I met up recently with Vincent Keeling of the Keeling Gallery in Clarendon Street, Dublin 2. As well as being the gallery owner, Vincent is an artist.  You can find his work in the gallery as well as that of a number of other contemporary artists. It strikes me that art is his life.  He [...]

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Children of Deaf Adults (CODAs) and the Visual Arts Sunday 4th December at 12:15 on RTÉ One Internationally renowned performance artist Amanda Coogan, theatre actor Shane O’Reilly and painter Fergal Dunne all have something in common: they are CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults. They grew up in households where communication was visual, with Irish [...]

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Last  month I met with artist Jerry Cahir at his home and studio in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary. We had a chat about art, spirituality, life. Jerry came to art late in life.  He had been a bank manager with AIB until he was forced to retire through ill health.  A while after, he took a [...]

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Last week I met up with Dublin artist John Fitzsimons in Caffe Noto, Thomas Street for a chat about his life, work, art and his upcoming exhibition. John grew up in Terenure.  He likes living in the city. I get the impression he would not want to live anywhere else.  Unlike with some artists the [...]

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I recently visited Dublin artist John Nolan at his Shomera studio in Drumcondra, a veritable colour fest for eyes.  Along with many others in the arts in Ireland, John has noticed a considerable decline in art sales in recent times. Although John’s work has been reasonably priced for many years,   it’s no longer a  question [...]

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