Once again I have been invited to exhibit at The Blackrock Hospice Art Exhibition. The show will feature over thirty high quality works of art from artists including Pauline Bewick, John Kingerlee, Kenneth & Susan Webb, , Paddy Lennon amoung others.
The exhibition takes place on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th of November from 10am-6pm in Blackrock Hospice, Sweetmans Avenue.
I will be exhibiting as part of Operation Art, a collaborative exhibition between Operation Smile & NCAD October 29th – 31st, 11am – 5pm. There will be an Opening View on Thursday 29th October 2009 from 6-8pm. Opening at 6.30 by Miriam O’Callaghan. The proceeds from sales of work will help fund Operation Smile Ireland, an international children’s medical charity.
www.operationsmile.ie
Carysfort Gallery will be taking some of my pieces to the ‘Castlecomer Discovery Park’ for the Kilkenny Arts Festival this year.
Kildare County Council recently launched it’s three year arts policy in Aras Chill Dada, Naas, Co. Kildare. I am very pleased to have been included as a selected artist on the Kildare County Council Art Panel 2009 – 2011.
Cllr. Colm Purcell, Mayor of Co. Kildare, formally luanched the policy documents with Lucina Russell, Arts Officer for Kildare acting as MC at the event.
I’m delighted to have been asked to participate once again in Art In Action at Townley Hall, just off the M1 at Drogheda, Co. Louth this weekend 30th May – 1st June.
Art in Action is a 3-day arts & crafts festival where top artists and craftspeople from many different disciplines are invited to set up studio and demonstrate their work and skills live.
Visitors come to see how it’s done and are inspired; they are welcome to meet the artists informally and ask questions about their work and techniques.
Most of the art and craftwork on show is available for sale direct from the artists.
A wide range of practical classes is available each day, with adults and children catered for separately. Classes are designed to encourage the novice and each participant learns how to make a finished piece of art or craft for taking home.
The liberal arts are represented through a programme of music, drama, dance, story telling and lectures.
The event is renowned among visitors and artists alike not only for the breadth and quality of the art on show, but also for its wonderful organisation, relaxed family atmosphere and beautiful setting around Townley Hall.
Art in Action has grown greatly in scale, quality and variety from its small beginnings in 1994. In that time over 75,000 visitors have spent a magical day watching hundreds of leading artists and craftspeople actively creating their work. A record 10,000 visitors are expected this year.
Art in Action is a not-for-profit event which honours the role of the artist in society. It is organised and staffed entirely on a voluntary basis and is held every year over the 3 days of the June Holiday Weekend.
Check out the adventures of Clive, a golden doodle assist dog and his friend Murray on www.assistdogautism.blogspot.com . They dropped by to see me at Art Ireland. Lovely to see them as always. Pic above is portrait I did of Clive a while back. Such a gorgeous dog!
Hope you all got your invites for ‘Art Ireland’ at the RDS Dublin this weekend. If not drop me an email and I’ll send them on. Come see me at stand no. H6. Friday night is Jazz and Wine night. Nice way to start the weekend!
My Pastel Demo in Greystones. Check out the pics.
Busy, busy, busy! It’s that time of the year again. “Art Ireland” at the RDS is less than a month away and as usual I’m in a panic. Will I have enough paintings? Will they be ready? Of course it’ll be fine. It’ll all come together in the end. The panic is just part of my ritual before an exhibition. This is when I find that I do my best work. I have received some nice coverage as part of the PR work for Art Ireland. My painting ‘Leapfrog’ has been featured in the current (March) issue of Irish Tatler magazine (pg.13) and also in the current (March/April) issue of Image Interiors magazine (pg.16).
For those of you that don’t know. Before my venture into Acrylics I was quite proficient in Chalk Pastels. I have been invited to do a demonstration for the Greystones Art Group next Tuesday night 10/03/09. Should be fun!
