Beara.ie

He’s been a rapper, a writer, a forklift driver – photographer, artist and ‘extreme lighthouser’ John Eagle talks to Christine O’Sullivan about flying, painting and the secret of his creativity... On his eighth birthday, John Eagle was given a simple Kodak film camera as a present from his brother. He smiles at the recollection of using up the ... Read more...

Barbara Nolan is probably the most prolific art worker based in Beara. She not only runs a design company that provides commissioned artwork to the educational book publishers of Ireland but she has also produced a long running satirical cartoon strip in a national newspaper, runs a flourishing art gallery in her home (the Sometimes Gallery), sup ... Read more...

Writer Christine O'Sullivan talks to artist Sarah Walker for Beara.ie Over twenty years ago, when artist Sarah Walker was living and working in Hokkaido, northern Japan, she produced a series of paintings depicting ‘Jizo’.  This popular Buddhist deity is venerated in Japan as the guardian of babies who have died.  She describes the paintings as “b ... Read more...

David Syme is a virtuosi pianist. Even as a non musician I can see and hear that. The pleasure for me, living in Beara was to experience of real live performing. From the first blow on the keyboard I was completely drawn in and reminded of what a thrill it is to experience first hand someone expressing themselves through their art. If you are in ... Read more...