Happy New Year - here’s to 2024!
At this time of year as the New Year begins I always reflect on the year past and take stock of all that I have achieved. Although the new year is a time to look forward and plan for the future it is also a time to be grateful for time lived. 2023 was a bumper year and although as the years pass I have experiencied the loss of very special people in my life I am also grateful for all of the new people who come in to my life and who bring new opportunities for both friendship and business. Life can be tough but everything happens as it should and I am always positive that challenges can create opportunities and that difficulties that push you out of your comfort zone can ultimately help with personal growth.
2023 was a year of great growth for me personally and also for the PIGSY art business. As in past new year’s blogs, I am really happy to list out all of the PIGSY achievements in the previous year. So in no particular order here are some of the highlights and achievements of my art life over 2023:
PIGSY’s solo “Lost in Thought” Exhibition opens in Ranelagh Arts
Void Magazine features an article about my large scale “Seven Spanish Angels” art work
Redfin Real Estate invited me to collaborate with them on an article about bringing texture in to your home
Shoeless Foot Production features PIGSY’s “Lost in Thought” Exhibition in video
My “I Like Toast” artwork is selected as part of the annual Ranelagh Arts Festival Show
N Magazine features me and my art in a large centre piece spread
My art is selected for House of Hibernia’s “Unframed” Music & Art Event
PIGSY art features in “An Capall Dorcha” literary publication
PIGSY art is shipped to art collectors all over the world and Ireland including to The Hague in The Netherlands, Dubai and the USA.
Dyslexia Ireland interview with me is featured on the Dyslexia Ireland Website
PIGSY Art is featured among the international works in “Dyslexia quando arte”
PIGSY art is selected for the Spanish showing of “Pina-Ta” in La Casa Amarilla, Malaga
PIGSY art is part of the Ranelagh Arts Winter Show
New Word Order Literary Magazine features a PIGSY art work
Human Connections and Opportunities
There have been other achievements and successes over the year and that’s what makes working as an artist so interesting - there’s always something on the horizon that will help my artistic output and further my career. More importanly, however, is the opportunity to meet and work with the most engaging people through my art that I am most grateful for - because in reality living is all about human and personal connections. Which leads me to give a big thank you to all of you who I have met up with and connected with throughout the past year. Thank you for visiting my exhibitions, chatting to me about my art, viewing PIGSY art videos online, connecting with me through social media, collaborating with me on projects, interviewing me for magazine articles, selecting my art for exhibition, sharing studio space with me, adding PIGSY art to your collections and so much more. I thank you all.
As always I have great plans for the future so watch out for what else I get up to in the coming year!