Art Cards Ireland

17/07/2025

Artists in the wild 😊

11/07/2025

Something cooling. Think we could all do with a bit of this today.

Caroline Canning

16/06/2025

Happy Bloomsday 🧀🍷

"Every life is in many days, day after day. We walk through ourselves, meeting robbers, ghosts, giants, old men, young men, wives, widows, brothers-in-love, but always meeting ourselves.” - James Joyce (1882-1941)

Happy to all who celebrate. For anyone not familiar with the day, it commemorates 16 June 1904, the day on which the events of James Joyce’s novel Ulysses take place, and is named after the central character Leopold Bloom. The date had a special significance for Joyce, as it was when he first went out walking together with his future wife, Nora Barnacle.

🖼️ This portrait of Joyce by British writer and artist Wyndham Lewis was gifted to the Gallery some ten years after the writer’s death by his patron, the editor and political activist Harriet Shaw Weaver. It’s hanging in Room 23 at the moment, be sure to find it on your next visit.

🔗 If you'd like to explore some of the Joycean connections in our collection, you can read this short illustrated article (4 minute read): https://www.nationalgallery.ie/explore-and-learn/bloomsday

Image: Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), James Joyce (1882-1941), 1921. Photo © National Gallery of Ireland.

07/05/2025

I know we’re all drowning in podcasts now but for anyone interested in chat about life as an artist, this has been a good one - it came to an end yesterday after a six-year run of weekly episodes (still available to listen to for the foreseeable). It’s a UK one. Anyone got a favourite Irish art-related podcast?

18/04/2025

John Short fans - we know there are a lot of you! He has a show coming up and you can see it online below. https://www.solomonfineart.ie/viewing-room/78-john-short-horizons/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJvVndleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHokRp6FtbCYh9CU1igt8KxH265op5K5k3xfrNVzQvur1yml3eDVbk1ZUMcI-_aem_rwNmvZ6jAQLN7b07oY-6Tw

Forty Foot looking West , Forty Foot looking North , Forty Foot Panorama , Fishing near Dalkey Island , Goats in a valley, Glendalough , Goats on a Road, Glendalough , Dunmore East Mermaids , Study for Bathing Place, Salthill, Galway , Salthill Bathers, Galway , Forty Foot Bathers Jumping...

07/04/2025

For years, we've been trade-only suppliers. We've had many enquiries from members of the public and we were usually unable to help - the way we work with our printer, we just weren't set up to supply small quantities.

So now, we're really happy to say that our complete range is available online to the public at Papermintstore.com. Take a look!

https://papermintstore.com/collections/art-cards-ireland

Greeting Cards Ireland, Papermint Store. Cards for all occasions. Birthday, Thank You, Irish Greeting Cards, Funny Cards, Gifts, Stationery.

15/03/2025

Happy St Patrick's for Monday ☺, have a good one.

Tatyana Feeney

14/02/2025

I want to be able to do this.

11/02/2025

Anyone have experience of moving a magnolia tree? The one in our garden might have to be relocated and we're told there's a 50/50 chance of it surviving the move 🤔.

Magnolias make gorgeous subjects for artists. We have cards featuring this beauty Springburst by Caroline Canning, and the lovely Magnolia on blue by Printmaker Marta Wakula-Mac (visit artcardsireland.com to see that one).

All cards available from Cardboutique.ie.

Caroline Canning

08/01/2025

Brrr...hope you're keeping warm.

Jean Bardon

01/01/2025

New year, new distributor! Delighted to say that Cardboutique.ie are now handling all orders for Art Cards Ireland greeting cards. On the Cardboutique.ie website we're listed under Irish cards - find us there. Wishing everyone a good new year.

20/12/2024

Happy Christmas all x

John Short