Born in1952 in Buncrana , Donegal, I moved to Dublin in 1970 to study medicine in UCD. It was during these years that I developed a lifelong interest in art from my visits to the Hugh Lane Gallery, The National Gallery and those wonderful Independant Artist exhibitions. Though largely self taught, I attended night classes in the NCAD firstly in Kildare St. and then Thomas Street and also weekend workshops in Trinity and Dunlaoghaire College of Art. I have had work chosen for the Oireachtas Exhibitions twice in early the 1980s. I have work in private collections and on public display. As a working doctor I find the medium of Pastel and Charcoal very adaptable and easy to work with , leave temporarily and return to with little trouble. For oil work , for the same reason, I often use oil pigment sticks with their ease of preparation , their immediacy and vibrancy.
