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/
‘Uair is uair agus me briste
Thig mo amusing ort is tu òg’
‘And again and again when I am broken
My thoughts come to you when you were young’
It is from Reothairt (Spring Tide) by Sorley Maclean
Thig mo amusing ort is tu òg’
‘And again and again when I am broken
My thoughts come to you when you were young’
It is from Reothairt (Spring Tide) by Sorley Maclean
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
‘Uair is uair agus me briste
Thig mo amusing ort is tu òg’
‘And again and again when I am broken
My thoughts come to you when you were young’
It is from Reothairt (Spring Tide) by Sorley Maclean
Thig mo amusing ort is tu òg’
‘And again and again when I am broken
My thoughts come to you when you were young’
It is from Reothairt (Spring Tide) by Sorley Maclean
Some drawings and the line from January
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Some drawings and the line from January
The last Gaelic speaker in Ayrshire died the year Robert Burns was born
January 25, 2026 at 11:05 AM
The last Gaelic speaker in Ayrshire died the year Robert Burns was born
It’s Robert Burns’ birthday and in there somewhere in my Michael Marra, Neil Gow, Dougie Maclean, growing up in Ayr tribute to socialist folks wandering about the hills of a weekend in the 1950’s pointing at things.
January 25, 2026 at 9:16 AM
It’s Robert Burns’ birthday and in there somewhere in my Michael Marra, Neil Gow, Dougie Maclean, growing up in Ayr tribute to socialist folks wandering about the hills of a weekend in the 1950’s pointing at things.
I am scared of the future, I am scared of the past
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I am scared of the future, I am scared of the past
Scenes of a remembered intimacy set against a backdrop of bucolic indifference
January 11, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Scenes of a remembered intimacy set against a backdrop of bucolic indifference
Study for a Gaelic Mass (Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting - After William McCance)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
January 10, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass (Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting - After William McCance)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
Just to lay the references on thicker, the wording across the boat is from Hallaig by Sorley Maclean (Somhairle MacGill-Eain) and reads in English ‘The dead have been seen alive’ (chunnacas na mairbh beò)
More workings on ‘A Study for a Gaelic Mass - Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting (after William McCance)
January 7, 2026 at 9:20 AM
More workings on ‘A Study for a Gaelic Mass - Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting (after William McCance)
‘Study for a Gaelic Mass - after William McCance’s Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’ The second bit of the title is a long winded nod to the artist and conscientious objector William McCances’ painting ‘Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
‘Study for a Gaelic Mass - after William McCance’s Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’ The second bit of the title is a long winded nod to the artist and conscientious objector William McCances’ painting ‘Heavy Structures in a Landscape Setting’
Study for a Gaelic Mass #3 prior to the evacuation of Hiort in 1930 all the working dogs were drowned in the waters of Village Bay
November 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #3 prior to the evacuation of Hiort in 1930 all the working dogs were drowned in the waters of Village Bay
Study for a Gaelic Mass #2
November 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #2
Study for a Gaelic Mass #1
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Study for a Gaelic Mass #1
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
burninghousepress.com/2025/11/18/e...
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...
‘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
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
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
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