We have been experimenting with the baking of croissants for a number of years. I'm getting quite good at it. You can buy ready-made pastry and then fill it with your own concoctions . . . cheese and prosciutto are current favourites. That's our usual breakfast routine.

After breakfast we head out for a bit of buggy racing.

I live and work in the Vale of Avoca; we moved here after 10 years in Germany. My wife, Anja, is German. I'm lucky enough to have my house, studio and gallery all on the same site. We strap the two girls into their buggies and head out for a walk and a run around the hills where we live. We'd go out for an hour at least, enough time to earn Anja and myself a few serious aerobic points for the day and give the girls a blast of fresh air. We visit the cows and sheep that live near us and say 'hello'.

On the way back we might drop into the pub at the Meeting of the Waters for a cheap and cheerful pub lunch. After all that exercise, the pints of Guinness would be a major inducement.

Sunday would be a busy day for the gallery so in that respect it's a working day for me with my gallerist hat on.

Anja and I often have debates about whether particular words that we use actually exist. 'Gallerist' would be one of them. I've lived between Germany and Ireland for so long that I don't know any more. We speak German at home so it's Hugo Hamilton Speckled People territory.

I only show my own work in the gallery although I exhibit in other galleries too.

I'm unusual in that all the work that I do is from life.

Most of it is landscape based but I would do portraits and still lifes too. Most of my portraits are of myself because often I'm the only person that I can get to sit for myself. I'm a gallerist by default, it seems to work in our location. People who make the effort to find us often end up buying.

Recently I sold work to Eddie Jordan and Marian Keyes. I have seven canvases and 70 prints in the new Shelbourne; it feels like a seal of approval for the work.

During the week, I paint . . .

I have a shows in Kenny's in Galway starting on 27 April and in Origin in Dublin on 16 May that I'm working towards at the moment . . .but I never paint on Sunday.

Because the gallery is right next door to the house, I can get on with life while it's open. We might watch rugby if there's a match on . . .

the girls love it. Lola is a mini Ronan O'Gara and Maya is pretty keen too, I can bounce her on my knee while I shout at the TV and she can't get enough of it.

We have dinner when the gallery closes at 5.30. Last week it was Thai green curry. We're not big on roasts.

In the evening, it's a bit of a rush to get the kids to bed before 24 starts at 9pm. If I get to be downstairs while Anja is putting the girls to bed I have to concentrate very hard so I remember all the plot details to tell her when she makes it down.