Commissioned by the OPW Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre Eibhlis O Suilleabhain Eilís O’Sullivan is the author of a remarkable series of letters, which she wrote over a 20-year period from 1931 to 1951 to George Chambers, an English visitor to the Great Blasket. Following her death, a selection of the letters…
I was honoured to be asked to do the official portrait of the United Arts Club President Lenny Abrahamson.My sanguine drawing of him was unveiled at a ceremony on Saturday night. It now hangs on the stairs along with the work that Thomas Ryan PPRHA did of all the previous presidents.
Another of my large sized works commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre George Thompson George Thomson was a twenty year old Cambridge classics scholar when he first came to the Great Blasket Island to learn Irish in 1923 where he formed a close friendship with Maurice O’Sullivan.…
Another of my large sized works commissioned by the OPW for Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir | The Blasket Centre Muiris Ó Catháin Muiris, or Maras Mhuris, as he was known was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1873. In the final years of his life he dictated his life-story to Risteard Breatnach, determined to have his story…
Some of the stages of my Scraperboard that is currently on display in the United Arts Club.The exhibition closes this weekend so drop in for a look… INVITATIONFriday 5th August at 7:30pmPlease come along for drinks and nibblesat the closing event of the current exhibitionUnited Arts ClubMembers’ SummerExhibitionFor queries please contact the United Arts…
INVITATION Friday 5th August at 7:30pm Please come along for drinks and nibbles at the closing event of the current exhibition United Arts ClubMembers’ SummerExhibitionFor queries please contact the United Arts Club01 6611411office@unitedartsclubdublin.com The United Arts Club3 Upper Fitzwilliam StDublin 2www.unitedartsclubdublin.com
Another piece from a commission for the OPW of seven large portraits of Blasket Islanders along with a number of other images for The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin. Appearing oversized down the Slí in the centre, my Scraperboards can be seen alongside the works of two other artists. This is Gearóid Ó Cathain (b.1947) dubbed “the…
Sanguine and black on paper.
Today I’m finally able to reveal a big project that I have been working on for the past year or so. It was a commission from the OPW of seven large portraits of Blasket Islanders along with a number of other images for The Blasket Centre, Dún Chaoin. Appearing oversized down the Slí in the centre,…
20 minute Sanguine drawing on paper.