Natalie Dwyer Creative Studio

18/06/2026

What a week 😅 It has been a pleasure to display my miniature wax paintings in the window of the gorgeous in Clonakilty, West Cork! Thank you so much to the owners Hilary & Katie for letting me set up my pieces for the week around the 🥳

I paint and exhibit with this wonderful group, . We used to meet up once a week at - many of my paintings you see on my profile were painted at these weekly sessions 🥰 While we are await the next building, we are delighted to have a space at the Clonakilty Community Resource Centre where we can paint, but we were lacking exhibition space. That’s why we decided to use the shopfronts along Clonakilty’s main streets as a street gallery 🖼️

It has been a wonderfully successful venture, thanks to the shops and businesses of our wonderful town for hosting 15+ artists. I absolutely love working on things where I get to wear more than one of my “hats” at the same time! If you’ve known me for some time, you probably know I have been a graphic designer for 20+ years, and I am now a professional artist too. So I was very excited to design the poster for the Street Art Trail, which was very well received. Thanks to for lovely hand drawn map!

This week I have also had some lovely conversations with people who have seen my paintings in the window of White Fawn Boutique - encaustic is a technique that not many people are familiar with, so I have enjoyed describing my painting technique to anyone who has been curious enough to ask me!

The art pieces in the shop window are all for sale, so if one of them has caught your eye, don’t be shy! The display in the window will be taken down later today but if you are in West Cork or Cork city and would like a closer look, do get in touch and I would be happy to show you in person 🤗

12/06/2026

My encaustic paintings are on display in the window of White Fawn Boutique in Clonakilty! They are all available to purchase, so do call in to take a look, and let me know if you’d like to pay me in person 🤗

It’s wonderful to be part of the Street Art Trail around the Clonakilty Street Carnival that’s on tomorrow.

Natalie Dwyer Creative Studio is set up within Whitefawn Boutique for the street art trail

Thank you for being a part of this initiative.

Artwork is for sale, details on labels


Clonakilty.ie

07/06/2026

What a wonderful feeling it is to share this exhibition with my talented Mum 🥰 We chose the theme “Captivating Horizons” for our duo exhibition as it is a common thread across our art. With painting in watercolours and me painting in encaustics, we each love to paint stunning skies meeting the trees, land and water, dynamic seascapes, and magical landscapes that echo both our West Cork surroundings and worlds unseen.

And how beautiful is my little Victorian cabinet for displaying my miniature paintings? 😍 It’s from , a real treasure trove of antiques and lovely things for your home!

Come and see our exhibition in the gorgeous gallery at West Cork Collective. All paintings are for sale, but you are very welcome to come and browse for free! The gallery and gift shop are open 7 days a week and there is lots of parking available around Ballinspittle Village for easy access.

📍 West Cork Collective, Main Street, Ballinspittle, Kinsale, Co. Cork, P17 FF62
🗓️ Art exhibition on until Sunday 14th June
🅿️ Free parking in Ballinspittle Village!
💚 Open 7 days a week

31/05/2026

🔴 Tomorrow, six of my encaustic paintings are going into an exhibition at . The theme is Solar Eclipse and I am so excited to have my work exhibited in the new gallery space there!

Dreamscapes: Echoes of Other Worlds: a small series of framed miniature encaustic paintings on paper depicting magical lands, both familiar and unseen, the veil between worlds, and the other side.

I am fascinated by the fact that modern technology is enhancing our vision and perception of amazing phenomena such as solar and lunar eclipses, the Northern Lights, and mysterious cosmic events, and how it is connecting us back to the natural world here on Earth, the outer world in space, and the other world which the author Manchán Magan spoke so wonderfully about.

Living in West Cork, I take deep inspiration from both the beautiful, ever-changing landscape around me, and images of the sky, the galaxy and outer space to create magical, other-worldly scenes. My paintings become miniature portals through which you can explore other places and new worlds in wonder.

As an artist painting landscapes in a modern encaustic method, I love to draw the viewer into magical lands and spark their imagination with a sense of awe. Many of my wax paintings are quite a small size as it is the format | am most drawn to with this medium. There is something immediately charming about work on this scale, and a feeling of wonder that you are holding a portal to another world in your hands. Where possible, I try to use naturally-derived materials in my work, with my primary medium being beeswax, pigments and damar resin painted onto sealed paper. I do not make prints or reproductions of my encaustic work, so each piece is truly unique.

🥳Offical opening Friday 12th June 2026
📍Blackrock Castle Observatory, Blackrock, Cork, T12 YW52
🛒Click & Collect: purchase from my website or via Revolut and pick up from Blackrock Castle Observatory

26/05/2026

Excited to be part of this shopfront gallery street art trail in Clonakilty!

Feast your eyes on the stunning artworks showcased in the shop windows as you stroll through Clonakilty’s streets in June! The art trail, curated by Clonakilty Community Arts Centre and Clonakilty Artists Together, is part of the Irish Yogurts Clonakilty Street Carnival 2026 festivities on 13th June.

The original art featured in the shop windows along Pearse Street and Ashe Street is by local artists who work in our vibrant community.

All the artwork is for sale! Prices and contact details will be displayed with the pieces. Interested parties are invited to contact the artist directly to purchase the artworks.

The exhibition will run for one week, from 11th to 18th June.

The artists involved express their gratitude to the shops and businesses of Clonakilty who are kindly supporting the shopfront gallery exhibition.

See clonarts.ie for further information.
Graphic Creator for poster: Natalie Dwyer Creative Studio

21/05/2026

✨𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙃𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙤𝙣𝙨✨- exciting new art exhibition coming to the gallery at West Cork Collective Saturday 30th May 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 & 𝙙𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙤 Liz Price & Natalie Dwyer. All paintings available to purchase!

𝗟𝗶𝘇 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲 is a 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 who has lived in West Cork for most of her life. Mainly self-taught, she primarily works in watercolour, preferring the 𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 it creates in her work. She is fascinated by old decaying buildings and the way that nature takes over that which man discards. While spending some years living in France, she found herself drawn back to 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨 as their certain 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙮 suited her personality. Viewers of her work are invited to feel the 𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 of a scene and not a photographic copy.

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗗𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿 is a self-taught modern 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 who loves to draw the viewer into 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧-𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨 and spark their imagination with a sense of awe. Having grown up in West Cork watching her mother interpreting the landscape through watercolours, she takes deep inspiration from both the beautiful, ever-changing landscape around her. Natalie’s 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙨 are framed miniature encaustic wax paintings on paper depicting 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨, both familiar and unseen, the veil between worlds, and the “other side”. There is something immediately 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 about work on this scale, and a feeling of wonder that you are holding a 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 in your hands.

🫟 Want to have fun learning how to paint with melted wax? Natalie is running a beginners class at West Cork Collective on Tues 2nd June 10am-12.30pm. Book your place at nataliedwyercreative.com! No experience necessary 🤗 All materials provided.(Over 18s only) Early bird rate €45

🗓️Art exhibition 30th May - 14th June
📍West Cork Collective, Ballinspittle Village, 𝗣𝟏𝟕 𝗙𝗙𝟔𝟐
🫟Encaustic painting class with Natalie Tuesday 2nd June 10am-12.30pm