Colman O Criodain Portfolios
A review of "Poor Things"
I wasn't quite as blown away by Oppenheimer as I expected.
Artist Derek Hill's house in Co. Donegal still has the stamp of its late owner.
Lissadell House, in County Sligo, is rich in artistic, literary and historical associations.
Apart from the fact that I have been drawing and painting for as long (and probably longer) than I can remember, I have come to realize that there are other reasons why it comes more naturally to me than playing a musical instrument in particular. Only a few years ago, in my late 50s, I was diagnosed with ADHD.
I have, at various times, entertained notions of myself as a writer, a musician, a biologist and a lawyer, but the one activity that I was drawn to for as long as I can remember, going back into childhood, was drawing. My earliest memories include frequently asking my mother if she would let me draw, and she would find me paper and a pencil to do so. I suppose it kept me quiet.