Artist Kelly Hood grew up on Granny Mae’s farm on the rugged Dingle peninsula, wandering through fields and playing with the animals.
Now, her nature-dominated artworks, including comical cows, curious sheep, a cheeky little pig and doe-eyed donkeys, can be readily found on the streets of Dublin!
The Irish-owned retailer, Carrolls Irish Gifts, which has 17 stores across Ireland and global online sales, has agreed to stock gorgeous original prints and gifts created by the Dingle artist.
Kelly Hood is exclusively launching her latest art collection, created for Carrolls Irish Gifts, this week. Just instore, the limited-edition prints and printed gifts are expected to mooove quickly!
Her collections, called Born Wild and Born Mucky, feature photo-realistic farmyard and wild animals, from cows and sheep to foxes and hares, with a very natural and tactile appearance that perfectly captures Irish farm and country life.
Framed and mounted limited-edition prints of the most popular works by the contemporary realist painter are priced from €55.00.
Totes Adorable!
Printed Kelly Hood tote bags, also now available from Carrolls Irish Gifts, are a funky, fashionable and sustainable choice for day trips and shopping expeditions.
Handcrafted in Ireland, the gorgeous art bags feature animal artworks including ‘Stay Foxy’, a friendly young fox with kind eyes; ‘The Mystic Raven’, an enigmatic creature, majestic in blue-black plumage; and ‘The Good, the Bad & the Ugly’, one of Hood’s most popular countryside paintings of three of the cutest brown cows, peering over a rustic stone wall.
Each tote bag is a generous 40cm x 40cm size, printed with eco-friendly pigment inks onto smooth 100% cotton. Featuring a silky black lining, the bags have an inside pocket and black strap, and can be washed or spot cleaned with a mild detergent.
Costing €39.99, the sturdy shopper is a cheeky style statement and eco-friendly accessory.
Tea Towels and Cowshions
Kelly Hood’s classic artworks include the happiest donkeys ever, ‘The Three Amigos’, and a host of beautiful bovine buddies captured in ‘Peek a Moo’, ‘CoCow Chanel’ and ‘Blood Brothers’. The charming images feature on tea-towels, cushions and greeting cards, also stocked by Carroll’s. Printed gifts start from €12.00 and unique greeting cards are €5.00.
The artist also uses natural pigments for a sustainable art practice, and a percentage of all Kelly’s sales goes to animal welfare charities.
Her charming contemporary work is sold online too, at www.kellyhood.com, and Kelly is represented in galleries countrywide. Commissions for original paintings are also accepted.
