I have had one of the scariest experiences of my life. I have been reading through all 96 of the entries that you have sent. I have been in awe of the long ones, and short ones, laughed at the funny ones, and gawped at a perfectly strange one one... and of course, I have loved them all.... read more...

I was so frequently reminded of how much my paintings are coveted, admired, even loved...that I made a great offer. Pitch for your favourite one and tell me (and everyone else), why. Which painting would you be biting your toenails to get? Why do you want it? What is it about it that moves you? All pieces on my website are included. No exceptions.*

Tell me your stories....and on Feb 1st, 2010, the best story won the prize. read more...

The sun shone, hundreds of people came, cars were double parked up and down the wide avenue - it was a glorious day and everyone was really happy.

So, thank you for your support. Whether you were able to come to join me on May 10, or if you dropped in later in the week and signed the comments book, or if you phoned, emailed or sent me a card in the post, I really appreciate your effort and also your encouragement.... read more...

Business was brisk at the sales desk in the Signal Art Centre when a space had to be cleared to allow the legendary broadcaster and naturalist Éamon de Buitléir clamber up to address the enormous crowd which attended the launch of Mary Duffy's exhibition in the Signal Arts centre last Friday night. Describing her paintings as "music" de Buitléir paid tribute to the artist by taking out his harmonica and playing the Donegal tune, An Bótharín Buí, to the delight of the assembled crowd which included Liz Mc Manus, TD, Donal Toolan, Actor and disability rights activist and Carrie Crowley, Actor.
With some of the assembled squeezed out onto the pavement, such were the numbers, Mary Duffy then addressed the crowd...She described talking on her home turf was a "perilous adventure.... read more...

Wicklow-based artist Mary Duffy holds her second solo exhibition of paintings in the Signal Arts Centre, Bray, from March 4-16 next. Inspired by the unique landscape of a rare fen habitat at Blackditch, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow, Mary Duffy’s show is entitled ‘Sea, Sky & the Square Mile’. The paintings, she says are “vibrant, colourful exploration of big skies, watery marshes, deep dykes, lush, green woodlands and the ever changing sea that form part of one of the largest wetland complexes on the east coast of Ireland......”

News clipping from the Bray People, 20 February, 2008

Giclée (pronounced "zhee-clay"), is a term for the process of making fine art prints from a digital source using particularly high quality ink-jet printing... read more...

There is a great range in size and price of these works, most of which are oil on canvas. All paintings can be sold with or without frames and most frames are glazed.They range in cost from €60 to €4,950. Gift vouchers are also available read more...

I accept this award on behalf of the disability rights movement in Ireland. By this I mean the broad collection of individuals and groups who have resisted and continue to resist the definition of disabled people as being less valuable, less likely to contribute, less visible, and less significant than others in the community… read more...