Artist immortalised by Katie Taylor and Carlisle Grounds murals, is to close his shop and make a new life Down Under

Artist Adam J Connors with some of his work, outside his studio in Bray.

Artist Adam J Connors with some of his work, outside his studio in Bray.

Before the month of October is out, Bray, Co Wicklow will have a ‘To Let’ sign in the window of yet another retail unit on one of its busiest streets, while the town will have lost one of its most well-loved and prolific creative souls to emigration.

For artist Adam J Connors, normally so adept at using his hands, he struggles to paint a positive picture of what the last few years of life have been like, ever since he chose to return home from what must seem now like the idyllic town of Porto in Portugal, some five years ago. Within a matter of weeks he will be in Sydney, Australia, where he has a job and a visa and the chance to set up his easel in sunnier climes.