Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Causeway Hospital Exhibition


This exhibition included several recent paintings being exhibited for the first time and a selection of the paintings previously shown at my solo exhibitions:
Pattern of Chaos at Flowerfield Arts Centre in November 2005;
Images Satellites and Souvenirs de Toulouse in Toulouse, May 2006; and
Glimmer of Life, Ballymoney Museum, March 2007.

All of these paintings have been inspired by nature. We can be awed both by our insignificance in the vastness of the universe and by the detail and complexity of nature contained in a tiny patch of garden.

“It is only with the heart one can see right -
What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Juicy



35 x 40 cm
Mixed Media
SOLD

Toulouse Violets


24 x 26 cm
Acrylic
SOLD

Blowhole


40 x57 cm
Mixed Media
£320

Fish Eye


43 x 34 cm
Mixed Media
£295

Starfish II


43 x 34 cm
Mixed Media
SOLD

Sunflowers


24 x 33 cm
Mixed Media
£195

Red Hot Pokers


17 x 24 cm
Acrylic
£145

Chrysanthemum


21 x 29 cm
Mixed Media
£195

Souvenirs de Toulouse: Mimosa


20 x 24 cm
Mixed Media
£165

Gentian


21 x 29 cm
Mixed Media
SOLD

Narcissus


29 x 39 cm
Mixed Media
£245

Yellow Iris


29 x 39 cm
Mixed Media
£245

Poppies 1


29 x 21 cm
Mixed Media
£195

Poppies 2


29 x 21 cm
Mixed Media
£195

Sunday, February 25, 2007

Ballymoney Exhibition Closed


GLIMMER OF LIFE

The ephemeral beauty of nature is at once attractive and poignant. We copy it, trying vainly to tie it down, constrain it, acquire it, yet it evades our grasp, always just out of reach, indefinable and evanescent.

To be able to appreciate beauty, however fleeting or fragile, is a gift worth having.

Similarly, sometimes loved ones are taken from us. While I have tried to capture the fleeting essence of a flower through my art, the recent passing of loved ones has left an image forever in my heart.
This exhibition is dedicated to the memory of three members of my family who died too young: my cousins Emma and Timothy and my aunt Sandra. “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field; the wind blows over it and it is gone”.

The Exhibition ran from from 26 February - 24 March

Portrush East Strand I: Walking the Dog


21 x 29 cm
Acrylic
Not For Sale

Portrush East Strand II: Bird's Foot Trefoil


29 x 21cm
Acrylic
£175

Portrush East Strand III: Dandelion


22 x 29 cm
Acrylic
£175 - SOLD

Purple Iris


24 x 26 cm
Mixed Media
£175 - SOLD

Rudbekia


34 x 43 cm
Mixed Media
£225 - SOLD

Tree Bark


29 x 39 cm
Mixed Media
£175

Long Grass


25 x 38 cm
Mixed Media
£195 - SOLD

Tree Fern


56 x 39 cm
Mixed Media
£295 - SOLD

Lavender


29 x 39
Mixed Media
£225 - SOLD

Oriental Poppy


29 x 39 cm
Mixed Media
£225 - SOLD

Pansies


18 x 25 cm
Mixed Media
Donated to Lislagan Primary School