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Winner of the 2024 Favourite Painting art exhibition and competition

10/08/2024

We are delighted to announce Padraig McCaul as the winner of our 2024 Favourite Painting art exhibition and competition.

Remembering my First Achill Painting Workshop

02/23/2024

This is a blog post I wrote back in 2014 about the first workshop I ran on Achill Island. I'm republishing it here, along with some others, to make sure I have them all in one place on my website.

INTERVIEW - The Mayo News - June 2014

02/23/2024

Revisiting an interview I gave to the Mayo News in 2014 about moving to Achill and living and working on the island

In Conversation with James Sweetman | Interview

02/23/2024

Ten years is a long time! In 2013 I gave an interview to James Sweetman for his online e-Zine and Blog. In it we discussed my life before I became a painter and how I made the transition to full time artist. James is a highly-rated and well-respected Executive and Personal Coach, Trainer, Keynote Speaker, Author and Columnist, and he had some great questions. Below is the interview in full..

10 Steps to Start a Successful Art Business

02/23/2024

This is an article I wrote for the US website EmptyEasel.com in 2014. It is a short guide to my own philosophy around making a living as an artist.

The 5 Basic Elements of Landscape Painting

11/07/2023

In the world of art, few subjects have captured the imagination and creativity of artists as powerfully as landscapes. Here is an article written for the benefit of Google SEO :-)

2023 Solo Exhibition at the Doorway Gallery INTERVIEW

07/07/2023

My new solo exhibition, ‘The Ties That Bind’, opens in the Doorway Gallery, Dublin on July 7th and runs until July 28th. Here is an interview I gave to the Doorway Gallery as part of the social media campaign....

RTE Nationwide TV Feature now available to view

11/30/2021

The RTE Nationwide TV programme is now available to view on the RTE Player.

Cill Rialaig Artist Residency 2021

11/02/2021

In August this year I got to spend a magical 8 days at the Cill Rialaig artist residency in Co.Kerry

RTE Nationwide TV Interview - 2021

08/18/2021

RTE Nationwide visited Achill in May, 2021 to film me in my studio and surroundings and to talk about my work and time on Achill Island

A Day in the Life | The Mayo News 2021

05/22/2021

A DAY IN THE LIFE: PADRAIG MCCAUL, 20 APRIL 2021

'Padraig McCaul’s luminous paintings...' Another FAINNE OIR Review

10/16/2019

An insightful, glowing review of Fáinne Óir from author and film producer, Kevin Fortuna.

Fáinne Óir is one of a kind - Irish Echo Review

10/08/2019

Fáinne Óir opened to standing ovations in New York and Castlebar. Here is a comprehensive review by the Irish Echo, the oldest and largest selling Irish newspaper in USA.

Feature article in THE MAYO NEWS about Fáinne ÓIR

08/26/2019

Composer and conductor Kathy Fahey is bringing an ambitious new music and contemporary dance production to stage

World Premiere of Fáinne Óir

04/30/2019

I am absolutely thrilled to let you know about the world premiere of a new music and contemporary dance production, Fáinne Óir, which takes place on September 20th in the Theatre Royal, Castlebar before moving to New York for a performance in the Symphony Space Theatre, Broadway, on September 26th.

Fáinne Óir - World and New York Premieres

02/28/2019

I am very excited to have been asked to create a set of new original paintings to be used as the backdrops for a new Irish contemporary music and dance production, Fáinne Óir.

Mayo artist in the national spotlight after Australian success - The Connaught Telegraph, 1/11/17

11/01/2017

A MAYO artist who is just back from a sell-out exhibition in Australia will be showing his vivid portraits of the Achill landscape at Ireland’s premier art fair Art Source, in the RDS from November 10 to 12. http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2017/11/01/4147921-mayo-artist-in-the-national-spotlight-after-australian-success/

Australian Exhibition is a Complete Sell Out

09/04/2017

I held my first exhibition in Australia in July this year at the Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle. It was a great success and turned out to be a complete sell out.

Affordable Art Fair, London 2017

05/17/2017

I recently exhibited at the Affordable Art Fair in London with the Doorway Gallery. It's always an exciting fair to be at and this was, I think, my sixth time at the fair. Here's a link to a great review of the show from William McKenzie.

Eircode and Me....

11/27/2016

Padraig McCaul paintings to feature in new national Eircode marketing campaign

What's happening in Spring/Summer 2016?

05/06/2016

Summer 2016 is going to be very busy, with paintings workshops, exhibitions and a major national marketing campaign to look forward to.

Interview with Charlie McBride from the Galway Advertiser

05/05/2016

This is an interview I gave to the Galway Advertiser in the run up to my exhibition at the Townhall Theatre in Galway in March this year.

11/27/2016

Eircode and Me....

I am very excited to have some of my paintings used in Eircode's new marketing campaign which has started to roll out around the country.

Eircode are offering people the chance to have their unique EirCode printed onto a limited edtion card featuring one of my paintings. There are five different images to choose from, drawn from my new Limited Edition Print and Art Card collection. The printed cards will be available from the Eircode stands that will start to pop up at various consumer shows around the country, having launched at this year's Ploughing championships.

In the coming weeks you will also be able to use the FINDER page on the Eircode website to locate your Eircode number, have it printed on one of my cards and sent out to you. https://www.eircode.ie/

It's all pretty exciting and a nice way to round off what has been a really busy year.

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