a review by – Aidan Dunne from The Irish Times – MICHAEL FLAHERTY “Michael Flaherty’s ‘Dark Light’ at the Hallward Gallery is appropriately entitled, given that it marks a decisive move away from the bold colours he has previously favoured. His new work is more muted and more tonal generally, though he still relishes strong contrasts, with splashes of vivid yellow, for example. “He is a landscape painter, and he concentrates on the landscape around … Read more
– The South Seas – an exhibition of new paintings by PAULINE BEWICK The Pauline Bewick exhibtion was a great success. Photographs of the opening night are shown below. A South Sea Journey In 1989 Pauline Bewick embarked on her first journey to the South Pacific, a journey which became evolutionary to her as a person, an artist, a mother and as a woman. It has punctuated her painting with exuberance, sensuousness, and insight into a … Read more
– Great Blasket Island Inspired – an exhibition of painting & sculpture – Introduction – The artists of The Great Blasket Island Exhibition at Greenlane Gallery Dingle in 2003 contributed their works to commemoratively mark the 50th anniversary of the abandonment of The Great Blasket Island. The exhibition brought to a conclusion almost three years of planning by Greenlane Gallery owner Susan Callery, who remarked that the approach of the 50th anniversary of the Island’s … Read more