Inktober 2019 – My Ireland
This is the accumulation of all Inktober 2019, 31 pen and ink illustrations, from 17 counties in Ireland, all under the combined theme of My Ireland. There is a total […]
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Inktober Day 27- Coat
I researched the hell out of this prompt word Coat, trying to find something to tie it with my Irish theme. I finally found a Blue Coat School in Dublin, […]
Inktober Day 26 – Dark
This is an easy one to do, it’s in my front yard, Black Castle in Leighlinbridge. This is a small castle that was built to collect tolls for folks crossing […]
Inktober Day 24 – Dizzy
There is nothing dizzier and sillier then leaning backwards to kiss a stone on the Blarney Castle, yet, people do it. It is one of the number one tourist things […]
Inktober Day 18 – Misfit
Well, I can think of no greater misfit then the famed Pirate Queen of Ireland, Gráinne Mhaol or Grace O’Malley. The O’Malley’s ruled a large part of the west coast for over […]
Inktober – Half Way There
At this point it’s starting to get pretty hard to hide the fact that this is a combination piece, so I figured why not let it all out there. Instead […]
Inktober Day 13 – Ash
You can’t have ash without fire, and Duckett’s Grove had two major fires in one week back in the 1930’s. There are rumors aplenty on how the fires were set, […]
Inktober Day 2 – Mindless
Well day two and going strong. The word of the day is MINDLESS. Now you might wonder what mindless has to do with this castle. Well back in 1814, a […]
A Five Star Castle for Mom and Dad
Seeing how my parents were coming out to visit, we felt they needed to have a nice relaxing vacation. My sisters have them running ragged in their 70s; between soccer […]
Sligo and Donegal
There is nothing better than having friends and family come visit form over seas, but like most things in life, when it rains it pours. So we had roughly six […]