Our Tutor is the well known Irish artist, Ms Naomi Peppard.
Naomi was born in Dublin, Ireland. A self-taught, versatile artist, she began painting at an early age. Naomi’s work was greatly inspired by her late father Louis Peppard, Architect and artist. Naomi first started to explore and develop her interest in landscape painting while on family holidays in Connemara. After leaving school she travelled extensively worldwide including Africa, the Americas, the Far East and the Pacific region. Although drawn by the cultures and colours of foreign lands, Naomi returned to Ireland to paint local scenes. In recent times, Naomi has also developed a strong connection with Italy, inspiring her from its back streets to its rural countryside.
Naomi has exhibited in both, solo and combined shows around Ireland. Her paintings have been exhibited in many art galleries such as Dalkey arts and the Guinness Gallery. Some of her paintings have also been auctioned at Adam’s Fine Arts. Naomi has had a significant number of commissions paintings from both public and private bodies such as the Office of Public Works at Dublin Castle, the Carlton Hotels and Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel.
In recent years, Naomi has also been working on different projects as an illustrator for the development of children’s books to benefit charities such as Temple Street Foundation, the Cottage Home and Blackrock Hospice. She was also commissioned to create artist impressions for several architectural building projects in the USA and the Caribbean. Naomi regularly teaches art groups of beginners and advanced students, in her classic style of soft watercolours and detailed oils.
Our Tutor for many years has been Mr Tom Roche who, along with his late wife Aisling, founded the Park Art Group. Having started his career as a graphic designer, Tom is a well known Irish artist and exhibits regularly with the Dublin Watercolour Society, the Dublin Art Society and the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. Tom recently completed a painting tour of Spain. Follow his journey here http://parkartgroup.ie/2022/02/20/toms-travel-log/
About our painting group…
Based in the Presbyterian Church Hall on York Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, we are a diverse bunch of individuals who enjoy painting in both oils and watercolours and range in level from the beginner starting off, to established Artists.
We paint from September to May on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with both morning and afternoon sessions. Tuesdays – oil painters, Wednesdays – Watercolour painters. There are 12 classes of 2.5hours duration per term and the fee is €190 (as of May 2023)