My favourite room: 'My work seems to really resonate with Irish professional women' - inside artist Lucy Doyle's home in the Wicklow hills

"Lucy Doyle's paintings are vibrant, often containing an unlikely mix of objects and people, yet they work. Her home in the Wicklow hills has similar qualities - lots of colour and interesting pieces, and the overall effect is one of warmth and welcome Artists are drawn to certain subjects, and flowers - with their striking petal formations, their different textures and bright colours - are a constant source of inspiration."

"It's certainly the case for Wicklow artist Lucy Doyle. Monet had his lilies, Van Gogh his sunflowers and Lucy has her dahlias. Part of the large garden attached to her home, which her husband Nick Gray tends, is given over to flowers which are specially for cutting and using in her still lifes. She has lupins and phlox, daisies and poppies, tulips and roses, and she uses them all in her work."

Lucy Doyle creates vibrant paintings that often combine unexpected objects and people into harmonious compositions. Her Wicklow hills home mirrors the same colourful, eclectic sensibility and conveys warmth and welcome. A large garden tended by her husband, Nick Gray, supplies flowers specifically grown for cutting and use in her still lifes. The garden contains lupins, phlox, daisies, poppies, tulips and roses, all of which feature in her work. Dahlias are particular favourites and are abundant at this time of year. Cultivating and cutting flowers directly supports the immediacy and texture of her floral paintings.

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