FAFO Art Studio

29/08/2026

What’s everyone doing with their Saturday night? 👀
I’m treating myself to a very rare sneaky drink 🥃 and spending mine painting a commission 🎨
Rock and roll. 😂
Although, to be fair… paintbrush in one hand and a wee drink in the other is actually a pretty decent Saturday night.

28/08/2026

Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be… a bloody bricklayer. 🧱

Tiny sneak peek at a new commission 👀

Yes. There are hundreds more and I sketched every fecking one of them.
No. I'm not showing you the rest yet. 😂

28/08/2026

📣Voting is now open - who’s your market favourite? PS vote for me ha ha ha

🏆 Favourite Market Stall
🍴 Best Artisan Food Product
🎨 Best Artisan Craft Product

Winners will be announced on 17 September as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations.

Have your say and cast your vote:
https://bit.ly/speciality-market-awards

📣Voting is now open - who’s your market favourite?

🏆 Favourite Market Stall
🍴 Best Artisan Food Product
🎨 Best Artisan Craft Product

Winners will be announced on 17 September as part of the 20th anniversary celebrations.

Have your say and cast your vote:
https://bit.ly/speciality-market-awards

26/08/2026

Well… WOW. What a bloody fair. 😂

Four days of Lammas done and I think it may take approximately 3–5 business days for my body and brain to return to the building.

This was the first big outing since relaunching as FAFO Art Studio, and seeing the new name properly out there in the wild was equal parts exciting, terrifying and very, very sweaty. 😂

A massive thank you to every single person who stopped at the stall for a look, bought something, had a chat, laughed at the coasters, recognised some of my older work or discovered FAFO for the first time. Every sale, conversation and lovely comment genuinely meant a lot.

And apparently even sitting down after closing time and declaring “f**k everyone, I'm getting my dinner” isn't enough to stop me selling paintings… but that's a story for another day. 😂

If you spotted me at Lammas — whether you bought something, stopped for a nosey, had a chat or simply walked past thinking what in the name of God does FAFO stand for? — say hello in the comments! 👋

I'd genuinely love to know who's here because they found FAFO at the fair. Tag your businesses too

For now, I'm off to recover approximately 87 years of lost sleep. 🤣 Wide up, I have kids!!!

FAFO Art Studio survived Lammas 2026. ❤️
Couldn't have done it without Hugable Bears and the staff at Naturally North Coast and Glens what a team

And I am absolutely bloody exhausted. 😂

25/08/2026

Remaining stock

20/08/2026

You honestly didn't think FAFO would leave these beauties behind?? I'm still the same person 🤣
I have reinvented the Norn Iron coasters and some more of my own artwork. They will launch on Saturday at Ballycastle seafront and genuinely have only a limited amount of each.

You know yous love them 🤣

19/08/2026

With a nod to The Snowdrop Workshop, FAFO has decided that, I'm known for my bottles so instead of getting rid of them completely.....
Me being me, the actual bottle isn't random. Every part of this tells a story.

I'm so proud to say that this is actually MY artwork.
"Home" £25 LIMITED RUN
Only 5 available and can be purchased now or at Ballycastle Seafront from Saturday 22nd to Tuesday 25th August.

Secure yours now 😊
www.fafoartstudio.com

18/08/2026

Something special coming.....
Can anyone guess what it is??