Pat Conroy artist,  Wicklow

Pat Conroy, Wicklow artist

As a self taught artist I've never been afraid to experiment, when it comes to fantasy I believe there should be no limit to the imagination. Why not have a dragon take down a t-rex? Or have castles that go skyward! As a mountaineer who has climbed in New Zealand, Australia, Everest base camp and back home here in Ireland I've often found myself looking down on the world with a different perspective, I've tried to capture that feeling of height in my artwork or what it would be like to be suspended above a scene. Patience is my true gift, on my Castle Oliver drawing alone, after spending 40 hours on it I decided to give it another 40 hours and get every detail right. I have others that took considerably longer. I now live in Wicklow, I use only pencil on paper