He has won many awards, including four awards at the Arnotts National Portrait Awards Exhibitions in 1985, 1989, 1993 and 1994. He was awarded the KMPG award at the Annual Oireachtas Exhibition in 1992 and 1998. Other awards include a major Arts Council Bursary in 1986, a prize at the Claremorris Open Exhibition in 1990, an Art Flight to New York in 1993, as well as the ESB Keating McLoughlin Medal at the 1993 Annual RHA Exhibition. He was elected an ARHA in that same year. He received the Taylor de Vere Award for a Work of Distinction in any medium at the Annual RHA Exhibition in 1995, and in 1996 was elected an RHA and a member of Aosdána.
He has exhibited widely in Ireland, Latvia, the UK, USA and Spain. In 2004 he exhibited Audience, a series of portraits, with the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery. This show travelled to the Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise in 2005. His work is included in a number of Public and Corporate Collections including The Arts Council of Ireland, The Royal Hibernian Academy, The National Gallery of Ireland, The Crawford Municipal Gallery in Cork, The Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Limerick, The National Self-Portrait Collection, The National Drawing Collection, Limerick City Gallery, Clare County Council, GPA Shannon, The Office of Public Works, The Cesis Museum of Art in Latvia, Jury’s Hotel Group, St Patrick’s Hospital, St Luke’s Hospital, the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Donegal County Council, Electricity Supply Board, Department of An Taoiseach, Government Buildings and Fingal County Council.
His ongoing profession as a portrait painter has brought him many commissions, including commissions from Hong Kong, Europe and the USA.