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Greg Ashe
Greg lives in Dungarvan. Over the last number of years he has taught himself ceramics and produces a wide range of ceramic work including one off editions and commissions. He works mainly in stoneware, using a wide variety of clays and glazes. Each piece is fired to 1250 centigrade.
John Behan RHA
Gráinne Cuffe
Born in Dublin in 1957, Gráinne Cuffe studied Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire School of Art. She set up and ran the Lithography Department in Wicklow Fine Art Press and went on to study a Master Printer’s course at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Having completed a course in etching at Grafico Uno in Milan, she undertook further post graduate study at the Central School of Art from 1987 to 1989. She has worked with the Editions Press, San Francisco and the Grey Owl Press, Santa Barbara. Gráinne is a member of Graphic Studio Workshop. She now lives and works in County Wicklow, Ireland. All her editions are limited to 65. Gráinne’s work features in leading public and private collections in Ireland and the United States.Eithne Carr RHA
Aidan Butler has been painting for 25 years, and has established a reputation as an imaginative interpreter of landscape and floral subjects. He has completed large state commissions and exhibited widely in Ireland. His first solo exhibition, held in summer 2001 in the prestigious Bank of Ireland Exhibition Centre in the heart of Dublin, was a critical and commercial success. A frequent traveller to Italy and Spain, he is inspired by the vivid colours of the sun blessed Mediterranean regions. Aidan’s work was first seen at The Narrow Space during ‘Unplugged’ in June last year
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Gerard Casey
Born in Kilkenny, studied in at Limerick and Cork Colleges of Art. Post graduate studies in Ontario College of Art Canada. Lives and works in Kilkenny and travels regular Italy. Is a multi award winner, has exhibited widely throughout Ireland. In 2004 he has been invited to exhibit in Hamburg in an invited show of European artists and in 2005, Gerard will have a one man show in the Municipal Gallery, Trondheim, Norway.
Karen Colbert
Karen is a graduate of Northern Illinois University School of Art, where she got a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration, a Master of Arts in Studio Art and a Master of Fine Art in Painting, specializing in watercolour. She has also completed a certificate in Japanese Traditional Arts Workshop at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, where she studied Sumi-e Ikebana and Cha-no-yu with Professor Shozo Sato.
Based in Ireland for the last 10 years, Karen has exhibited in a number of juried group exhibitions including EV+A in 1998 and 2001 and a number of shows in the US and Austria. She has recently had a number of Solo Watercolour Shows - at Brú Ború Gallery in Cashel in Summer 2001, Old Market House Art Centre in Dungarvan in February 2002 and the Tipperary Excel in June 2002. Her work is in a wide number of private collections in the US, Ireland and Austria.
Grainne Cuffe
Born in Dublin in 1957, Gráinne Cuffe studied Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire School of Art. She set up and ran the Lithography Department in Wicklow Fine Art Press and went on to study a Master Printer’s course at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Having completed a course in etching at Grafico Uno in Milan, she undertook further post graduate study at the Central School of Art from 1987 to 1989. She has worked with the Editions Press, San Francisco and the Grey Owl Press, Santa Barbara. Grainne is a member of Graphic Studio Workshop. She now lives and works in County Wicklow, Ireland. All her editions are limited to 65.
John Davies
John Davies was born in 1952 in Swansea, South Wales. A training in St Paul’s Teachers College in Cheltenham culminated in a degree in Fine Art as the main subject. This was followed by a period of years at home and abroad working as a craft teacher with Camphill Communities and as an upper School Walford teacher. The latter was spent in Ringwood Waldorf Scholl. His working life has been spent in a variety of countries – Wales, Norway, England and Germany. His creative output has been marked by a series of one man exhibitions in Norway, Germany and Spain.
Gerald Davis
Born in Dublin in 1938, Gerald Davis had his first one-man show in 1962 and has over 150 solo shows to his credit. He opened the Davis Gallery in Dublin in 1970. He has written extensively for the leading national newspapers and broadcasts regularly on Irish radio and television.
Bernadette Doolan
Bernadette Doolan is an Irish artist working from her studio in Ferns, Co Wexford. She established the Muck Ceramics brand in 2004 following widespread success through a series of solo and collaborative exhibitions. Considering her relatively recent entry into the art world, Bernadette has quickly been acclaimed as creative artist of distinction for these unique clay sculptures which have been so enthusiastically received wherever exhibited.
Orla Egan
Having spent most of her childhood in the west of Ireland, Orla now lives in Donegal. In some of her pictures, she attempts to capture the daily life of a people, some of whom were immortalized by J M Synge in ‘Riders to the Sea’. Her other works deal with life in general in rural Ireland. Her work developed with courses at The Glebe Gallery in Donegal, under the tutelage of Chris Wilson and William Gallagher with Dr Derek Hill being a guest tutor.
Orla has exhibited widely over the last 15 years, including at The Glebe Gallery; Gordon Galleries, Derry; Solomon Gallery, Dublin; The Great Blasket Centre; Sligo Art Gallery; Thompson’s Gallery, London; The Sandford Gallery, Ranelagh; Wexford Opera Festival; The Leinster Gallery, Dublin; Galway Arts Festival; The Ferguson Gallery, Ramelton; McGilloway Gallery, Derry; The Nicholas Gallery, Belfast; and The Kenny Gallery, Galway. Since 1998, Egan has had nine paintings selected for The Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition
Eoin De Leister
He now lives on Sliabh-na-mban where he works in ceramic and bronze. He contributes to START art magazine essays on problems of truth for the painter under the pseudonym “Cardinal de Ratsael” and a web site is devoted to his ‘prayers and aphorisms’.
In painting he is currently studying with the American Dubonnet School of Landscape Art.
Web address: www.eoindel.com
Bridget Flinn
Bridget Flinn (1961) studied at the NCAD 1978-1981 and at the Royal College of Art in London 1981-1982. She has worked as a watercolour artist and illustrator and has exhibited in group exhibitions, including the RHA. Bridget exhibits in Frederick Gallery Group Shows in Dublin. She also produces a range of printed greeting cards called Bloofti Design.
John Flinn
Based in Kells, County Kilkenny, John works from his studio in the village, painting outdoors when feasible. John has exhibited for twenty consecutive years at the Kilkenny Arts Festival.
Michael Gemmell
Michael Gemmell studied at the College of Art, Limerick and Dublin. He exhibits regularly throughout Ireland, and he is represented at the annual RHA exhibition.
Gemmell works in oils, and his quest to capture colour and light led him to interpret bogland and mountain landscapes in varying atmospheric conditions. With high keyed colours, his work is unmistakable. Flashing yellows, deep saturated blues and vivid orange flow sensually together in his paintings. Not satisfied with a naturalistic rendering of a scene, wide brushstrokes of dark slabs of earth float on thickly painted and contrasting lighter diverse textural surfaces giving his work a monumental serene aspect while evoking sensations of vast spaces.
The beauty of his work lies in his ability to express a spiritual peace through the landscape setting that is common to most of his work and the vibrant luxuriousness of the paintings convey a calm beauty revealing the power of nature in all its glory.
Catherine Greene
Born in Ballinasloe in 1960, Catherine graduated from the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1985, following which she lectured in sculpture at the College of Marketing and Design in Dubin. She has exhibited in a wide number of group shows over the last 20 years both here in Ireland and at the Oxford Gallery, Rochester and Pyramid Studios in Maine, USA as well as Pyms Gallery in London. A regular at the Aer Rianta Gateway to Art Festivals at Dublin Airport in the 90’s, Catherine is a regular exhibitor at the Solomon Gallery, having had 2 solo shows there, in 1999 and 2002. She recently completed a commission for Waterford City Council – a large scale bronze sculpture of Thomas Francis Meagher on horseback – it is located opposite The Tower Hotel in Waterford city.
Catherine’s work features in a number of collections throughout Ireland including the Bank of Ireland, Duchas, Farmleigh, Aer Rianta Dublin and Moscow and Kildare County Council. There are also works in private collections throughtout Ireland, England, USA and Germany.
Michael Jackson has been making pots for thirty years. He has worked with most types of clay and most firing techniques. In his new work, he has brought together a number of elements to create a series of sculptural figures. They are made from porcelain clay, glazed and then further worked with a combination of gold, metal lustres and enamels. The process is both long and delicate, often taking up to five separate firings.
The series are loosely based on elements from our past. These elements or fragments are carried on the ‘wing’ like additions to the figures. Sometimes they have a semi-religious content, the ‘wings’ often resembling vestments or robes on figures that have a spiritual feel. Other times, the figures are more of a secular nature, with the ‘wings’ resembling formal cloaks or ceremonial gowns.
The motifs on the wings can have heraldic symbols, alluding to the formal and armorial nature of the figure.
Sometimes symbolism from our distant past is used as from the stone carvings at Newgrange and Knowth. The enigmatic qualities of these early Irish symbols lend themselves to the quasi-spiritual nature of these figures.
The artist’s signature is in the form of a “chop” mark attached to the mount.l
My guide has been Jean Baptiste Chardin (1699-1779). Like him I have come to realize that even these simple household objects are things to be treasured.”
Ella’s focus in her nudes is the beauty of the female form.
John Keating
John Keating was born in Tipperary in 1953. He studied at the Crawford College of Art, Cork, Trinity College Dublin, Loughborough University, Leicestershire and the Arts Students League of New York which he attended on scholarship. He has exhibited nationally and internationally in USA, Italy, Spain, Greece, Monaco and China. His work is included in private and public collections in Ireland, USA, Australia, Italy, Greece and England. Guest lectured and tutored on the drawing studies course at the national Gallery of Ireland, the National College of Art and Design, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the University of Pittsburgh, USA.
Eleanor Kilroy
From Bennettsbridge in Kilkenny, Eleanor works as an art teacher in Rockwell College She received an NCVA Certificate in Art & Mixed Media from Ballyfermot Senior College in 1995. She then attended the National College of Art & Design, Dublin and graduated with an honours degree in Art and Design Education in 2000. She received an NCCA special merit award for her painting in her final year.
Eleanor has exhibited paintings during Kilkenny Arts Week for each of the past two years and continues to enjoy her pursuit of both her teaching and her painting careers.
Damien McCarron
Originally from Derry, Cork-based Damien McCarron recently received his BA degree in Print from the Crawford College of Art and Design. He is currently in the process of obtaining his higher diploma in teaching at Crawford. Damien was one of the five artists from the Crawford degree show t be chosen by the Fenton Gallery, Cork for the Fledglings exhibition which travels throughout southern Ireland. In addition, Damien received the Thomas Damnn Award and subsequently traveled to Canada in 2002. This work is a visual response to that journey.
Valerie Lee
Valerie studied painting at Limerick College of Art and Design and graduated in 1987. Since then she has been involved in many different part of the art world – making handmade jewellery; working both as exhibitions assistant and exhibitions officer at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork; teaching art and design, running workshops with community groups and providing inservice training for teachers and artist in residence at The Triskel Arts Centre in the mid ninties. Valerie spent 6 months in New Zealand with resulted in an exhibition of sculptural lampshades in The Suter Art Gallery and the MacMillan Art Gallery in Nelson. On returning to Ireland, she continued to develop her studio work, learned silversmith techniques with Christopher Samuels and exhibited in The Fenton Gallery Group Christmas Show in 2000.
For the past 4 years, Valerie has been running a business making and selling exquisite handmade cards and lamps. Many of her designs have been licensed to greeting card manufacturers, allowing Valerie more time to devote to painting.
Michael Loyer
An American-Irish artist residing in Glenbower, County Tipperary, Ireland. Michael has exhibited in the U. S., Europe, and the Middle East. His works are held in numerous private and corporate collections worldwide.
Tony Oakey
I am a self-taught artist. I was born in 1959 and started painting in 1990. in 2000, I gave up my day job as an electrician to paint full time. My paintings are inventions of thoughts, facts and dreams set in familiar landscapes. My ideas are transferred to the “canvas” unaltered by explanations, reasons or rules. Thy act as a mirror in which all the universe is reflected bringing you on a voyage, a journey of colour, surprise and humour, taking you into a less serious place, a cosmic world of discovery. I have exhibited regularly in Ireland since 1992. My work can be found in private and corporate collections throughout Ireland and worldwide.
Maeve O’Byrne
For me, light plays a huge part in the make-up of my work. While living in Hawaii, I experienced a strong sense of Spirituality, and feel fortunate to have this new sense about myself. I found my Palette changing, as I began my new chapter in colour. I immersed myself in this tropical paradise, experiencing first hand the beauty of nature, in all her elements. As an artists, I believe it is important to express as sense of Harmony, balance and humour in my work.
Yanny Petters
Yanny has been painting exquisitely detailed studies of wild plants for the past 20 years. Fascinated by colour, form and detail, her love and interest in botanical art stemmed from her work as a signwriter where plant themes were common in decorative design. As well as working in watercolours, Yanny specializes in ‘painting on glass’, a technique she has been developing since her signwriting years. Yanny also worked in London during the late 80’s and early 90’s as a freelance gilder and antique restorer. Yanny is currently working on a series of paintings of sections of the bark of native trees in oils.
Yanny has had a number of solo shows, including at the Cúdos Art Centre in Mount Usher; Wexford Opera Festival and Signal Arts Centre in Bray. Group exhibitions include Glencree Reconciliation Centre, Metatron Gallery Enniskerry; The Davis Gallery, Dublin and The Department of the Arts. Yanny’s work features in many private collections as well as the collections of Byrne Group, OPW and Wicklow Mountains National Park.
Geoff Rhind
Liverpool-born Geoff Rhind once shared a school desk with John Lennon. He came to Ireland in his late teens and has remained ever since. A printer by trade, he has painted all his life. He is a regular exhibitor in Dublin's Arts Club in Fitzwilliam Street, where he has had several solo exhibitions and has participated in group shows throughout Ireland
Miriam D Robinson
A native of Cork, (Miriam) initially trained in Arts Therapy in London, continued her studies
in Fine Art, to receive a B.A.(Hons) in Fine ArtPainting from the University of Leeds in 1997.
Returning to Ireland in 1998 with husbad Alan, she now lives in Clonmel, working as a visual artist and
part-time arts administrator. Her first solo exhibition was held in the South Tipperary Arts Centre
in 1999 and in recent years has shown her work nationally, exhibiting in Sligo Art Gallery, Ormeau
Baths, Belfast and Crawford Art Gallery. Her paintings are currently available in Mill Cove
Gallery, the Vangard Gallery, the Lavitt Gallery, Cork and the Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford.
‘The transformative relationship between the physical and metaphysical worlds is highly complex and one which I explore in art-making. The focus of my work is on this dynamic interconnectivity between all aspects of experience and consciousness. Through a developing abstract visual language, my paintings and drawings explore the interaction between the ethereal, abstract nature of space, (thought, feeling), and the immediacy of surface, (physical experience).
A non-dualistic transformative theme lies at the core of my work, reflecting my considerations ; time, mystery, renewal, my working processes and art as a personal doorway.’
Wendy Shea
Well known as a theatre stage and costume designer for over 40 years in Ireland, US and the UK, Wendy’s illustrations can be seen every Saturday in the Irish Times magazine. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland, including Peacock Gallery, Riverrun Gallery, Limerick, Heritage Centre, Nenagh, Tin Jug Gallery in Birr.
Kate Walsh
Kate is a late vocation to art, having qualified with this year from Crawford College of Art in Cork specialising in print. In her current phase of work, family and memory are the driving forces. Kate recently had a solo show at the South Tipperary Arts Centre.
Manus Walsh
Manus Walsh was born in Dublin and made his home in Ballyvaughan, Co Clare where, for several years he has specialized in creating beautiful enamels jewellery as well as working in oils and acrylics. His intimate knowledge of the Burren is the inspiration for many of his paintings.
Lawrie Williamson
Lawrie Williamson was born in Scotland in 1932. He was educated in Derbyshire and at the age of sixteen won a major exhibition to study at the Nottingham College of Art. This was followed by Nottingham University and L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. The subjects for his paintings vary widely, drawn from a wealth of experience and observation. The one common factor is light. A trotter on the beach, a landscape, a beery pub interior - each painting is filled with a light of its own which remains undimmed even in a darkening room.
Twice winner of the Stanley Grimm prize as well as the Corenellisen prize at the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, also the Canson Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, he paints predominantly in oils but also in watercolours and pastels.
Keen fishermen, he and his wife, also an artist, now live in here Ireland - Lawrie has built a new studio in Cahir. He will continue to exhibit in Norfolk, Sutton Coldfield, London and America.
Anne Woods
Anne Woods was born in Dublin and lived there until 1997, when her love of painting led her to move to Furraleigh, Mahon Bridge, at the foot of the Comeraghs. The multi-moods of the every changing vista are very much evident in the rich and vibrant landscape, which surrounds her studio at Furraleigh. Her natural talent and passion for painting has led Anne to develop a unique, exciting and diverse display of paintings in oil. Anne paints as she feels and her signature motif, sheep, feature strongly in her work. Anne has had a number of solo exhibitions as well as being selected for several group and mixed shows. Her work features in many private collections in Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, Canada and USA.
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