'Persona', Ennistymon Courthouse Gallery, Co. Clare

The exhibition in Ennistymon is coming to an end.  It finishes on Thursday 4th February, 2016. So if you would like to see the new work please drop in. We had a successful opening night, and despite threats of terrible weather a lot of people turned up. 

Trudi van der Elsen and Nuala O'Sullivan

People watching people at the opening night

This gallery space is a really well used and successful space.  During the week there are lots of events, yoga, music nights, movies, lectures and some time ago I even went to a flamenco music and dance night there! Trudi and the team do a great job to keep the space accessible and to make everyone feel welcome.  So my thanks to them for all their great work. 

 

Persona, Exhibition at the Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon, County Clare.

Persona opens on Friday the 15th January and runs until the 4th February, 2016.  The show is made up of mainly new works, with just a few older works included. Do come along to see the exhibition if you are in the area.

Its such an interesting process hanging an exhibition and seeing the paintings outside of the work space of the Studio for the first time.  The white gallery walls give them all more space and lots of different interactions seem to come into play between the paintings.  Having unpacked the work, I sat down with Trudi van der Elsen, Curator of the Gallery and we talked and had tea as we looked around us at the paintings leaning against the walls.  Then we began moving work around and pausing for a look at each arrangement.  Working with Trudi was great and she was so helpful with suggestions and advice.  Then we had a short break, so we could get away from the gallery for a while, before returning and making our final decisions with fresh eyes and then in a really short time it was hung and ready for the opening on Friday!

 

  

New Studio at Cappamore

I have recently moved from Contact Studios in Limerick to a new custom built studio space in Cappamore.   There are four studios situated alongside the library in the village there.  These were built by the County Council and are all now occupied.  From the city to the country again for me!

The space which began looking pristine and spotless has now begun to take on a more 'lived in' feel as I have been using it every day over the past weeks.    Work is almost finished for my next exhibition which will open in The Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, Co. Clare, on the 15th January, 2016.  I am just putting the finishing touches to my new work for that show.

 

 

LCGA Exhibition - Visions of Now runs until the 15th January, 2016

This exhibition runs until the 15th January, 2016, so there is still time for a visit.

The exhibition has work from artists with a Limerick connection. I was pleased to be selected to exhibit and I have two works included in the show shown in the image below. 

Life Lines, Limerick Figure Drawing Society Exhibition. 3rd to 13th December, 2015.

The Life Lines exhibition is currently running at Central Buildings Gallery located at 51 O'Connell Street, Limerick and continues until Sunday 13th December, 2015.  The exhibition was opened by Una McCarthy, Director of Limerick City Gallery on the 3rd December, 2015.

The exhibition shows works from the weekly sessions of the Limerick Figure Drawing Society, where we draw the nude model.  A variety of styles and materials used by the members, charcoal, pencil, ink, watercolour and oils, all feature in the exhibition. I joined this group in September 2015, although I had attended in previous years on a casual basis. Three works of mine are on show, along with the work of thirteen other artists.

This small drawing of mine is titled 'Envelop'

An article 'Life into Art' outlining the exhibition, the Limerick Figure Drawing Society and its founder Mark Heng featured in this months 'The Limerick Magazine'.

The Life Lines exhibition poster with a list of artists. The poster was designed by Mark Heng and features one of his drawings.

 

 

Small Art Works at CB1, 51a O'Connell Street, Limerick.

This exhibition was devised and organised by Gavin Hogg.  The show opened on the 19th November and runs until the 28th November, 2015.  The exhibition was launched by Aine NicGiolla Coda, Head of Painting at Limerick School of Art and Design.

The exhibition brings together six artists, three from Limerick Gavin Hogg, Sheila Richardson and myself Nuala O'Sullivan along with PJ O'Connell from Thurles, Dermot Browne currently based in Cork and CJ Collins who works in Lower Manhattan, New York.

My small works on show alongside prints by Gavin Hogg at the Small Works Exhibition

As the title suggests, all the works are to a small scale with the largest unframed dimension of any piece in the show being 45cm.  In addition to exhibiting the work, artists curate the show with one of the artists being available to speak to visitors each afternoon.  Gavin Hogg also with hosts tours of the show on Tuesday 24th and Saturday 28th November at 1 p.m.  So come along if you are around!


Images of all the works from the exhibition can be viewed on the Small Arts Works Facebook page hosted by Gavin Hogg.

Limerick Printmakers Open Submission at 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick runs until the 30th November 2015.

This exhibition runs until the 30th November, 2015.  The work on show was selected by Katriona Gillespie and includes a wide range of printing methods and subject matter. The show runs until the 30th of November.

Opening Night : Photo courtesy of 

Emer Casey of Limerick Printmakers

The two works of mine included in the exhibition : Photo courtesy of 

Emer Casey of Limerick Printmakers

Invitation from Limerick Printmakers

Photographs of work by all the exhibitors are available to view on the Limerick Printmakers Facebook page.

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