Fundraiser for Australian Red Cross and WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc

'Joey' will be auctioned to try to raise money to donate to the Australian Red Cross and WIRES (NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc. - Australia's largest wildlife rescue organisation).
The auction starts on the 29th
Here’s a link to the auction event: .ONLINE AUCTION

Joey and Ulysses Butterflies

Title; Joey and Ulysses

Dimensions;  30 cm x 24 cm

Materials;  Chinese inks, acrylic gold on water colour paper

The Story behind this painting;
My smooth haired Lurcher came to me from the K.W.W.S.P.C.A. nicknamed ‘Leo the Lunatic’. At that time we had a neighbour called Leo so that name couldn’t stay.
This new Lurcher was like a tornado, tearing around and completely wild. His giant leaps over the furniture reminded me of a deer so I renamed him Rudy. Then I met a serene and gentle Lurcher called Blue – and I borrowed that name, hoping some of these traits would transfer across.

About a year later, I saw a T.V. show about a man running a kangaroo sanctuary. I was transfixed by the baby ‘joey’ kangaroos.
Their pointed intelligent faces, boxing front paws, great muscled back legs and long tails used to balance were immediately familiar to me and I knew my Lutcher’s name is Joey! He has developed into a wonderful dog.

2020 off to a good start

I created this flower and leaf mandala at a lovely workshop led by 

Mayumi Nakabayashi — at The Wilds Enniscorthy on Sunday.

Siamese Cats @ Banner Books, Ennistymon, Co. Clare

A selection of my greeting cards and two studies of Siamese Cats are now available at Banner Books, Ennistymon, Co. Clare.Banner Books, Ennistymon

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3 The Square, Ennistymon, Co Clare

Phone: 065 707 1372  Email: books@bannerbooks.ie

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Feeling very grateful for a fab two day stay in the Banner County, drinking in deep breaths of Atlantic air from Liscannor Bay, buying gorgeous comb honey from the Rock Shop in Liscannor, watching the wonderful Swan Lake Ballet at Glor in Ennis, eating  brunch at the Little Fox Cafe, Ennistymon, enjoying dinner with friends at the Town Hall, Ennis and a million reasons to go back for another visit soon.

To the Hills of Clare from Galway Bay at Lyles Shoes

FULL MOON OVER ANNAGHMAKERRIG LAKE

Poem by Rosy Wilson, painting by Sheena Meagher

Ghost stories....

As part of a series of views of Trinity College, sold as prints in the Old Library Shop I created a painting of one of the pair of wrought iron spiral stairs in the Long Room. One of the Trinity staff members obligingly walked down the stairs while I sketched and photographed, to help me give the painting a sense of scale 

I brought the material I had gathered to the house in Co. Clare, placed the large canvas in the studio, hanging it on the wall just beside the door.  I closed the window shutters, lit a candle to evoke the atmosphere and set to work.  Lucy PepR, the dog preferred to spend her time in the front room, keeping an eye on passers by on the prom.

A few days into painting I was happy with the stairs, the bookshelves and gleaming gold gilded tomes.  I raised my paintbrush to bring in the figure of a Librarian on the stairs when the kitchen door suddenly  BURST open.  I SCREAMED in fright.   

Lucy PepR,  screamed back in fright ((she had come in for a drink of water – her dish was directly under the painting).   My brush did a wobble connecting with the canvas.

I calmed the poor dog and turned to the painting.  

There, standing on the Spiral stairs was a ghostly figure, not descending the stairs but calmly reaching over the handrail towards the shelves for a book.  The feeling of fright was so real and authentic I left it exactly as it appeared.  You can just make it out at top left , under the word 'Bibliotheca'. 

Going for Gold

Gold leaf on slate

SENSE OF PLACE - Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College Dublin

Is our Summer gone?

Wild Garden

A glorious sunny day, rose scented buns baked this morning so the house smells wonderful! 
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Colour Study 1 AROMATHERAPY

A Hint of Spring

Sovereign III- Meadowsweet

Last June I was invited by an American friend to go on a walk in #Kilshanny led by qualified herbalist Emma Wilcox.  She drew our attention to he abundant variety of wild herbs and plants in the roadside hedgerows and their potential as food, for healing as well as their beauty.  I felt that during the dry conditions last Summer the vibrant dark green hedgerows were in stark contrast to the fields of wilting thirsty crops.

In September I was in the #Tyrone Guthrie Centre for two weeks and a new series of paintings emerged.

I titled the series Sovereign, meaning something of the land, in its own territory.

Sovereign III – Meadowsweet;

Gold leaf and silver on a jade  background depicts meadowsweet, a creamy perennial found in meadows, woods and marshes.

Meadowsweet was one of 3 herbs held sacred by the Celts and was used to flavour mead, for pain relief, to stop bleeding and as a disinfectant.  It was included in bridal bouquets to attract love, peace and happiness. Since 1838  it was synthesized and sold as aspirin, deriving it’s name  from the latin name  Spirea Ulmana- and in time the non steroidal anti inflamatories now used.

Chiming Bells and Ticking Clocks

Inspired by bluebells towering over the dandelion clocks on a still sunny May morning on the roundabout between Naas and Johnstown Co. Kildare

Work in progress....

Tori- Harvest Moon Memories of Djerassi Artist's Residency 2007

Chinese inks, Gold leaf on paper

• Memories of residency at #DJERASSI 

BORZOI, Chinese inks on canvas

Medium; Chinese inks on canvas.  Size; 75cm x 100cm

Borzoi; Fast, wavy coated Russian sight hound.

Known as the ‘ballet dancers’ of the canine world, the Borzoi is streamlined, graceful and strong.  Quiet, athletic and independent, they are gentle and sensitive with powerful hunting instincts. 
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Fishes; Summer dash

Chinese inks, gold leaf on canvas

A Very Lovely Tribute Received;

Thank you Stefan for these kind words;

"It is a great joy to find an artwork that reflects the person you are buying for as a present.  Sheena's Lurcher images struck with great force when I came across them and as a result brought considerable pleasure to the friend who received the painting 'Relaxed Yet Interested'.  Sheena shows an intimate understanding and insight to the wonderful natures of the Lurchers and Whippets who, with the Greyhound are the undiscovered & ideal pets for any home and family.  The effect our friend says it all.  'Thank you!  Thank you! You are both VERY naughty.  The painting is absolutely fabulous and I love it."
Stefan Nyland

R.D.S. Dublin Horse Show

Warming up at the Horse Show, R.D.S.    DUBLIN

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Memories of goats and cheese making in the Burren, Co. Clare

The goats followed their owner into the heart of the Burren on spindly legs and delicate hooves.
At the end of the lane the herd spread out, picking their own routes and wandering on to forage.  To my eyes even the blackthorns appeared to sprout little antlers and form pointy faces.

Two Lurcher Whippet Studies

Gold and Chinese Ink

 Chinese ink on paper

Journey, Tyrone Guthrie Centre @ Annaghmakerrig May 2016

I arrived with the intention of completing a painting on silk bonded with canvas that I had been struggling with for over two years; the aim was to 'fix it' in two days.  I had a definite sense of purpose, a job to do, a deadline.

I struggled on for a day.  The energy was all wrong;

So I peeled away the layer of silk to expose the canvas below, gold had already been applied to shine through the silk, and I worked on this instead;

A sea with swallows swarming arrived

Day 2. Being at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, informed by the greens of the surrounds, the lake, memories of a Barrie Cooke series of dripping jungle foliage ... I painted on, and birdlike creatures, primordial, a deep lake took over.

A gift of extra time arrived and I washed back, exposing layers.  Ships, distant horizons, movement,

A sprite appeared cradling something precious

The work

The Gift of Time