Painting of the Week... "The Gift" by Joanne Taylor

The Gift by Joanne Taylor
For purchase within the Europena Union: €2250
For purchase outside the European Union: €2000
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"My earliest memories are of violent thunderstorms, giant insects, blue-headed lizards and steam trains hissing in the night above the rhythmic beating of wooden drums.

I was born in the middle of Africa, then northern Rhodesia, during "suicide month" in 1952. I grew up steeped in the overpowering vitality of the jungle, free as a monkey and virtually untouched by the physical and psychological worlds beyond the village limits.

My art, like any creative activity, is simply a reflection of process. I watch, bemused, as this mind plays its games. Essentially I see life as a joyful cosmic joke in which we unwittingly create our own limiting rules. Painting is for me a way of expressing a smile, a reminder not to take my 'self' too seriously."

Painting of the Week...

"Guiding Ladies" by Ciaran Clear

Guiding Ladies by Ciaran Clear -
For purchase within the European Union: €6500
For purchase outside the European Union: €5800
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Ciaran Clear was best known for his moonlight seascapes and Connemara coastal scenes of the west of Ireland. Over the years he developed a very particular style of painting the night sky . Shimmering silver cloud formations lit by a hidden moon over rural landscapes were typical of his work. Some of these paintings also contained women with lanterns looking out over the sea waiting for the return of their fishermen.

He was a founder member of the "Fingal Artists Group" (1963) which included Maurice Mac Gonigle (former President of the RHA), Fergus O'Ryan, Bea Orpen, Patrick Leonard and Tom Nisbet. The purpose of the group was to make art more accessible to the community by holding exhibitions throughout Leinster.

Over the years Ciaran exhibited with the Dublin Sketching Club, the Living Art, RHA and Oireachtas exhibitions. He was constantly involved in group exhibitions including one which brought the works of Irish artists to New York and Boston.
Ciaran painted to the last days of his life. His work was then and still is in great demand.

His paintings are in private collections worldwide.