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Feature article about my Life & Art

I was approached a couple of weeks ago by a Journalist about a feature piece for the Wicklow People newspaper and David Medcalf came out and interviewed me, although it was more like a chat for a few hours and then the article was published last Wednesday in the Wicklow people and it was the centerfold.

It was a truly lovely piece and I am so delighted by it and I have to say flattering photos that I though I should share it on my site

Link to the online version on Independent.ie below

Wicklow painter Niki Purcell opens up about journey to art | Independent.ie

The Great Summer Art Draw is back!

THE GREAT SUMMER ART DRAW

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Every Draw Ticket comes with a €10 Voucher for my website

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Your €10 voucher will be emailed directly to you after your Auction Ticket purchase – like cash it never goes out of date and can be used to purchase any works on my site including sale items and can also be used along side any other discount codes

 

1st Prize  – Autumn over Mount Leinster

2nd Prize – Poolbeg Lights

3rd Prize –   Sunrise Dreams 

4th Prize – The red moon and the blue blue sea

5th Prize – Poppy Christmas Decoration

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Draw Takes Place on Sunday 31th July

Help me fund my Studio !

I am very lucky to live in a beautiful place surrounded by amazing views, my work as an artist is inspired by my surroundings

Some of my beautiful views…

I live in a small home shared with 3 dogs, my daughter and Husband, I have a small corner to try and work in and often its very hard to do anything, as my painting space is right at the front door and there is a lot of comings and goings…

An idea of the chaos!

I have dreamed and saved for a wood cabin to turn into a studio and managed to get the deposit and most of the cost of the cabin but the last year has completely thrown a major spanner into my dream and I am short by €5500, I know this is not a major issue compared to whats going on in the world and there are far more serious situations to be in but for me and my mental heath it’s a big thing, my creativity and expression of that has been crampted and crammed ever smaller, I so need a space to grow in and expand my work

Imagine my studio here!

I am looking to raise the balance of what I cant scrap togather myself, it would make a huge difference to my life and allow me to keep painting and to paint larger works…..

I will match evrey donation with a Gift voucher to the same value for any work on my site or come down for a studio visit and select a work directly….

 

 

Featured on DIY SOS with Nick Knowles!

SUPER THRILLED to get an email from the BBC today! they had been approached me about them using an image of one of my paintings for a DIY SOS with Nick Knowles episode which I agreed too and the episode is airing on :
Thursday 19th November, 8pm, BBC One
So watch out and spot my Painting!
#DIYSOS #irishart #irishartist #volunteerart

The story behind this episode

In this episode, Nick Knowles his loyal team and hundreds of volunteers head to Scunthorpe, for a truly emotional and inspiring build, that deals with a double grief.

 

In August 2007 tragedy first struck when Natasha (7), Caroline and Paul’s eldest daughter, died in a tragic accident at home, in their garage. Natasha rode a mini-moto, into the garage that Paul built and hit her head on a wall-mounted cupboard. She said, she was okay but within minutes became critically unwell, due to a massive head trauma. In hospital, they desperately tried to save her, but her head swelled terribly. It was horrific and the couple were told for Natasha’s sake, that she needed to be taken off life-support and allowed to die.

 

Caroline and Paul were unable to come to terms with what happened on that tragic day. Paul always blamed himself; he was a huge motorbike fan and so, whilst grieving, crushed every bike he owned. Some relief came, when in September 2012, daughter Paige Hope was born. Paul had had a vasectomy reversal to try for another child, to help deal with their loss. Brother, Reece chose her name – he said ‘Paige is a new chapter in our life’

 

Unfortunately tragedy struck, for a second time, when in March 2016, steel worker Paul complained of chest pains after returning from work. Tragically, a few days later, he suffered a heart attack, had stents fitted and after a few days at home suffered a cardiac arrest, in front of Caroline and Paige, from which he never regained consciousness. Caroline is convinced, his anxiety, was guilt and stress over his daughter’s death.

 

For the next 10 Days, Paul was on a life support machine. Caroline was then forced, once again, to deal with the trauma of switching off the life-support machine, to her husband of 28 years. On both occasions, she was brave enough to donate her loved ones organs, to help other families.

 

Now Caroline (44), Reece (15) and Paige (6) are grieving and trying to re-build their lives without their father, husband and sister.  But there are two huge obstacles to their mental health; the daily visual reminders of the garage and the conservatory, where their two loved ones died and that’s where DIYSOS and the kind volunteers step in to change their life.

Christmas is going online!

It seems that increasingly life and shopping is going online due to Covid19 hopefully not for ever but in the meantime its a great way to safely shop and browse plus you can do have a coffee and stay on the couch whats not to like!

I will be launching a Christmas shop on Oct 21st 2020 filled with small stocking fillers up to Large paintings for the house.

I am always happy to gift wrap and write a personal card if you want to send the painting directly to that lucky person and I will send you a photo of the wrapped gift and give you the tracking details so that you know when its been delivered…

Every purchase is shipped within 2 or 3 working days and can be delivered on the East coast within 2 days so not excuses for being late!

I am also happy and always enjoy getting commissions, so if there is a special place or a painting that has already sold, contact me and we can arrange a painting to whatever size or budget needed

 

 

Wedding Season

Spring and  especially Summer are filled with he chimes of Wedding bells and it can be hard to find a present that is truly personal, original and that will also turn into a family heirloom!

Paintings are a great way to celebrate Life and make brilliant wedding presents, a painting can capture a mood, a place and transport the viewer back to those memories.

They can be meditative and allow the mind to wander, wonder and dream – a window to another land…

I have put to gather a small collection of paintings that I think capture the joy of life and love that a wedding day is filled with and of course I am always delighted to be commissioned to paint a special place, one of my recent commissions was to paint the Cliffs of Moher at Sunset with a sky filled with scarlet clouds for a wedding present an American couple who had gotten engaged there….

Check out my new Wedding Inspiration collection here

Artist's description: Blue skies over Summerseas - Swiming at Seapoint, Dublin is a painting of the famous Dublin swimming spot at Seapoint near Blackrock, Dublin, with it's views of Howth and Dun Laoghaire and the historic Martello tower this is a year round attraction.. Painted from sketches on a summer's afternoon, I used generous sweeps of Paint applied with a palette knife coupled with soft brush marks.. to create texture and atmosphere This painting is oil on board and than float mounted and framed as shown.. This painting comes with a signed certificate of Authenticity Carefully packed and couriered directly to you Materials used: oil Buy these two artworks together and save 10% + Buy both artworks together: €452.47 Saving of €50.28 Oil painting by Niki Purcell - Irish Landscape Painting: €250.00 Oil painting by Jackie Smith: €252.75 Blue skies over Summer seas - Swiming at Seapoint, Dublin

Sunshine Meadow
Sunshine Meadow

Sunrises to sunsets- a journey of Life

I have been working on a series on new works focusing on Sunset and Sunrises…

These works are very personal to me, as I see the Sunset/Sunrise works as a symbol of the cycle of Life –  the beginning  and the end.

I come from a very close family and recently my beloved  brother Damien passed away after nearly a month in ICU after a major car crash, the whole experience of going to the hospital daily was a rollercoaster of hope and despair depending on the day and the news from the doctors and then the final moments of Life followed by the grief of loss and mourning the best human I know..

It is amazing how one’s life can be falling apart while the world continues, the sun rises and sets and the world turns, at first this seems wrong but then you realise this is one of the beauties of life nothing stops but continues to move and transform, ever renewing energy to energy..The works are filled with vibrant colour and lush paint, some more subtle, some brash and heavy with paint but all filled with emotion and love….

My Sun rises and Sun sets are like Alpha to Omega –  the beginning to the end… I see these works as a celebration of life, so I have been looking to the skies for my inspiration and to honour my brother and his memory…..

Damien Purcell 13/5/1961 – 6/01/2019 RIP

Sunset Skies
Sunset Skies

Night Falls over Tara Hill
Night Falls over Tara Hill

Changing Lands – An Exhibition of Recent works

Changing Lands – An Exhibition of Recent works Open on Thursday 1st November @ 7pm and runs  until Monday 13th November 2019

Changing Lands is a pivotal exhibition for me as I move away from brushes and indulge my new found passion for the palette knife, the textural opportunities and lush sweeps of colour seem to echo  my interest in the changing sweeping nature of our Landscape with the constantly shifting weather and light….

I will be showing a selection of these recent oil paintings in Gallery Intermarium in Cabinteely, Co.Dublin

click here for more info on Gallery intermarium