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Mussenden Temple, North Coast

Greenery - Colour of the Year

I’ve started the year with a focus on new sketches and designs, new plans for Flax Fox and a VERY long list of inspiration to work from (I'm makin...

A little Lost & Found

I took a trip to the North Coast last week. I find it such an inspiring place, from the landscape to the weather, the people to the landmarks, it’s...

Bay Tree Restaurant - The Final Piece

This is The Bay Tree piece in it's final form - as a work of art in the restaurant! As an artist first and foremost, I love seeing my work on disp...

Bay Tree Restaurant Holywood Commission

I've just completed a commissioned piece for the wonderful Bay Tree Restaurant in Holywood. Starting new commissions always brings out a mixture o...

Bay Tree Restaurant - Capturing Holywood

William from the Bay Tree wanted landmarks and buildings that would mean something to his customers. Most of them are local to Holywood so choosin...

The John Hewitt

"The Craic was 90!" Applying watercolour to the original sketch That's what we call a good night here in Northern Ireland. When I was travelling ...

I Love Winter

As crazy as that sounds. I love the bright clear cold skies. I can see plant structures and shapes more clearly. It's the perfect inspiration for ...

Memories and Gifts

  As I was saying in my May newsletter, memories especially good ones that make us laugh and smile are precious.   When I visit a place that m...

Memories...

Do you ever challenge yourself to go back into your memories and see how far you can go? I do. All the time. Quite often I go back to when I was 4 ...

Coasting the Causeway

So, Flax Fox is now a proud stockist for the Giant's Causeway gift shop. I personally delivered it myself - I was itching to get back up the North ...

New Year, New Designs

2014 has started with a bang. We bought a new house at the end of this year which had just enough room at the bottom of the garden to build an outs...