Isn't this gorgeous? The beautiful gentle hills and fields of Ballyhoura Country from Ardpatrick Forest park in soft pastel. Look out for it on www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com. #art #irishwomanartist #landscapeart

A gorgeous little river that you'd miss if you blinked. Follow the link to see where it is. #hiddenlandscapes #Irishfarmland #littleriver #stream #brook #hiddenspotsofIreland  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/landscape-art/p/brook-near-glenwilliam-ballingarry-limerick-ireland

New blog post. Have you got a wish list for 2026? Happy New Year! May yours be amazing. Here's my #wishlist, just folow the link below. #Irishartist #art #contemporaryart #21stcenturylife #endstagecapitalism #buyirishart https://f.mtr.cool/zujcqijzyo

Keeping it monochrome today - pencil sketches of buildings: an old telegraph station, a castle, a lighthouse and a ruined Palladian mansion that is home to a bat colony and apparently several ghosts. #spooky #pencilsketches #buildings #Ireland #historicireland #tapintothestories

#enpleinairdrawing or #urbansketching? People watching the World Cup. #sketching #watercolour. #pencilandwatercolour #art #irishartist #fascinationwithpeople #psychodynamism Follow this link for oil paintings of similar scenes: https://f.mtr.cool/rczlrgtoos

Who likes a big, eye-catching painting that takes up a whole room? Want a visual statement? Here you go. #largeoilpainting #kindascary #slightlystalkerish #enigmaticart #visualartwork #wivisualstorytelling #art https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/paintings-of-people/p/cigarette-smoking-man

Stages of artwork - watercolour with wax crayon version of Cliffs of Moher The Bellies. A little experiment to see how it works, I've seen the same media used together in Louis Le Broquy's works and love it. #orlaclancycontemporaryart #irishwomanartist #peoplescape #crowdpainting #learningbylooking

Get art prints of my figure studies on Saatchi, here's a blog post about that with the link to buy your own. Follow the link to buy! #figurestudies #lifedrawing #nudes #drawingthehumanbody #importanceofanatomy https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/art-life/drawing-and-painting-the-human-figure

I love this oil pastel drawing - I don't have the original on my website yet, but it is available as a #limitededitionartprint through my website www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com. Make sure you #subscribe to the website to hear about the latest uploads.

Hello and welcome to all the new followers over the past few days. Nice to have you all here. xxx

We've been here a few times, the Flaggy Shore by Galway Bay. Do you know it? Not yet on www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com, but keep a look out. #oilpasteldrawing #the Burren #contemporaryirishlandscapeart #womanartist #bestofireland #flaggyshore

A scene from the magical Inisheer of the Aran Islands. Have you been? Follow the link to buy. #limitededitionartprint. #watercoloursketch #enpleinair #wildatlanticway #art #Irishwomanartist  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/art-prints-pod/p/poster-lighthouse-on-inisheer-aran-islands-ireland

Irish weather ... should have its own planet, really. But here's my take on it, follow the link. Please leave a comment with your thoughts. #blogpost #Irishweather #slightrant #loveireland  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/art-life/irish-weather-a-lovehate-story

SOLD IN 2025. A favourite #enpleinair #workonpaper, from the top of Cruagh Mhairin. A steep walk up but the views were worth it. #GreatBlasket #wildatlanticway #art #womanartist #Kerrygaeltacht  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/great-blasket-from-cruach-mhairiin

Today is the Winter Solstice in Ireland, an ancient festival of light. Summer will be back. Tá an Samhradh ag teacht ar ais.  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/paintings-of-people #irishart #art #people #notportraits #sketches #moods #memories #speculation #love

New artwork up! Kerry Head from Banna Strand, in County Kerry, Ireland. From an #enpleinair sketch. #irishwomanartist #wildatlanticway #kerry #charcoaldrawing #colouredpaper #atlanticlight #bigsky #art https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/kerry-head-from-banna-strand

Watch out for these on the website - memories, experiences, legends of hidden places. https://f.mtr.cool/velkhgndyn #irishartist #buydirectlyfromartists #contemporarypainting #drawings #landscapes #visualstorytelling #shadowandlight #artthatdisturbs #artthatcomforts #artthatprovokes #artthatsuggests

If you're very lucky, you might actually get lovely sunny weather when you visit Ireland. Those days are the best! #beautyofIreland #patchworkfields #40shadesofgreen #Irishart #bestofireland https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-story-admiring-the-view-from-cruagh-mhairin

View original Irish art here, and don't forget to subscribe! https://f.mtr.cool/fhbdzvilll

Cattle have been part of our story here in Ireland for millennia. #cows #bó #CultúrNahÉireann #cultuurvanierland #culturedirlande #kulturirlands #moo https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-stories-aherlow-cows-in-low-winter-sun

At the open air museum in #Fiesole near #Florence, where you can sit and sketch in the shade of the trees.  These eventually became oil paintings. #art #pencilsketches #orlaclancycontemporaryart #randompeople #enpleinair #inspiredbyitaly #eternalsummer #lovedrawing #keepingitoldschool #absorption

An older painting from art college. An exploration of #masks and #masking. Important to my personal and artistic development. #womanartist #growth #Irishart

It might look dark and gloomy when the sky is overcast, but when the winter sun shines over Connemara, the shades of gold, amber, ochre and orange glow from within, like they're holding a wonderful secret. #art https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/connemara-in-winter

On rainy days in Ireland, I remember days in other places .... #art #inspiredbyitaly https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-story-sailing-to-ischia-ii

Three watercolour sketches taken in #Italy. #orlaclancycontemporaryart

Winter is coming, but within us all, summer is eternal. To paraphrase Camus. Read about an eternal summer here:  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-story-street-festival-viii-blue-house

Lately I've been reading about Jung, the Shadow and storytelling. A way of making peace with past monsters, including myself. #psychopainter #artthatdisturbs #artthatcomforts #artthatdefies #artthatconfronts #arthat connects #arthattriggers #contemporaryhumanism #art #orlaclancycontemporaryart

Big painting of a guy looking back at you. Here's an artwork that will get conversations going. Big, colourful and enigmatic, yet full of all kinds of stories. #original #oilpainting #artwithanedge #irishwomanartis https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/paintings-of-people/p/campo-dei-miracoli-iv

Don't forget to subscribe! Art for people who love Ireland, enjoy the landscapes, reminisce about people and events they experienced there, and want a daily reminder of their visit. For more, visit www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com. #irishwomanartist #artfromireland #buydirectfromartist #visualart

I've posted a couple of new ones up on the website, here's one of them: #oilpastel #unframedworkonpaper #visualart #Irishlandscape #contemporaryart #irishwomanartist #westofireland #mountains #boglands #peatlands https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/connemara-in-winter

A figure study, available as a print. #figurestudy #lifedrawing #Irishwomanartist #nude #artprint https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-Reclining-Nude-Dancer-On-Back-Soft-Pastel-Wine-coloured-Paper/2746493/12828323/view

This scene reminded me a little of the landscape of the north of the Netherlands. Follow the link to buy. Print also available #odetogroningen #Irishlandscape #visualartwork #countyclare #WildAtlanticWay  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/landscape-art/p/curved-ditch-near-kilkee-county-clare

A basic question. Do you want the answer? Follow the link, and subscribe to the website for more information. #art #artprocess #makingart #motivation #inspiration #drive #discipline #letsgetvisual https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/art-life/how-do-i-get-right-down-to-it-and-start-making-art

Another one available as a print from Saatchi. #figurestudies #nude #anatomystudies #irishwomanartist https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Drawing-Nude-With-Floppy-Belly/2746493/13020171/view

Coming soon to www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com. A small #drawing in #charcoals on coloured paper. Kerry Head from the southern end of Banna Strand, from a sketch. #lovekerry #lovetheIrishcoastline #wildatlanticway #kerryisthekingdom #art #westofireland #intothewest #Atlanticsky #art #RogerCasement

I forgot about these tiny ones I painted in 2017. I did a series of small acrylic boards, some of which have been sold. Two are people in the Burren, one of the family gazing down the valley at Three Castles Head, and the dog is the Hound of St Finian's Bay. www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com

It was in my mother's house for many years, I gave it to her because she loved it. When she passed I got it back. I need to reframe it, however. It's too cute not to be shared. An en plein air oil pastel drawing made near Newcastle West in County Limerick. www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com #art

New to the website, this delightful #oilpastel #drawing of two young women having a picnic lunch on the pier on the #BéaraPeninsula #art #westcork #irishwomanartist #originalworkonpaper  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/lunchtime-at-travara-pier-beara-peninsula

Bringing beauty to this platform of bots and frustrated people. Going to be in Limerick city tomorrow and Sunday, in #limerickartandcraft, which is located on Nicolas Street. Come by for cool art, Treaty City Brewery is across the street.

Humans will ALWAYS want to leave a mark. Of some kind. Follow the link and make your own mark by leaving a comment. #blog #drawing #art #sketching #notetaking #visualartworks #observation #amoment https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/art-life/old-school-drawing-will-never-die

What's this? A window. Where is it? Somewhere in Ireland. Where can I see the full drawing? Right here: https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/landscape-art/p/west-limerick-cottage #art #oilpastel #enpleinair #contemporaryart #Irishart #landscapeart #ruralIreland

New artwork on the website: #oilpasteldrawing #westcork #landscapewithfigures #irishwomanartist Follow the link to see and read more:https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/p/picnic-at-travara-pier-beara-peninsula

The perpetual tussle between a child's vivid imagination and the need to go home for tea. See it at Nicolas Street this weekend at #localartcraftlimerick pop-up exhibition. #lovelimerick #oilpainting #art #imagination https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/paintings-of-people/p/lough-gur-fern

On rainy days in Ireland, I remember days in other places .... #art #inspiredbyitaly #oilpainting #oneofthree #seriesofpaintings  https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-story-sailing-to-ischia-ii

Winter is here how, but within us all, summer is eternal. To paraphrase Camus. Read about an eternal summer here: #oilpainting #seriesofpaintings   https://www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/artwork-stories/artwork-story-street-festival-viii-blue-house

Very few artists can afford to go without another job. Here's what I've been doing a lot for the past few years: https://f.mtr.cool/yntuxqdonl

I forgot about this page - and also, I forgot the password, but I found it again - so here are a few of my figure studies, available as prints through Saatchi Online. #artprints #figurestudies #anatomystudies #art https://f.mtr.cool/kcezjqislt

I'm working on the website this week, again. Have you subscribed yet? https://f.mtr.cool/velkhgndyn #irishartist #buydirectlyfromartists #contemporarypainting #drawings #landscapes #visualstorytelling #shadowandlight #artthatdisturbs #artthatcomforts #artthatprovokes #artthatsuggests

Paintings with text! Poetry, songs, novels .... and other smart stuff that resonates. What gets the little wheels in YOUR head turning? #artthatresonates #art #Irishart #howwedream #howweprocess #howwelive #psychodynamic #artthatdisturbs #artthatcomforts #arthatevokes #sunshineandshadow #artislife