Rod’s Blog

A first for Avoca Painting School. Just as Rod starts his painting demo a romantic community start decorating the Meeting of the Waters for a surprise marriage proposal.

“Six years ago I created a series of portraits to remember the faces of the 1916 Easter Rising and mark the then imminent centenary. The … Read more

“Six years ago I created a series of portraits to remember the faces of the 1916 Easter Rising and mark the then imminent centenary. The … Read more

“Six years ago I created a series of portraits to remember the faces of the 1916 Easter Rising and mark the then imminent centenary. The … Read more

“Six years ago I created a series of portraits to remember the faces of the 1916 Easter Rising and mark the then imminent centenary. The … Read more

“Six years ago I created a series of portraits to remember the faces of the 1916 Easter Rising and mark the then imminent centenary. The … Read more

Jeannie Wyse-Power (née O’Toole; 1 May 1858 – 5 January 1941) was an Irish activist, feminist, politician and businesswoman. She was a founder member of … Read more

Elizabeth O’Farrell was born at 33 City Quay, Dublin on 5 November 1884. She was the daughter of Christopher O’Farrell and Margaret Kenneah. Her father … Read more

Maud Gonne Maud Gonne was an Irish revolutionary, a romantic muse for William Butler Yeats, and mother to Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Sean MacBride. Maud Gonne … Read more