Other Visual Art Links

OLGA'S GALLERY - This is a truly enormous archive of classical and modern painting, run by Olga and Helen Mataev. There are over 8,000 images, all of excellent screen quality. It features most of the European heavy-hitters. There are a few notable absences, but more names are being added all the time. This site is a must for art lovers.

PICASSO MIO - A huge gallery of top class international contemporary art, all for sale. Paintings, sculpture and photography. They've even got some of my stuff there.

LINDA BRUNKER - Linda’s elegant and sensual bronze sculpture Voyager on the seafront at Laytown has been a wonderful addition to our local streetscape.

BIRR CASTLE - Situated in the heart of County Offaly, one of the most underrated parts of Ireland, Birr Castle is a gem. The house itself is not open to the public, but the extensive demesne and gardens are. In addition to an extraordinary array of flowers, plants and trees, you will see the recently restored Birr Castle telescope which, in its day, was the biggest in the world. My ideal existence would probably include, among certain other things, daily access to this natural wonderland of colour and shape.

BRIAN McCARTHY - A Dublin painter who specialises in romantic images of Venetian masks, birds, still lifes and nudes. His site contains probably one of the most complete lists of Irish arts links.

KILLARNEY ART GALLERY - A commercially succesful outlet run by my old friend Declan Mulvaney which showcases the work of a select group of mainly Irish painters. Ted Jones, Mark O'Neill and John Lawrence are among the more popular names.