The Warrior Artist

Eamon Colman grew up in Dublin, Ireland in a family of painters.  He left school and starting painting in a spare room in his parents house, he took art classes by night at National College or Art an…

Waterford based visual artist, Sile Walsh, chats to host Éadaoin Glynn about the challenges of painting with raising young children, returning to painting after a hiatus and her experience with Sky P…

Artists are self employed.  We make work and we hope to sell it!  Marketing is important for artists.  Marketing is about communicating, sharing who you are, what your work is about.  It's about find…

"The opportunities are out there, and it's just a question of finding them and trying to take advantage of them." Limerick based visual artist and curator, Maurice Quillinan shares his thoughts on be…

Visual artist and curator Dermot Browne has an entrepreneurial approach to creating art spaces.  

"Curators live in museums. They have jobs and titles..I'm an artist who wants to see certain exhibiti…

There are two sides to being an artist:

• You want to spend as much time as you can creating work, investing in your learning and development and getting as good as you can.
• You also need to put you…

It's never too late to become an artist - from medical scientist to glass artist, Barbara Kenneally shares her creative journey.

• What it was like to go art college after retiring from science
• the …

Instagram is still one of the best ways for artists to share their work. Éadaoin Glynn shares 18 quick and easy tips for artists that you can implement immediately! Read a more detailed explanation i…

Irish visual artist and poet Pauline Flynn turned her back on the art world for 10 years to pursue writing. She found the art world a very different place when she returned to painting.  This is her …

Moving from a non-creative life to a creative one isn't easy. It's scary.  It's vulnerable, filled with highs and lows but if a creative life is calling to you then it's worth the risk.

I share some …

This is my creative journey. I tossed a coin aged 17 and opted not to art school, instead studying literature. I worked in business and only returned to painting when her children were small.  

It's …

Do you want to be an artist? I'm here to tell you that it's not too late.  My name is Eadaoin Glynn and I sold my first painting just before my 50th birthday. Moving from a non-creative life to a cre…