40th Annual Tuckmill Exhibition at the Moat Club Naas this weekend

 

Dining hall, Trinity College Dublin

Chinese inks, 24 carat gold on silk on canves

40th Annual Tuckmill Exhibition at the Moat Club Naas this weekend, opening hours Saturday the 15th from 12:30pm to 5:30pm and Sunday the 16th from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.

‘Wild Irish Hare, Spring Forward’

 

Irish Hare The hare is a beautiful creature, featuring in mythology and in folklore. Sightings at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig gave rise to the painting. A walk in Clare inspired the setting. A few years ago I was walking in the Burren near Mullaghmore. I approached what I thought was a carpet of lilac/blue flowers in the limestone and grasses. . . As I drew near the 'carpet' took off- hundreds of tiny moths in a cloud of pale blue. A few yards away another gathering of pale pink covering the ground erupted into flight.

Size; 50 x 40 cm

Contact Tuckmill Gallery, Naas

Tuckmill Annual Fine Art Exhibition; Church of Our Lady and St. David and Mc Auley Place

The fabulous Tuckmill Gallery in Naas

    

Delighted to have my painting of Church of Our Lady and St. David and Mc Auley Place in the shop window.

Culture Night 2020 at the Tuckmill Gallery, Naas, Co. Kildare

 

Many thanks to Martina Phibbs for inviting me to demonstrate Chinese Ink Painting Techniques at the wonderful #TUCKMILLGALLERY in Naas, Co. Kildare to celebrate #CULTURENIGHT 2020

Chinese painting is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world.

It is intended to be a meditative and spontaneous art form, capturing the essence of an image or idea with very little attention to precise details. Nature is the heart of Chinese Brush painting with emphasis on form, movement, energy and flow - rather than a photographic style

I demonstrated ‘Held line’ and ‘Flowing form’ techniques on rice paper and silk, and how these materials differ from watercolour paper. I am very fortunate to have my work included in this exceptional gallery.

Photograph by Kay Geraghty

Chiming Bells and Ticking Clocks

Inspired by bluebells towering over the dandelion clocks on a still sunny May morning on the roundabout between Naas and Johnstown Co. Kildare

Work in progress....