"Time flies with Lace and Murals..............!"

Greetings from Dublin! Midsummer here, but our weather changes season by the day. Meanwhile, my life is hectic with both lace projects and mural art.

I have been giving lacemaking workshops for one and two days, with a couple of lacemakers bed-and-breakfasting in my home as well, and more dates are planned for the coming months, so anyone interested in further details, please email me - ann@annmargaretkeller.com All levels, including complete beginner, are welcome.

I have taken on the position of Honorary Editor of the journal for the Guild of Irish Lacemakers this year, and have been working on themed journals for the season - the chosen theme is The Sea, so I am working on designing bobbin lace patterns with shell, fish and seaweed motifs. It is a wide ranging subject, so the imagination can really spread! Ideas are multiplying, so the upcoming issues should hold nice temptations for lacemakers to get working on something new. Anyone interested in the journal should log onto www.irishlace.org

The mural art continues to grow, both in my own home (when I can catch a moment!) and outside. In recent months I have enjoyed decorating wardrobe doors to blend with beautiful classical drape curtains in a bedroom, turning a dark passageway into the Grand Canal in Venice, and have just finished bringing the tropical jungle to a small kitchen-dining room in a tiny townhouse, complete with specific species of butterfly and hummingbirds!

Also, I have recently been over to Germany to view a hotel-cafe in the lovely Palatine wine country near Frankfurt. It is being renovated as an Irish themed hotel, and I have been commissioned to go out and paint a series of murals there in early 2006 - so watch this website for photos of that exciting adventure next spring!

Meanwhile, I have also begun taking picture commissions - that is, paintings on canvas rather than only wall murals, and you can see some recent examples on the updated pages of this site. Click HERE to view them.

Whether lace or art brought you to my site, I hope you continue to enjoy it, and visit again often - and please email me, I would love to hear from you!

Good wishes to everyone from the Green Land -

Ann.