Evana Bjöurson Art

Evana Bjöurson Art VAI Professional Member
Full Time Artist
Architecture BSc MA
Visit our Gallery at:
Margey & Bjourson Art
99 Mark Street,
Portrush,
BT56 8BU

Summer has officially started- rich pickings at Arcadia!
20/05/2026

Summer has officially started- rich pickings at Arcadia!

Sending chilled vibes from beautiful Portstewart 😎 🌊 Next painting inspiration.
09/05/2026

Sending chilled vibes from beautiful Portstewart 😎 🌊
Next painting inspiration.

“The Bann Harp”.I felt compelled to paint yet another golden harp.At a larger scale this time, work in progress. 🪉 Initi...
29/04/2026

“The Bann Harp”.
I felt compelled to paint yet another golden harp.
At a larger scale this time, work in progress. 🪉

Initially inspired by my daughters playing the harp by ear. Learning to play, string to ear, ear to string, a tradition taught by North Coast Trad in Portrush.

Recently I have been reading up on local planning laws and local historic monuments and came across a very interesting folklore story involving the harp.

“The Bann Harp”, according to local folklore, was the first harp to have been created in Ireland. Some of the first settlers in Ireland settled near the Bann Estuary (where I currently live in Portstewart). There are a lot of monuments of ancient settlement around the Bann including an ancient burial ground in front of my house, so I am naturally intrigued to hear folklore stories involving this area!

The story of “The Bann Harp”:
One of the first Irish settlers and his wife resided close to the region. The man’s wife became distressed and wanted to run away.
She tried to leave via the Bann.
The husband was desperate to find her.
He eventually discovered his wife at one of the beaches at the Bann estuary laying in the sand beside a washed up carcass of a whale. The whale carcass had exposed ribs to the wind which created beautiful music and soothed his wife’s soul to a contented slumber. The man ran to get rushes to resemble the shape of the whale ribs into what became known as the harp so that he could play the soothing sound to his wife. “The Bann Harp” apparently was the first Celtic harp as we know it today.

Irish folklore retold from memory

paintingsofharp

17/04/2026

18 hours of Belfast.

I always light up a little more when I revisit the city 💡

Nearly joint art exhibition time- doors open this Friday!Looking forward to meeting the fresh faced beach walkers at Por...
08/04/2026

Nearly joint art exhibition time- doors open this Friday!
Looking forward to meeting the fresh faced beach walkers at Portballintrae Village Hall again this year.

As usual we will have over 100 pieces of art on show.

J O I N T M A R G E Y & B J O U R S O N
E A S T E R A R T E X H I B I T I O N

Everyone welcome!
Over 100 pieces of artwork on display.

Where: Portballintrae Village Hall

When: Fri 10th April: 11am- 8pm
Sat 11th April: 11am -8pm
Sun 12th April: 11am-6pm

See you there 🥂!

Happy Easter🐣 The best sunset strolls in Portstewart begin on Easter Sunday…“Man on Sunset Path, Portstewart”20”x30”Orig...
05/04/2026

Happy Easter🐣

The best sunset strolls in Portstewart begin on Easter Sunday…

“Man on Sunset Path, Portstewart”

20”x30”
Original oil painting sold.
Hand embellished prints available to order.

“Winter Waves at Runkerry House, Portballintrae”48” x 24”Acrylic on boxed canvasOption to frame
03/04/2026

“Winter Waves at Runkerry House, Portballintrae”
48” x 24”
Acrylic on boxed canvas
Option to frame

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Portrush
BT568BU

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Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 11:30am - 5pm

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