Wirral based Artist. Multiple myeloma broke my neck & damaged my spinal cord. 2x cancer survivor. I know what stormy seas are like. For my story and my art gallery visit gerardpmckenna-art.com I love our #NHS 💙 #LFC No DMs thankshttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mo5vz6c4o22hArt is a great therapy. After collapsing with a cancer induced broken neck which left me with a spinal cord injury l spent 6 months in hospital being treated and learning to function again, art was my key therapy My story & art gallery visit gerardpmckenna-art.com #disabilityarts #TheResilienceofArt13 Jun 2026 09:12 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5vz6c4o22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mnv75acxzk2zI attended the LIPA 30th Anniversary on Sunday, met up with some old pals.09 Jun 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnv75acxzk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mnumttam2k2cI’ve been a bit quiet on here recently as I’ve been spending my time building my website, please check it out if you have some spare time #art #resilience #SpinalCordInjury #MultipleMyeloma gerardpmckenna-art.com09 Jun 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnumttam2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mbcs4yoqas2rAs 2025 comes to a close I thought I’d like to share a couple of images that bring back fond memories. The time when I stood next to Judd Lander and a fellah called Paul McCartney as they duet on tiny harmonicas. And my oil pastel creation of myself with my boy Luca who broke my heart when he died.31 Dec 2025 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbcs4yoqas2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mano7jllzk2h'That feeling you get when you can't remember where you parked the sleigh' Merry Christmas, Bluesky friends #oilpastels #Acrylics #LandscapeArt #Christmas #Santander #FatherChristmas #TheWinterSun23 Dec 2025 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mano7jllzk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3mal3gzhmak2uOne of my favourites from this year. I'd painted the image of Leasowe Lighthouse on a piece of driftwood washed up from the Irish Sea. I then mounted it on canvas and painted another scene. I liked the finished composition. #mixedmediaart #partabstract #driftwoodart #leasowelighthouse22 Dec 2025 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3mal3gzhmak2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3majoqif6ns2n'Autumn Moon' 2024 I was struggling to even hold a knife and fork, let alone a paint brush when I painted this #disabilityarts #acrylics #partabstract #spinalinjury #spasticity #neuropathy #touchblindness #incompletetetraplemgia #paralysis21 Dec 2025 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3majoqif6ns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3maj5mzrh6k2m'One night in Paris' 2023 #oilpastel #cityscape #Paris #cafeculture21 Dec 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3maj5mzrh6k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3maepcfx7m22uMy latest artwork is part abstract, mixed media, influenced by a wonderful photograph by ianoc.bsky.social This is entitled 'trees in a blizzard' #PartAbstractArt #AbstractArt #OilPastels #Acrylics #Winter #Blizzard #Trees19 Dec 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3maepcfx7m22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m7rwur2j6k2hA little Christmas card design from me to you, merry christmas. #acrylics #oilpastels #Christmas #christmastree #christmaslights #christmascard12 Dec 2025 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7rwur2j6k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m75okmoxms2eLast year, I posted a couple of acrylic paintings to celebrate the festive season. #LandscapeArt #Christmas #Snowstorm #PartAbstract #WinterScene #Eccles #AcrylicArt04 Dec 2025 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75okmoxms2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m72eyd6duk2qIn the build up to #Christmas2025 thought I'd share an #acrylic painting from last Christmas, this is 'Snowstorm at #Eccles Station'03 Dec 2025 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72eyd6duk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m6fmoy6g6c2yThe Liverpool skyline from New Brighton on the Wirral using oil pastels. We moved from Liverpool to the Wirral 37 years ago, a move I never thought I'd do. #Seascape #Landscape #Liverpool #Wirral #RiverMersey #AbstractArt24 Nov 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fmoy6g6c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m5vkud2q2c2xMy first oil painting, 1979. My Aunty was fixing up a run-down cottages in Cotterdale, near Hawes in the Yorkshire Dale's. For 2 weeks every year, we'd leave our council estate, Halewood, for a holiday in a place with no gas/electricity. We loved it. #LandscapeArt #YorkshireDales #Cotterdale #Hawes18 Nov 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5vkud2q2c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m5s2eosbt225My friends have a mirror in their garden, which I thought would make a nice composition. Oil pastel on canvas, with pencils and felt tip pens. #oilpastels #gardening17 Nov 2025 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5s2eosbt225https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m5ojlwhbqs2tBefore I collapsed I used to take my boy Luigi for walks along the prom. A fence panel had been destroyed during a storm. The fence protects a small park from the ravages of the Irish Sea. This oil pastel on canvas is called 'Nosey Luigi' as he peers through the gap. #LandscapeArt #SeascapeArt15 Nov 2025 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ojlwhbqs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m3zjl5v32s2bI collected driftwood from Hoylake/Meols beach over the years. On this piece I painted Leasowe Lighthouse, which is the oldest brick Lighthouse in Britain. I the mounted it on canvas and completed the surround. #DriftwoodArt #PartAbstract #AbstractArt #OilPastels #DisabiltyArts #Lighthouses25 Oct 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3zjl5v32s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3m2crmixmy22uOil pastel painting of Hardrow Force in Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Also an oil pastel painting on driftwood (fence panel 2 and a half ft in length) washed up from the Irish Sea. This is Hilbre Island with the Welsh Hills in the background #oilpastel #waterfall #landscapeart #seascapeart #driftwoodart03 Oct 2025 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2crmixmy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3loq74fmvts25BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ckg584y95vwt Pair guilty of felling world-famous Sycamore Gap tree - BBC News My tribute to the #SycamoreGapTree 'The Murdered Tree' using oil pastels09 May 2025 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3loq74fmvts25https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3lnt2arkmqs26We've got it back #Champions202527 Apr 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnt2arkmqs26https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3lnmpzd57lk2g'The Murdered Tree' & 'Spinal Shock' oil pastels. #LandscapeArt #LandscapeArtists #DisabilityArts #AbstractArt25 Apr 2025 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmpzd57lk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3ln5lsiyucs2iThis time last year and the highlight for me was been wheeled around the hospital grounds by my daughter and my brother. Our day out. #DisabilityArts19 Apr 2025 07:18 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln5lsiyucs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3lmz3mzqcds2hThis time last year I was bed bound in hospital struggling with a broken neck &spinal cord injury due to myeloma. I couldn't walk or use my hands/fingers. As movement slowly began to return I started to try art. This was one of my first attempts while I was still bedbound, using water colour pencils17 Apr 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz3mzqcds2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3lm5qf3ifpk27When Liverpool play bad they play horribly bad as they did in the 1st half today. Diaz and Bradley coming on made a difference but not much else to shout about.06 Apr 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5qf3ifpk27https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3llyhfk5hq222'Malham Cove' Yorkshire: Oil Pastels #LandscapeArt #LandscapeArtists #YorkshireDales04 Apr 2025 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3llyhfk5hq222https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3llvgnidyds2phttps://youtube.com/watch?v=TFIuUWiezmo&si=OyLQk8nFQkq739uL Composer Paul Mitchell Davidson created 'Gallery' a beautiful piece of music specifically to accompany some of my art. I'm honoured. #LandscapeArt #LandscapeArtists #ClassicalMusic03 Apr 2025 07:59 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvgnidyds2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3llju3ct4tc23My friend and composer Paul Mitchell Davidson has created a new piece of classical music 'Gallery' which he has dedicated to a set of my paintings. Check out his video. #ClassicalMusic #Composers #Music #LandscapeArtists #LandscapeArt #SeascapeArt #AbstractArt #Wirral https://youtu.be/TFIuUWiezmo?si=bEyA1B09INGD-PJ629 Mar 2025 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3llju3ct4tc23https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3llgrvqdmz226'Luca on Hoylake beach' Oil Pastels. #LandscapeArt #LandscapeArtists #SeascapeArt #SeascapeArtists #WirralArtists #WirralArt #Doglovers28 Mar 2025 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgrvqdmz226https://bsky.app/profile/ged58.bsky.social/post/3ll2wlaxbqs25'Plant life' Oil Pastels #Wirral #DisabilityArts23 Mar 2025 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:kod76zerwqoenjsdbog476ux/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2wlaxbqs25