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Unhinged and unchained while painting on a clifftop is how I practice mindfulness…explore artists’ thoughts, events and updates on Rod’s Blog
DIF3 Exhibition near 3 decades in the making.
DIF3 is a visual art project, established in 1994, supported by Culture Ireland, celebrating Irish landscape, people and lore. The participants of this project are Rod Coyne (painter), Jost Hiller (photography) and Anja Coyne (digital artist). Studio Hiller, Burgplatz 12 – D40213 Düsseldorf, Germany, from 22 – 24 September 2023
The Perfect Painting Workshop – painting demo on video.
We started the Avoca Painting School in 2010. One of the essentials to the concept was to offer a painting experience similar to what I … Read more
Mouth-Watering video of Ballinskelligs Bay
“The more lost I get, the more interesting things I find along the way” – Rod Coyne.
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1916: Maud Gonne’s Back Story
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
Mouth-Watering video of Ballinskelligs Bay
“The more lost I get, the more interesting things I find along the way” – Rod Coyne.
New Video: Rod paints Puffin Sound
Artist Rod Coyne paints Puffin Sound while battling Atlantic weather. Rod takes you through the plein air painting process from A to Z. The artist … Read more
2021 Calendar, a perfect gift.
Free Shipping Order yours now, or have it shipped directly to friends and family. With delivery included in the price this represents the perfect no-fuss … Read more
Covid 19 Painting Precautions
About our Covid 19 painting precautions We had to cancel our first three workshops in 2020 due to the Covid 19 travel and social distance … Read more
Sheep Project 2011 (part 1)
Back in March 2011 I had a curious delivery to the Avoca Studio Gallery. It was a sheep, but not a woolly one, this was a steel sheep.
Covid-19 Workshop Update.
First the good news; we intend re-starting our workshops after the last of the national travel restrictions are lifted at the end of this month. … Read more
Rod’s Recommendations & Testimonials
In 1990 Rod Coyne sold his first paintings. At first it was his recent graduation work and by the end of the year he was … Read more
POSTPONED – May 2020 Avoca Painting School Workshop at Knockanree Gardens.
As of yesterday we have an update of the Covid-19 quarantine and social distancing extension till 18th of May. We must now confirm a postponement of … Read more