Painting of the Week : "Warm Earth" by John Nolan

"Warm Earth" by John Nolan,
For purchase within the European Union: €1600
For purchase outside the European Union: €1500
For more paintings by John Nolan please click here!

John Nolan's exuberant style combines bold outlines with bright exotic colours. His interpretation of various motifs transmits a positive upbeat feeling to his viewers.
The celebration of colour and form, has preoccupied him from an early age and was nurtured through the encouragement and instruction received from his father who was an artist himself.


Collections:
The Department of Defence.
The National Treasury, Dublin Trinity College, Dublin.
Microsoft Ireland,
The Royal Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
American Biogenetic sciences Inc. New York.
Institute Of Music, Berlin, Germany.
Acrobat Design consultants, Dublin.
University of Hokkaido, Japan.
Fendley Real Estate Development, Arkansas, USA
Neil Armstrong ( Esat digifone presentation )
Jean Kenndy Smith, American ambassador to Ireland
Eileen Lemass MEP
International Group Inc. Tennessee, USA.
Michael Murphy, RTE Arts Show, Dublin.
Young Euro RSCG, Dublin.
St. Patrick's Education Centre, Dublin.
A & L Goodbody, Dublin.
College of Technology , Blanchardstown, Dublin.

A Busy Week in Killarney!

All eyes are on Killarney this week with some great events... The Irish Open 2011 starting officially  on Thursday 28th at the beautiful Killarney Golf & Fishing Club,

Here is a selection of the Signed Limited Edition Golf Prints that we carry in the Killarney Art Gallery:

7th K Club by Peter Munroe, €195 (unframed)  plus postage



4th Old Head by Peter Munroe, €195 (unframed) plus postage



12th Waterville, by Peter Munroe, €195 (unframed) plus postage

10th Kileen, by William Grandison, €85 (unframed) plus postage

18th Mahony's Point, by William Grandison, €85 (unframed) plus postage

 Also happening this week is the Killarney Summerfest, which has been around for a few years already and has a great programm of activities for the whole family...

Are you coming to Killarney for any of the above..? Then don't forget to include a visit to the Killarney Art Gallery! It will be a pleasure to welcome you. We are open Monday to Saturday between 2 and 6, for any other viewing, please contact us on 064 6634628 or 087 2767999.

Painting of the Week: "Dassia, Corfu", by Patrick Leonard HRHA

"Dassia, Corfu" by Patrick Leonard HRHA
For purchase within the European Union: €4400
For purchase outside the European Union: €3900
You can see this painting and more by the artist right here

Born in Rush, Co. Dublin, Patrick Leonard studied under Seán Keating and Maurice MacGonigal (q.v.) at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin. He exhibited at the RHA from 1941 onward, and was elected an Honorary Member in 1983.

James Gorry from The Gorry Gallery, Dublin wrote "The integrity of Leonard's approach is such that a peaceful landscape will accommodate a car or 'plane if it passes at the time he is sketching, and colours considered too vibrant by others, but very real in his perception, are never constrained - this freedom of spirit is a hallmark of his work".
Patrick worked with oils, pastels, and drawing. Many of his works are in permanent collections across Ireland, and also in the John Burns Collection in the U.S.A.
He received numerous prizes for paintings as a student and many Awards for portrait and landscape work in watercolour, drawing and black and white illustration from the RDS.

Painting of the Week... "Ophelia" by Ken Hamilton

"Ophelia" by Ken Hamilton
For purchase within the European Union  €1800
For purchase outside the European Union  €1600
To see this painting and more by Ken Hamilton
please visit our website

Ken Hamilton was born and brought up in Nigeria, West Africa and it was here that at first hand he was exposed to the powerful force and form of African Art. His first drawings were encouraged by an Ibo tribal craftsman. Unlike the many European Artists of the 20th century, such as Modigliani, who were influenced by African sculpture, which had been exported from its native land, for Ken the influence was all around.

Ken has spent a considerable amount of time researching the techniques, mediums and pigments of the old masters which can be clearly seen in the gold grounds of some of the paintings exhibited here; harping back to the great Siennese artists of the 15th century and yet purely modern in tone, as Ken himself says 'I want my paintings to be contemporary and also timeless; realistic yet representing an unreal world; almost touchable but totally beyond our reach; as plain as day but still mysterious.'

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Painting of the Week... "Summer Work" by Paul Kelly

"Summer Work" by Paul Kelly
For purchase within the European Union: €2950
For purchase outside the European Union: €2600
You can view more work by Paul Kelly here!

Paul Kelly was born in Dublin in 1968. He started painting and drawing at a very early age, and since then has gone on to establish a wide reputation both here in Ireland and abroad.

Completely self-taught, Kelly paints in a conventional pre-impressionist style in both oils and watercolours. Known for his paintings of North Dublin with its busy fields, market gardens and small harbours, he has been regularly travelling all over Ireland in search of new inspiration and even further a field with paintings trips to Morocco, Prague, Budapest and Venice.
He has had many successful one man “sell-out” exhibitions at The Killarney Art Gallery, Co. Kerry and The Gorry Gallery in Dublin, and regularly exhibits in selective group shows around the country. He is also a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, and in 1991 obtained the James Kennedy memorial award for portraiture.
Works by Kelly are included in many public and private collections including the National Self Portrait Collection of Ireland, the Fingal County Library and the Brian P Burns collection, USA. In 1999 he was included in “Who’s Who in Ireland” and The Buyers Guide to Irish Art.
In 2000 his painting “The Liffey Rowers” was exhibited at the John F Kennedy centre for the performing arts, Washington. With the kind permissions of the Lambay Island estate in 2004 he exhibited a body of work entitled “Lambay Portrait of an Island” which was received to great public and critical acclaim, his last one man show. Paul continues to work and exhibit in Ireland.