Artist Statement:
My work looks at the sometimes “mundane” or “every day” places that surround the West and North West of Ireland. Subjects include the landscape, working farms, factories or disused Industrial estates.
I work with a small tripod mounted “Pochade” Box which allows me to sketch in all terrain. Irish weather however, being Irish weather, will never keep still and this becomes quite a challenge. Light, Colour and the sense of place are what inspire me. After a day on location, and if luck will have it, a painting in the bag! I come away with a relationship with that place.”
I work with a small tripod mounted “Pochade” Box which allows me to sketch in all terrain. Irish weather however, being Irish weather, will never keep still and this becomes quite a challenge. Light, Colour and the sense of place are what inspire me. After a day on location, and if luck will have it, a painting in the bag! I come away with a relationship with that place.”
Education:
Waterford College of Art and Design (Dipl.Design/Communications) graduating in 1986
Awards & Distinctions:
Set Design: “Das Pflaumenhuhn” (A Film by Hayo Fritag - Awarded the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize for Atmosphere and nominated for the German Short Film Award in 1998.
Professional/Teaching Experience:
BG painting teacher: Germany, Denmark, Associates in Art, Los Angeles. CA
Exhibitions:
Californian Plein Air Group, LA. The Kilternan Gallery, Dublin. The Lavelle Gallery, Clifden. SeaSkyShore Gallery, Westport. The Cat and the Moon Gallery, Sligo. theGallery Kinsale.
Artistic Influences:
Edgar Payne, Anders Zorn, Wassily Kandinski...
Artist Tags:
oils, pleinair, atlantic, ireland, landscape, impressionist
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