AineRynneArtist

14/03/2026

I have been immersed in a sketching week by the Addictive Sketching movement. It was brilliant ✨✨

05/01/2026

In 2011, I was lucky to briefly visit Cambodia with my then colleague Helene who I only just met. I had just moved to Vietnam and was very much in the culture shock phase of things but was very excited by it all.

I went to a remote area on the edge of a jungle and following an attempt to hike in intense heat, I decided to return to the village. I spent my time photographing the people there. Some of the most beautiful, graceful and friendliest people I ever met.

This painting is from that time.

03/01/2026

Happy new year folks. Love this heartwarming story about this artist and his tribute to his school teacher 💗

20/12/2025

I love what she says here 💗

03/12/2025

18/10/2025

Still a few more tweaks to do but I’m very happy with this result. Thanks to Caroline Lernihan - can’t wait for the next term of classes ✨✨

13/10/2025

It is the last week to catch our exhibition Fite Fuaite - Connections with Land, Nature and One Another kindly supported by Clare Arts Office at the Clare Museum in Ennis.

What a lovely experience having my work hung along the the very talented artists from our West Clare Artist Collective: Ceri Garfield, Caroline Lernihan and Claire Frawley.

Open until Sat 18th of October.

12/10/2025

I recently started an oil painting class with Caroline Lernihan and it has totally opened up a whole new chapter for me. Very excited to see how things evolve!

This is a work in progress and I am very happy with how it has turned out. Learning how to mix colour, bringing light and dark in has been such a great learning for me. Onwards ✨

08/09/2025

Delighted to be part of this exhibition with a lovely group of women artist friends. Thank you to Clare Arts Office for the support.

Clare Arts Office in conjunction with Clare Museum is delighted to present “Fite Fuaite” - Connections with Land, Nature and One Another, an art exhibition at the Clare Museum by members of the West Clare Artist Collective from 22nd September to 18th October 2025.

The West Clare Artist Collective was established in 2023 by Ceri Garfield, Aine Rynne, Claire Frawley and Caroline Lernihan to build creative connections through discussions and sharing of information, techniques and ideas. They now come together to bring you their dynamic exhibition Fite Fuaite.

Fite Fuaite, meaning interlaced or intertwined, aims to showcase their individual expressions of the land and their connections to it through varying mediums.
Ceri Garfield’s visual artwork represents a close relationship with our natural environment. With a passion for regeneration she uses the mediums of pencil and watercolour to capture the changing nature of what’s around her.
Aine Rynne’s work is inspired by the tones, light and hues of West Clare. Her mixed media paintings explore abstract impressions of land and nature through vibrant colours and mark making.

Claire Frawley portrays people and animals which is infused with mystical and enchanted elements through her vivid colours and intricate details in her acrylic paintings.

Caroline Lernihan invites the viewer to take a closer look at botanical forms and florals which she observes in her daily walks in the landscape. She aims to capture these through her detailed paintings in oil.

Featured Image: Scoilt/Slánú by Ceri Garfield