"Thank you"

Here's a lovely card I got in the post this morning.

Caricature for a 21st Birthday

Here's a recent gift caricature I did for a 21st birthday gift..
What makes this different, is that when I first gave to the client, although she was happy the mother wasn't, and thought it didn't look like him(often the case with mammy's). Anyhow they agreed to give it to him and let him decide, here's the emails I just got.



Hi Niall
Dervlla here. We Gave Cathal his drawing on sat night went down a treat. To the extent he's still laughing today. He loves it.
So thank you for hard work. You'll be getting more business from my family and friends as they were all amazed.

kindest regards


Just a quick note to say thank you. I got a caricture as gift from my family for my 21st birthday present. It was an excellent gift & summed me up in a nut shell. The night was a great laugh & fun was had by all. The caricature went down very well with everyone at the party. It now hangs proudly at home & brings a smile to everyones face when they see it.

Thanks again,
Cathal Rice

wedding caricature guest board

Here's a recent guest board I did, and below is the email I just received from the bride.
Thanks again Elaine and Barry, glad everyone enjoyed it, and I really appreciate your nice email.

Niall,
Just wanted to say thank you for the brilliant caricature guestboard. It
was a real talking point, everybody at our wedding thought it was brilliant
& in turn signed it so we now have a fantastic keepsake of our day.
Thanks again,
Elaine & Barry
Slieve Russell 4th Sept 09

Guinness 250 years!

Saturday night I was in the the Guinness store-house Dublin along with 3 of my fellow artists, Jon Donohue, Mark Heng and Ken Coogan, a big thanks to all the guys for their help. Didn't have much time to take pictures, but here's a few I did manage to squeeze in.








Mark about to work his magic.




Who are those gorgeous fellas?

Wedding fair in the RDS

I had a hugely successful show in the RDS over the 5th and 6th of September.
I took more bookings over the weekend than ever before, and considering people don't normally book at the fair this was a real bonus. Here's a couple of pictures of my stand, I know it doesn't look busy but believe me it was insane, we had less than 5 mins break on both days and then I had to go off do weddings during the night, but that's a another story.BTW a huge thanks to my Sis in law Fiona who helped me out all weekend.

Live work from various weddings.

Here's some pictures I've managed to compile which were taken over the last month or so, from venues as far apart as Innishowen in Donegal to Adare in Limerick. Most if not all of these drawings were done in 3 minutes or less, so it's often a case of speed over substance, however I think the likness is good in most of them, and the main thing is the bride and groom were delighted and the guests who wanted to get drawn were not disappointed.

It's a small world!

It really is, I just got this email from a lady who's booked me to do her wedding guest board for next year, well you can read the rest.

Hi Niall,

Just to let you know im even more delighted that i have selected you to do our wedding board. i have just been visiting my brother who is home from Australia with his wife for a holiday and their friends as a wedding present gave them a piece of your work. It was a drawing of my sister in law in her all blacks jersey and my brother wearing our dundalk football teams jersey, holding his favourite drink (Guinness). The resemblence of my brother in the picture is uncanny. Im sure it will take pride of place in their home in Oz. Cant wait til i get mine next year now!

Emma