A graduate of NCAD and WIT, Mairead is a native of Kilkenny who now lives in South Carlow, at the foot of the Blackstairs. She works as a Community Education tutor for Kikenny/Carlow ETB. She is on the Artists panel for the Butler Gallery and the DCCOI. She also works part-time as a carer with the Camphill group. She likes to work in a variety of media, using her surroundings in the countryside to find ways to use all her creative interests, to have a practice that allows her to be truly creative. Mairead believes that drawing and observing from life is the corner stone of her art practice.
Join us for a very special watercolour painting workshop at Mulvarra House with renowned artist Mairead Holohan. Whether you are completely new to painting or a seasoned painter looking to hone your technique, this workshop is for you. As a bonus you will be staying amidst some of the most beautiful landscape in Ireland. St Mullins, known as the Jewel of the Barrow, is one of the most magical and picturesque villages in this gorgeous part of Ireland’s Ancient East.
We are delighted to host artist Mairead Holohan for this weekend of watercolour painting in the beautiful surroundings of St Mullins. Mairead will be using the landscape and our surroundings to create loose watercolours, working wet into wet and learning the stages of this process. Mairead will first do a painting demo, and then you get a chance to try it out with Mairead’s expert guidance. Every participant will go home with their own ‘loose and wonderful’ watercolour painting.
This weekend workshop will run from Friday evening until Sunday lunchtime, staying in the majestic surroundings of Mulvarra House in St Mullins. All materials will be covered in the cost of the workshop, as well as all meals and drinks and accommodation in one of our comfortable ensuite bedrooms.
Highlights
The workshop will run from 5pm on Friday evening until lunchtime on Sunday
Dinner on Friday and Saturday evening at Mulvarra House is also included in the price of the workshop
The workshop includes two night’s accommodation at the workshop venue – Mulvarra House workshop and retreat centre
The painting classes will take place at our spacious and light filled studio space, with its breathtaking views of the Barrow River and St Mullins
The workshop will finish on Sunday morning with a delicious and healthy lunch in Mulvarra House
