Creative Donaghadee

11/10/2026

This is something I've always wanted to capture on my local beach at Millisle Lagoon. We had an evening of rainbows and this was the last one, ten minutes before the sun set. I will still keep trying for that perfect circle though but feeling very happy!

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The challenge is to imagine what a sitting may have been like using only a single painting as reference. In a contemporary sitting, I usually distil what I see. I use only those fragments which interest me and lose the rest. But in someone else's painting, this has already been done by the artist. And I end up actually adding imagined elements to my painting - creases, shadows, veins, pupils, highlights - as if the sitter was in the room. Hopefully familiar. Hopefully unfamiliar.

'People I Would Like To Have Painted, No.6'
oil on canvas
76x71cm

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Creative facilitators

📣 Calling facilitators and practitioners! 📣

Libraries NI is looking for authors, artists, performers, speakers, storytellers and other skilled practitioners interested in paid opportunities to deliver future events and activities across our library network. 🤗

Interested? Complete our Facilitator Application Form and tell us about your skills and experience 👉 https://orlo.uk/jhkAh

ℹ️ Joining the list doesn't guarantee work, but it means we can consider you when suitable paid opportunities come up.

09/10/2026

Next one is 12th November

08/10/2026

Something new for Donaghadee Library....

We have Moyra Donaldson coming to our Library.

Please join us and book your slot by calling us on 028 9188 2507