Brian McHenry
@brianmchenry.bsky.social
Who on the cold grey coast of Ireland artist/illustrator I draw record covers sometimes my printshop lives here: brianmchenry.bigcartel.com/
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To paraphrase Terry Hall, I draw because it feels like it is the only thing I can do. Some of my prints are now available through the very cool and very lovely @finelittleday
finelittleday.com/artists/brian-mchenry
finelittleday.com/artists/brian-mchenry
youtube.com/watch?v=bXps... The Conjoining of Ancient Song: sacred singing from the Western Isles and African American, Native American, and white American religious song traditions.
The Conjoining of Ancient Song
YouTube video by A Tongue Of Fire
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November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=bXps... The Conjoining of Ancient Song: sacred singing from the Western Isles and African American, Native American, and white American religious song traditions.
So it seems at the minute this is turning into the draw of a background that doesn’t want to be a background.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
So it seems at the minute this is turning into the draw of a background that doesn’t want to be a background.
My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
Mòran taing
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Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My wife died some years ago and so with much gratitude to @ccohanlon.bluesky.social for the invitation to publish this piece through Burning House Press @thearsonista.bsky.social on her anniversary:
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
Mòran taing
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
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"...with winter looming, and assuming successful outcomes of further cardiology (for both Given and me) in Rome, we will likely begin a fourth year aboard Wrack, ignoring the challenges of old age..."
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
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Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"...with winter looming, and assuming successful outcomes of further cardiology (for both Given and me) in Rome, we will likely begin a fourth year aboard Wrack, ignoring the challenges of old age..."
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
Please read our latest update. We really need your help.
www.gofundme.com/f/a-voyage-i...
‘Bill Travers is looking across the Firth of Lorne again’ Some work in progress stuff which currently takes the form of a printed sheet sitting on a laptop in a cafe on the north east coast of Ireland
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
‘Bill Travers is looking across the Firth of Lorne again’ Some work in progress stuff which currently takes the form of a printed sheet sitting on a laptop in a cafe on the north east coast of Ireland
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World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling…
WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief:
shorturl.at/Ti5lt
WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief:
shorturl.at/Ti5lt
November 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
World Book Night 2026 – The Mountains Are Calling…
WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief:
shorturl.at/Ti5lt
WBN United Artists invite you to respond to a poem, text or book about mountains for an exhibition and mail art swap.
Deadline 3rd March 2026 - Early submissions very welcome. Find out more about WBN and download the full brief:
shorturl.at/Ti5lt
In the 1980’s the artist Peter Seddon created a series of large scale pastel drawings based on the Highland Clearances that explored themes such as history, memory and cultural difference. This is for a series of drawings exploring the themes that I first came across in Peter’s work
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 AM
In the 1980’s the artist Peter Seddon created a series of large scale pastel drawings based on the Highland Clearances that explored themes such as history, memory and cultural difference. This is for a series of drawings exploring the themes that I first came across in Peter’s work
‘After Peter Seddon, memories construct a different picture…’ some work in progress stuff
November 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
‘After Peter Seddon, memories construct a different picture…’ some work in progress stuff
I was trying to describe you to someone
October 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I was trying to describe you to someone
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Another tree and some railings in North Lanarkshire
September 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Another tree and some railings in North Lanarkshire
A tree and some railings in North Lanarkshire
September 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A tree and some railings in North Lanarkshire
youtube.com/watch?v=PygF... like visiting an old friend, my drawing buddy this morning
Belle and Sebastian - Is It Wicked Not to Care?
YouTube video by Jeepster Recordings
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September 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
youtube.com/watch?v=PygF... like visiting an old friend, my drawing buddy this morning
Proud to be seen with this lot and their left wing lexicon. Edition 4 of Left Cultures sees me illustrating a piece on The Mekon’s version of ‘The Trimdon Grange Explosion’ It’s out now and available at leftcultures.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Proud to be seen with this lot and their left wing lexicon. Edition 4 of Left Cultures sees me illustrating a piece on The Mekon’s version of ‘The Trimdon Grange Explosion’ It’s out now and available at leftcultures.com
youtu.be/gVIvboCOiDE?... a wee bit of thon ⬇️ to draw to tonight. Much needed
John Martyn - Live Solo - Teatro Antoniano, Bologna, Italy 18-5-1979
YouTube video by q10a
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September 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
youtu.be/gVIvboCOiDE?... a wee bit of thon ⬇️ to draw to tonight. Much needed
‘After Peter Seddon: Memories construct a different picture, Essie Stewart is playing the accordion again for Richard Burton’ apologies for the over posting but hopefully this will be the final version :-) Some incomplete notes about it all live here: www.tumblr.com/brianmchenry...
August 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
‘After Peter Seddon: Memories construct a different picture, Essie Stewart is playing the accordion again for Richard Burton’ apologies for the over posting but hopefully this will be the final version :-) Some incomplete notes about it all live here: www.tumblr.com/brianmchenry...
Reposted by Brian McHenry
On this day in 1930, after petitioning the Secretary of State for Scotland for assistance to help them leave the island, the remaining 36 inhabitants of Hirta (St Kilda) departed on board HMS ‘Harebell’
[source: Edinburgh Central Library]
[source: Edinburgh Central Library]
August 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On this day in 1930, after petitioning the Secretary of State for Scotland for assistance to help them leave the island, the remaining 36 inhabitants of Hirta (St Kilda) departed on board HMS ‘Harebell’
[source: Edinburgh Central Library]
[source: Edinburgh Central Library]
youtu.be/tuKPXnn-hCo?... two waulking songs collected by Alan Lomax in Iochdar, South Uist 1970
Mary Johnston and group: two waulking songs (1951)
YouTube video by Lomax Film Collection
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August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
youtu.be/tuKPXnn-hCo?... two waulking songs collected by Alan Lomax in Iochdar, South Uist 1970
Reposted by Brian McHenry
I interviewed Yazan al-Saadi, editor of Cartoonists For Palestine (published by @crucialcomix.bsky.social) for @inthesetimes.com: check it out, and donate if you can!
"Comics have no walls nor borders."
A powerful new anthology brings together 60+ cartoonists to support Palestine & fight despair with collective imagination.
Free to read.
Attached comic by Julia Mata
inthesetimes.com/article/pale...
A powerful new anthology brings together 60+ cartoonists to support Palestine & fight despair with collective imagination.
Free to read.
Attached comic by Julia Mata
inthesetimes.com/article/pale...
August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I interviewed Yazan al-Saadi, editor of Cartoonists For Palestine (published by @crucialcomix.bsky.social) for @inthesetimes.com: check it out, and donate if you can!
Sketchbook pages: Essie Stewart is playing the accordion for Richard Burton in Altnaharra again
August 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sketchbook pages: Essie Stewart is playing the accordion for Richard Burton in Altnaharra again