Michael Hanrahan

Biography

I love art but it's very much up and down as I go about my day to day life as a painter and often I really struggle to paint therefore I fall out with it. You're only as good as your last painting as they say. My greatest love is music and I prefer to write classical music for orchestra than paint , yet when the old canvases are looking OK I do get alot of pleasure from art and sometimes I get so enthralled with it that I rejoice with every stroke of my brush. I'm very fortunate that I have enough talent to find joy in what I do , since my pleasure is always tied in with the quality of the work. Yet all too often I make a hash of it then wallow in the doldrums for days feeling very sorry for myself. Then onto the next work. Always a gamble. Always a make or break. But on occasion , euphoria.