Brian Gallagher » landscape http://bdgart.com/blog illustrator Sat, 12 May 2012 07:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 Malham http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/04/malham/ http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/04/malham/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 16:02:23 +0000 Brian http://bdgart.com/blog/?p=843

A scraperboard of Malham Dale>> North Yorkshire

]]> http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/04/malham/feed/ 0 The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club Exhibition http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/04/the-dublin-painting-and-sketching-club-exhibition/ http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/04/the-dublin-painting-and-sketching-club-exhibition/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:35:03 +0000 Brian http://bdgart.com/blog/?p=833

I’ll be showing four pieces at…..

The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club>> 134th Exhibition
Opening- Sunday 15th April 2pm-5pm

15th – 29th April 2012

Venue:

The Concourse Gallery

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Hall

Opposite Pavilion Theatre

There is a feature about the opening on Liam Madden’s site The Irish Art Blog>>

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Up painting in Massey’s woods again a few weeks ago.

Amazing roots covered in moss on this tree.

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Was out painting, up in Massey’s Woods.

The light was great but still a bit cold this time of year.

]]> http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/03/masseys-woods-2/feed/ 0 Step by Step http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/02/step-by-step/ http://bdgart.com/blog/2012/02/step-by-step/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:53:50 +0000 Brian http://bdgart.com/blog/?p=791 Here is a simple step by step of my scraperboard technique. This is the initial pencil drawing of Gort an Choirce>>

Once I’ve transferred it to a piece of black scraperboard>> I begin scraping out the white areas

More white is gradually revealed……..

Adjustments made, the piece is now finished.

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I currently have a small pop up exhibition in The Wine Buff >>

The shop is located on the Triangle in Ranelagh. If you like wine it’s a really great store.

The work will be on display there till January, please call in if you are passing.

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Here’s a scraperboard that is on show at The United Arts Club’s >> Christmas show.

It’s an old farmstead behind Aghla More>>

]]> http://bdgart.com/blog/2011/12/long-house/feed/ 1 Sgraffito http://bdgart.com/blog/2011/09/sgraffito/ http://bdgart.com/blog/2011/09/sgraffito/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:56:56 +0000 Brian http://bdgart.com/blog/?p=730

I just finished hanging my solo show yesterday in The United Arts Club.

Thanks to Angel Loughery the clubs Arts Convenor for all her help and encouragement.

Also Thanks to Tony Strickland and Sarah Leahy for helping to promote my first solo show in the UAC.

An extra big Thanks to PJ for doing the opening.

The show will open on Thursday.

The work is mostly influenced by the fast disappearing vernacular buildings from around the Gort a’Choirce>> area of North West Donegal, where my family originates from.

To be opened by artist
PJ Lynch>>
Thursday 29th September
@ 8pm

Exhibition continues
until 17th October 2011
Viewing Mon to Sat
from 5.30pm

The United Arts Club>>
3 Upper Fitzwilliam St
Dublin 2

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Here’s another sample of some work from my upcoming solo show at The United Arts Club>>

A scraperboard of Tory Island>>

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This is a piece for my upcoming solo show to be held in The United Arts Club this September.

Getting the framing done now and finishing of a couple of works.

Sgraffito-Exhibition of work by Brian Gallagher

To be opened by artist
PJ Lynch>>
Thursday 29th September
@ 8pm

Exhibition continues
until 17th October 2011
Viewing Mon to Sat
from 5.30pm

The United Arts Club>>
3 Upper Fitzwilliam St
Dublin 2

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