If I Were a Blackbird - Sinéad Woods sea front In the chaotic everyday of

In the chaotic everyday of living in the city it is tranquil to watch these bodies just chilling out in Dublin bay

but at the time I painted this

The low angle to makes the landmarks more dramatic as the eye moves into the distance

I often see him here

'Botanic Bouquet' is Sinead's 3 colour 'jigsaw' lino print of beautiful spring Hyacinths in a Botanic Garden greenhouse

If I Were a Blackbird - Sinéad Woods sea front In the chaotic everyday ofInspired by a photo Sinad took looking through the foliage of a cardoon plant through to the Great Palm House in the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. These majestic plants with their wonderful large purple blooms and silvery green leaves framed the delicate metalwork of the greenhouse perfectly. As cardoon seed heads mature and die away, they transform into fluffy, oversized spheres, providing ideal nesting material for blackbirds. In this