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This project involves painting in a number of different extreme environments that are completely uncompromising, such as in shark infested waters, on top of Mount Everest, at the Northpole, while skydiving, in the presence of wild animals, etc. The purpose being that the emotional, physical and psychological trials the artist experiences in these situations will obviously affect the…
To celebrate Westport Arts Festival, The Waterfront Gallery in Westport are hosting a group exhibition of 15 artists. The exhibition was opened last Saturday 26th September by Cllr. Michael Mc Laughlin (Westport Town Council. Aisling Smyth and Peter Brennan, directors of the gallery curate the show. Waterfront ’09 continues until October 24th.
One of the country’s largest group exhibitions of art in the most difficult of media genres, watercolours, will open to the public this Monday, 28th September. This is the 155th exhibition to be staged by the Water Colour Society of Ireland, an illustrious body founded as far back as 1870. Its membership contains some of…
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‘Pastoral City’ – an exhibition of work by John O’Reilly (JOR) – opened last week at the Talbot Gallery. This collection of urban landscapes from maritime cities aims to portray a mood of reflection and serenity within environments of noise and clutter. The opening was a great success with a large crowd and several sales…
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An exhibition of oil paintings by Angie Grimes opened last Friday in The Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar County Mayo. The paintings were inspired by Ireland’s coastline. The exhibition continues until 26th September.