Tina

Held my first ever market table for Creative Industries Week at Tuition Time in collaboration with Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. And this was me right after my first sale 😁 #marketstallsetup #creativeindustriesweek #surrealartwork

My work is at the Féile an Phobail Visual Art Exhibition at St. Mary's University College Belfast. This exhibition is on until 7th August. Feel free to call in to see it. Free tours are available (no booking required) - Friday 1 August at 5:30pm Saturday 2 August at 12pm Tuesday 5 August at 5:30pm Thursday 7 August at 12pm #féileanphobail #communityartsfestival #stmarysuniversitycollege #belfastarts #artexhibiton

I was standing in a line of people in a dark, vast space. Doors floated toward each person ahead of me, one by one, and as they stepped through, they seemed to align energetically with whatever was behind their doors. When it was my turn, I was full of fear. A door floated toward me, getting bigger and bigger as it came closer. The door had a couple of pieces of scraggly ivy hanging around its top corners. There were creepy noises coming from behind it, like the kind of sounds you'd hear in a horror movie, and whatever was on the other side was banging loudly. People all around me whispered and shouted, “925, 925, 925” over and over. My heart pounded, and I tried so hard to scream, but I couldn’t get any sound out. The door kept getting closer and closer until I finally let out a scream, both in my dream and in real life. That’s when I woke up.

These are the pieces I feel most proud of creating. Not because they’re the most detailed or carefully constructed, but because I really let myself go to create them. I stepped away from the control and precision I usually hold onto and instead let myself move freely. Just instinct, colour, and mark making. Using everything from coloured pencils to oil pastels, paint markers to chalk, I let my inner child come out and allowed myself to play. To be messy. To be curious. To create without worrying about the outcome. And what came out feels honest. Simple, childlike, and full of life. Letting myself create like this feels like a real achievement. This is a reminder that art doesn’t always have to be perfect to be meaningful, it just has to be true 🎨 #innerchildart #innerchildhealing❤️ #intuitivedrawing

Months ago, one of my closest friends created the scribble that became the foundation for this piece. She had no idea I was working on it. What emerged from her marks was a pregnant woman. I had nearly finished the drawing when she told me she was pregnant. It’s almost as if something deeper had already been shared between us. Moments like this remind me how art can hold a quiet connection through intuition, how even the simplest scribbles can carry meaning, revealing truths we don’t yet realise, guiding us in ways that feel bigger than coincidence. #intuitiveart #thescribblemethod #mountainwoman #pregnantwomen #wutheringheights

🌟 Busy week so far and we're only on Wednesday! 🌟 💥 Monday was the Business Without Barriers event delivered by Inspired Business Consultancy and Rachel Doherty on behalf of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council , Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council and Go Succeed NI at Dunadry Hotel 🌟 It was a pleasure to deliver a keynote speech, host the panel discussion and fireside chat with Shelley Cowan, Shaun Doherty and Tina Mooney 💜 A real pleasure to see both familiar and new faces - had great chats with Danny Trigg, Hannah Bryson, Kieran Jefferies and Joanne Campbell🎨 😍 Yesterday, I was delighted to be a Judge for South Eastern Regional College PBLX Final! SERC 💥 Thanks to SERC Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and the Environment for the invitation - it is always a delight to support you and your students, who all did absolutely brilliantly! And thanks to my fellow judges Irvine Abraham BA, MSc, MCIPD, FCMI. and Bronagh Ward - a really lovely day 😁 Congratulations to everyone involved! Today was spent with a wonderful group of young mummies at Walkway Community Association in East Belfast with Paula Donnan on behalf of GEMS NI and the Get Started In Business programme through Go Succeed NI 🌟 We explored a Growth Mindset approach to Entrepreneurship, developing a business idea, identifying your customer and target market, and HMRC Requirements ✅️🙌 9 wonderfully enthusiastic and engaged young women all looking at self-employment and creating the lives they want to live 💪💜 and of course all in between 1-1 mentoring sessions, board meetings, new project meetings and 4700000 pieces of admin - not to be dramatic 🤣🤣 Really looking forward to delivering a Crafting Connections event tomorrow evening with The Hunny Bay Co. to the Happy Days group from Ashton Centre, as part of the Inclusive Enterprise Pathway. Designed and delivered by The Mind Tribe UK on behalf of Belfast City Council 🌟🌟 It might be the midst of march madness, but I am so grateful and feel extremely blessed to do work I LOVE every single day 😍 Thinking of having a sleep in April? 🤣😴 #inclusiveenterprise #entrepreneurship #disabledentrepreneur #communityimpact #northernireland

@gosucceed_ni Business Without Barriers course today on the @dunsillyhotel lovely to see @chalantmoonbeam on the panel and to hear the inspirational speakers 🥰☕️🎨 #joannecampbellartwork #artistsoninstagram #northrnirelandartist Great info stands by @meaboroughcouncil @antrimandnewtownabbeycouncil @inspiredbusinessconsultancy

Stunning day to sit outside and work on a new piece (W.I.P) #intuitivedrawing #inkpenartist #surrealartwork

I’ve been taking part in Crafted Futures, a fantastic week-long programme delivered by Mid & East Antrim Borough Council as part of Creative Industries Week. The programme has supported makers at all stages of their creative journey, encouraging us not only to develop our craft skills but also to plan, promote, and confidently present our work. I’m delighted to share that the talented group of women I’m proud to be part of will be hosting a market this Saturday. We’ll be showcasing and selling our creations, and we’d absolutely love your support. 📍Tuition Time, 5 Chester Avenue, Whitehead ⏰️ 12pm - 2pm 🗓 Saturday 21st February

This is it. The dreaded moment when anxiety and self doubt creeps in and takes over. This is when I back out before I’ve even begun, telling myself there’s no point in starting because it’ll turn out shit anyway. I stop myself because I believe every negative word I tell myself and strive for perfection before I’ve even put pencil to paper. I’ve had a specific idea for a piece to draw for six months now, and every time I go to start it, I immediately find something else to do to distract myself. I’m so sick of doing this. It’s pure torture. It makes me feel like my soul is on fire. But pushing myself through the last piece I made, the one I didn’t want to complete, showed me that I can do this. I can sit through the uncomfortable feelings and get to the other side. It doesn’t have to be perfect. Nothing ever is. It just has to be started. So today, I begin. I’m facing the resistance, feeling the discomfort, and putting pencil to paper anyway.

Self Portrait #intuitiveartist #intuitivedrawing #spiritualjourney💫 #surrealartwork #abstractselfportrait

This piece was a love/hate project from the very beginning. I didn’t like it in the early stages, and I wanted to quit more than once. I have a pattern of starting things, doubting them, and leaving them unfinished when they don’t immediately feel “perfect.” This time, I decided to sit with the resistance instead of walking away. It was uncomfortable, but I acknowledged what I was feeling and kept going anyway. I finally finished it today, and I feel powerful. For me, this piece is more than art...it’s proof that I can push through discomfort and break my own patterns. #breakingpatterns #breakingbadhabits #spiritualjourney💫 #finishedproject #strength