8 July – 13 August 2023
Land, a mixed summer show
Artists including Katherine Boucher Beug, Edwina Bracken, Audrey Fleming, Karen Hendy, Con Kelleher, Susan Montgomery, Noël O’Callaghan, Danny Osborne, Aisling Roche and Mary G Sheehan. Opened by poet Paddy Bushe whose crafted and inspiring introduction added to everyone’s appreciation of the exhibition: even some artists admitted to an enhanced perception of their own work following his interpretation.
Below Danny Osborne,
From the Mizen & down Bantry Bay, fin whale rib, engraved and filled with found red ochre mixed with whale oil, approx. 170 x 75 x 20 cm. 'I traced a number of drawings of the coast onto the bone and then engraved the lines deeply before filling them with a paste of found red ochre and a binder of whale oil. Based on a similar technique used around 20,000 years ago'. €2600
Con Kelleher,
Mist 2, Gearagh, photograph printed on Fuji fine art Baryte paper, 20 x 30 in, 2/28 ed. €950 (bespoke sizes available)
Recorded by Donagh Long, Paddy's introduction can be heard here:
His observations on the work of Aisling Roche:
on the work of Con Kelleher:
on the work of Karen Hendy:
on the work of Audrey Fleming:
on the paintings of Mary G Sheehan:
on those by Edwina Bracken:
and of other individual artists:
https://spaintowerstudios.com/grilse-gallery.html Password 'Land'.
Karen Hendy, Cre I, natural ground pigments, Valentia slate dust, Derrynane oak gall ink, ground bog peat and bog water on Fabriano paper. €1300
Katherine Boucher Beug,
Evening Foursome, acrylic on BFK Reeves paper, 56.5 x 46 cm. €1500
