Two illustrations of mine have been published in Ropes literary journal launched in the Cúirt International Festival of Literature in Galway last month, the journal presents poetry and pose from emerging and established writers in Ireland and beyond. The two illustrations chosen for their journal were the illustration in the above photo, The Irish Language Forest/An Coill Teanga Gaeilge and also the other Irish language landscape illustration, The Irish Language/An Teanga Ghaeilge.
I have been asked to do a talk in the Éigse Shéamais Uí Mhaolchathaigh in ‘Newcastle/An Chaisleáin Nua’, Tipperary/Thiobraid Árann, on Saturday the 30th of June/30ú Meitheamh, and my talk will be ‘Illustrating Irish/An Ghaeilge a Léiriú’. I wrote a little piece for their blog about myself, my work and my connection to Irish, which can be read here:
http://meithealuimhaol.blogspot.com/2012/05/se-ceann-dena-ceardlanna-bheidh-ar-siul.html
I was asked to write an article about my art for the first issue of a new magazine published today, called ‘Origins’. In my article I discuss one of the main ideas that inspired me originally to create paintings of megalithic tombs. You can find my article on page 18 & 19 in the online version of the magazine here:
http://issuu.com/bermudaquest/docs/origins01
There is also a little bio of me on page 2.
If your coming to this post at a later date and the magazine is no longer online, I put an enlarged version of the article enlarged here:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yVF1jcN2suw/T6EHuhNUV6I/AAAAAAAABRc/QCXLAHzxl7o/s1600/Article01.jpg
I would like to do say thank you to Melanie Magdalena for including me in this great magazine, full of great articles from a diverse range of subjects from a discussion on fear to articles about various periods and areas of archaeology. So make sure to check it out!
My Eightercua Stone row painting has been featured over in Irish Fireside blog. Make sure to have a wonder around their blog that features anything from “Irish travel, culture and items of interest to the Irish diaspora”. The article with my work can be viewed here:
My work has just been put on display in a Digital exhibition on Lorraine Evans website, found here:
http://www.lorraineevans.com/index.asp?pageid=372236
I am her first Guest for her new guest slot feature on her website and I am very grateful for Lorraine for choosing my work and doing me this huge honor. While your there make sure to look around her website and check out the great books she has written.
Enlarged version can be found here: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HtD5lSm3I3U/T2JxHnFR_WI/AAAAAAAABMk/s-OGFR3PHZ8/s1600/CorkExam_Net.jpg
I was interviewed for todays Irish examiner, one of Irelands national newspapers, by Denise Hall, a superb reporter that has been working for many years for the Irish examiner, I would well advise searching the Irish examiners archives to read her work for yourself, it is fantastic.
I would like to thank Denise Hall for doing such a great job making me sound well better than I am 
And also for the people at the Irish examiner for their fitting design and layout, very cool!
I did an interview for ‘In a dark wood’ where I discussed the various aspects of my practice, you can find the interview here:
http://inadark-wood.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/talking-to-artists-1-jg-odonoghue.html
A big thank you to ‘In a dark wood’ for the interview, was very enjoyable to answer the pointed questions and to have a chance to talk more about the background of my artwork.
Check out ‘In a Dark Wood’ fantastic Jewelry which is “inspired by the wonderful sagas and stories of Scandinavia” on the following interweb spaces:
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/people/Indarkwoods
Blog: http://inadark-wood.blogspot.com.au/
If you missed listening to the radio interview live on Sunday the 12th Feb, you have another chance to listen back to the interview where we talked about the irish language, Ogham trees and my illustrations here:
http://www.corkfm.net/podcast/arts/ArtsFeb12.mp3
A big thanks again to Cork FM Arts show for having me on their show, was alot of fun doing it. You can catch previous episodes of their show here:
http://www.corkfm.net/podcast/arts/index.htm
Or listen into their informative weekly show on every Sunday from 7- 8 pm if your in the Cork area.
My artwork and ongoing exhibition were mentioned today in the Southern Star. Featured in the article is my Lettergorman painting which you can see in person in my exhibition!
I would like to thank to the Southern star for featuring the exhibition in their great newspaper! The Southern Star features anything from news around the county, to local history and green initiatives. You can find the southern star on their website here:
Or on facebook here:
My ongoing exhibition in the Cork Coffee Roasters was mentioned in the Bishopstown news today!
It was great to be featured in the Bishopstown news, if your in the bishopstown area make sure to pop into the Wilton shopping centre and elsewhere to pick up their newspaper for all the latest news about bishopstown and beyond. You can find them online here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bishopstown-News/173613445989043
My artwork and upcoming exhibition were mentioned today in Cork News. It focused on the Ogham tree art pieces that will be in the exhibition.
A big thank you to Maria Tracey for doing such a great job writing about the exhibition and Ogham and also to Cork News for publishing it in their newspaper. You can find Maria Tracey on Twitter here:
https://twitter.com/mtracey123
And Cork News on their website here:
The article can also be read on their digitalised version of the newspaper, its on page 93 here:
My upcoming exhibition in Cork Coffee Roasters next week is mentioned in the Evening Echo newspaper today!
It was great of them to include me, so I would like to say thanks to Joanne O’Flynn and the Evening Echo, a newspaper that keeps most of Cork abreast of the goings on in this fair city. You can find Joanne on twitter here:
https://twitter.com/joanneoflynn
And you can also find Evening Echo on their website:
http://www.eecho.ie/
My upcoming exhibition has been featured in the East Cork Journal newspaper today, for those who get the newspaper, check it out in the entertainment section.
I would like to thank East Cork Journal for featuring me in their fantastic newspaper, which covers everything from general news to news on nature and local history, like the Glenbower woods. Their website can be found here:
My exhibition featured in the Cork Independant newspaper today. Click on the image to see a larger version you can read.
The article was written by Christine Allen, and I would like to thank her for doing such a great job putting it together, cheers Christine! You can follow here on twitter here: https://twitter.com/ChrisInCork and also read her blog for some great stories and poems, found here: http://colouringshadows.blogspot.com/
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The debut Solo exhibition of JG O’Donoghue is in Cork Coffee Roasters for the month of February! If your in Cork pop in anytime from the 1st to the 28th of February on bridge street to see his work in person. O’Donoghues work is inspired by the heritage, culture and history of this island, from Megalithic landscapes to Ogham Trees to the Irish language, all done in his distinctive style of pen and ink illustration and coloured ink paintings.
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I had my work as well as my answers featured in the Islander Art interview with Maria Tracey for the Cork News newspaper! For the next week, from the 6th of January 2012, if your in Cork to go to your local newstand and pick up the newspaper! Above is from the online version of said article.
If your not in Cork, you can get the online version of the interview by going to page 81 here:
If you prefer I created a PDF of it, which can be viewed or downloaded here:
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