The Midlands only paint-your-own-pottery premises, The Paintworks Studio, was formally opened on Mary Street in Mullingar last Friday (February 5) in front of 70 guests.

This new and innovative venture is the brainchild of Ballagh man, Ronan Leavy, and offers individuals and groups a place to exercise a very satisfying ...

Ever since I stopped giving classes many years ago, people always ask me “When are you going to start classes again”. So now that my son Ronan has just opened his new  paint your own pottery shop, The Paintworks Studio, I have the perfect venue and outlet to get back ...

My life has been peppered with major experiences in recent years. Because of a heart operation in 2008 the paintbrushes, canvasses and paper lay lonely in my studio for many months. But as they say in Pettigo “It’s hard to kill a bad thing”. So I got back painting ...

I am delighted to have exhibited my new work on bog scenes of Ireland in a July 2009 exhibition called Wet, Wild and Wonderful. The event took place in the Market House Gallery which is right in the centre of Mullingar, my adopted home. The gallery is recently refurbished and ...

The artist who turned 70 this year, has departed from the instantly recognisable colour that has brought her success and critical acclaim across the world, to produce a series of 15 paintings set in the darkest, deepest recesses of the earth.

Read the full artcle by Helen Sweeney by going ...