Hook Head lighthouse on the Wexford Coast
Blindingly white on a summers day with all the whitewash around.
There are a bunch of cottages (second pic) just away from the lighthouse which now house a cafe/shop and admissions desk.
It's thought to be one of the oldest operational lighthouses in the world. It dates from the early 13th century and is a unique example of an almost intact medieval lighthouse though it doesn't look it a first sight.
The tower was constructed of local limestone and the original building survives almost intact at just under 37m high. It consists of two tiers linked by a mural stairway of 115 steps. The upper tier, originally supported the coal beacon, which in modern times was replaced by a lantern.

Never mind the Bollards.
Bollard's pub on the corner of Kieran Street, Kilkenny

Thursday Farmers Market, Kilkenny

Customs House, Dublin

O'Connell Street, Dublin
Acrylic sketch of O'Connell St

Hair Piece

messing about with photoshop

Ink n nibs

Some inky bits n pieces

Ah Paris... I remember it well ...

Went over to meet my friend Vincent a couple of years back and it was great to get a tour of out of the way places from a someone who knew the city intimately. He always seemed to know some local coffee shop around the corner from the main drag, so we never spent more than a euro on the stuff compared to 2.50 plus on the main streets.
The new Bibliotech is astonishing, with a veritable forest within the enclosed courtyard. Not on the usual sightseeing route, but well worth a detour to see. Didn't get to sketch it though.
The sketches are of the Trocedaro from the Eiffel tower side, rooftops in the Opera quarter, the canal St Martin- take a trip. The tunnel from Rue du Faubourg du Temple to the Place de la Bastille is like something from a Caro and Jeunet film. The canal featured in Hotel du Nord by Marcel Carné. The last drawings are from around the rue St Germain.

Berlin

A page from my sketchbook done one balmy afternoon in Berlin
Had only a day and an half in the city, so I didn't get to see half of what I wanted too.
Good enough reason to go back soon.

Watercolours

Some watercolour sketches from hols in Kerry

Here are some rough sketches from a story called Littlebird and the Starfish

Treehouse chez Rodge. I'll post some of the construction sketches when I get photoshop working again.

Pen and ink portraits

Enniscorthy, Co Wexford
From a tattered sketchbook

Some paintings from a recent exhibition "Estuary"

Some sketches from a skiing trip to Valle D'Isere last year
With two infants in tow I didn't get much time to do any drawing.
These were done up the slopes in a tiny cheap writing pad while it started to snow heavily, hence the staining on the drawings.