinking of calling this one 'Beauty & the Beast' "Zalina" by Brian McCarthy