My Irish Ways Podcast
A podcast that shares honest conversations with people across Ireland who create art in their own unique ways. Each episode explores creativity, community, and the personal stories behind the work
Episode 4
Marie-Hélène Brohan Delhaye
Connect with Marie-Hélène and the community:
• Marie-Hélène’s website: mariehelenebrohandelhaye.com
• Dublin Sketchers: dublinsketchers.com
• Dublin Sketchers Instagram: @dublin_sketchers
• ArtNet DLR: artnetdlr.ie
• Urban Sketchers: urbansketchers.org
In this episode of My Irish Ways, host Oksana So sits down with Marie-Hélène Brohan Delhaye, a Belgian-born, Dublin-based watercolour and mixed-media artist. Marie-Hélène shares her journey from a successful career in translation, IT, and project management to discovering art as a creative practice that transformed her life.
If you enjoyed this episode, please follow the podcast, leave a rating, and share it with someone who loves art, creativity, and Ireland.Episode journey
- The Magic of the West
Why the rugged landscapes of Cork, Kerry, and the Beara Peninsula, with their dramatic geology, changing light, and atmosphere, continue to inspire her abstract landscapes.- Dublin Sketchers
How joining Dublin Sketchers transformed her artistic journey, and why the group still meets every Sunday, rain or shine, to sketch the city together.- A Global Sketching Community
Marie-Hélène’s experiences with the international Urban Sketchers movement and what she has learned from sketching with artists from around the world.- The Modern Artist’s Toolkit
An honest conversation about today’s creative life, from maintaining a website and improving SEO to embracing AI as a practical tool for artists.- Mapping My Irish Ways
A first look at Oksana’s upcoming mobile app designed to help artists and sketchers discover, record, and share inspiring sketching locations across Ireland.
Episode 3
Richard McWilliams
Find Richard McWilliams here: IMDb, Spotlight
In this episode of My Irish Ways, Oksana SO talks with Dublin actor Richard McWilliams about how he first got into acting, what theatre and camera work really feel like, and how a creative career is shaped by patience, rejection, and persistence. Richard also shares his thoughts on accents, agents, journalism, storytelling, Stanislavski, AI, and why human imagination still matters more than ever.
It’s an honest conversation about acting in Ireland, creative identity, and the reality behind the craft.Episode journey
- 0:00 Welcome to My Irish Ways
- 1:00 Richard’s acting origins
- 4:00 Vikings, accents, and casting
- 10:00 Theatre, screen, and the reality of acting
- 18:00 Writing, journalism, and storytelling
- 26:00 AI, rejection, Dublin, and creative life
- 34:00 Final reflections on imagination and human storytelling
Episode 2
Oksana SO
https://www.instagram.com/myirishways_watercolors
Join us as artist Oksana So reveals how fragments of Ireland became her My Irish Ways: Watecolour Book.
This 10-minute episode explores daily creative rituals, self-healing art workshops, and building PickOk Studio’s publishing pathway in Ireland.
Discover how art quiets anxious thoughts. Perfect for Irish art lovers, watercolour enthusiasts, workshop seekers, and creatives building sustainable practices.
Transform life moments into publishable art!Episode journey
- 0:00 – Welcome to My Irish Ways
- 1:00 – Watercolour + papercutting story
- 3:00 – Inside PickOk Studio workshops
- 4:30 – Ireland’s landscapes through artist eyes
- 8:00 – From healing art to strategic publishing
Episode 1
Penny Stuart
https://www.instagram.com/the_penny_gallery
Visual abstract artist using mixed media. Home studio in Dublin Docklands. The main body of her work is made up of charcoal life drawings created in Berlin and Dublin over the past 12 years.
Her solo exhibition, ‘Gretta,’ inspired by the James Joyce short story ‘The Dead,’ took place in the James Joyce Tower Museum in Sandycove on July 18, 2024.