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What Lies Beneath: Cave Exit by Jennifer Kingston – article by Niall MacMonagle

Robert Mohr — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 19:32:14 +0000

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/what-lies-beneath-cave-exit-by-jennifer-kingston-36205916.html

Deirdre Irvine interviewed by Natasha Rocca Devine at The Open Window Gallery

Robert Mohr — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:21:43 +0000

Watch Natasha interview Deirdre at the gallery for her show, The Interiors NRD.
https://www.theinteriorsnrd.com/youtube

What Lies Beneath: Kealfadda Bridge

Robert Mohr — Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:59:44 +0000

Niall MacMonagle
April 24 2017

From Doneraile, north Cork, Lysaght studied at NCAD under John F Kelley and spent four years in Florence under Signorina Nerina Simi – “she was 90 when I arrived there”. Then it was to Kanturk but “when a limestone quarry started next door”, and always having had “a hankering for the sea”, she headed for west Cork.

A Damaris Lysaght painting captures an untouched, wild world of shoreline, cliff top, woodland and bog. ”Some are done speedily – it’s amazing how much a fiddlehead fern or a bindweed can grow in a day. I do not do sketches. For me, that would lose the freshness and interaction with the subject. I use no black; I use a lovely Italian colour called Pozzuoli.” Entirely weather-dependent, in bad weather she’ll paint stormy seas from her cramped car, saying: “The interior is paint spotted.”

Lysaght’s art reflects her interest in natural history, archaeology, her love for walking, wandering the landscape with her dog Blink, adding: “A great way to be present, to live in the now. Between April and September I walk a specified route, once a week, on a sunny day, record the butterflies I see and send the data to the National Biodiversity Data Centre. In winter I count birds on the estuaries for Birdwatch Ireland.”

In Kealfadda Bridge, she says: “I was attracted by the beauty of the craftsmanship, the cut local stone on the arch, the rougher work on the rest, the purple seaweed just under the water.”

Lysaght likes how, “nature takes over and colonises a man-made structure. Spleenwort, rosemary, ox-eyed daisies, rock samphire, lichen, are found in crevices between the stones. Mussels cling to the base”. No troubled waters here.

www.mizenartists.com/Damaris.Lysaght

Sunday Indo Living

Culture Night – 16 September 2016

Robert Mohr — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 16:21:11 +0000

The Open Window Gallery is pleased to display its group show of paintings, sculpture and ceramics.

As accompaniment, we have a live jazz performance by guitarists Gerry Lynch and Daniel Soro.

We also have the live sketching of Patrick Brocklebank, who will make quick portraits of visitors on request.

Join us for a glass of wine or soft drink.

Time: Friday, 5-9 pm

Place: The Open Window Gallery

205 Rathmines Rd, Lwr

Rathmines, D.6

Hares on the March – a visit

Robert Mohr — Sat, 23 Jan 2016 07:28:02 +0000

We’re delighted this year to showcase two Golden Hares in the Jack and Jill Foundation’s charity drive — “Hares on the March”, one by John Shinnors and the other by Neil Shawcross. They’ll be in the gallery for three weeks before they leap to live auction at The Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St in Dublin.

Shinare by John Shinnors

Jazz by Neil Shawcross

We’re very proud that five of our gallery artists were chosen to embellish hares for the charity drive. Two of them were awarded a Golden Hare status. One Golden Hare is by Thomas Banahan:

Hare-Boutin by Thomas Banahan with Deirdre Irvine

And the other is by Jennifer Kingston:

Pepita the Dancing Hare by Jennifer Kingston

Our evening to welcome the hares by John Shinnors and Neil Shawcross to the gallery had a great festive air. So much so that we forgot to take a photograph of the merry throng. Just the hares. We’d love you to drop by to visit them.

Autumn Collection-Alan Boyle and John Brennan

Robert Mohr — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 14:05:53 +0000

The opening of our Autumn Collection exhibition – works by John Brennan and Alan Boyle – attracted a good crowd on this stormy Thursday night. The show runs from the 12th through the 21st of November, so do find your way in to The Open Window Gallery before then.
Here are some photos of the evening taken by Patrick Brocklebank. Thanks Patrick!!

Boyle and Brennan – Autumn Collection

Robert Mohr — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:53:55 +0000

Come join us for the opening of our exhibition of ceramic work by Alan Boyle and paintings by John Brennan. The opening reception on Thursday, 12th November is from 6.30-8.30 pm. Come join us for a glass of wine and a preview of these wonderful new works.
We look forward to greeting you at The Open Window.
Please click the invitation to enlarge.

Artist of the Week – John McNulty

Robert Mohr — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:24:43 +0000

John McNulty was born in Dublin in 1949. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin for three years. John worked in Switzerland at the Centre Genevois de la Gravure (1979) and at the Atelier of master printer Raymond Mayer in Lausanne. Following that European sojourn, he joined The Graphic Studio in Dublin and continued to produce work which was published by London Contemporary Art until the mid 1990s. He was Secretary of the Graphic Studio Dublin for one year.

In the U.S., John worked in AGB Graphics in Madison, Wisconsin for eighteen months while also continuing to work at the Graphic Studio when in Dublin.

In 1986, John moved to Hollymount, Co. Mayo and established a studio with the assistance of the IDA. He captures the vanishing family farm in a great number of his works.

Exhibitions include:
Listowel International
Bradford Print Biennale
4^th Miami Print Biennial
Oireachtais, Dublin
Irish Art Fair, Milwaukee, WI
Setanta Gallery, Dublin
Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Lincoln Gallery, Dublin
Soll Graphics, Philadelphia
Stone Art Gallery, Spiddal
Yugoslavian Print Biennale
Geoghagen Gallery, Galway
Project Gallery, Dublin
Clare Morris Gallery
Original Print Gallery, Dublin
Waterfront Gallery, Westport
Iontas Small Works, Sligo
Graphic Studio Gallery, Dublin
Kenny Gallery, Galway
Irish Print Gallery, Kinsale
RHA (8 years)
Boyle Arts Festival
Mill Cove Gallery, Kenmare
Cong Art Gallery
Open Window Gallery, Rathmines

Awards:
O’Sullivan Graphics Award, RHA.
Norman Ackroyd etching prize, Impressions, Galway.
Phylis MacNamara Graphic award, Impressions Galway.
One man show at The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, 2013.

Collections and commissions:
Jury’s Hotel, Norwich Union Insurance, The K Club, Irish Diplomatic Corps, Sears-Chicago, Marine Midland Bank – New York,Carter Wallace, Metropolitan Insurance Co., Smith Barney, Amoco, London Atlantic Insurance Co., ARB Council of Ireland, IBM, Glaxo, American Express, Bank of Scotland, Sainsburys, Unisys Computers, Aghadoe Heights Hotel – Killarney, Ormond Hotel – Kilkenny. Boyle Civic Collection, NUI Galway.

Artist of the Week – Gay O’Neill

Robert Mohr — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:35:09 +0000

Gay O’Neill is our feature artist this week. You’ll see her work in our window and just inside the gallery door. Please do come in to see her work in the real.

Gay was born in Ireland and educated in Dublin and Switzerland. She studied at the Natonal College of art before joining the graphics studio in the late 60s, when she began etchings under the guidance of the late Patrick Hickey and the late John Kelly. Her etchings are figurative and linear, using aquatint for tonal effect. Gay also works in pastel and is a member of the Water Colour Society of Ireland. Her pastel paintings have been exhibited in the Woman’s Association, London, and along with her etchings, she has exhibited in numerous exhibitions throughout Ireland and the U.K.

Commissioned work includes producing large paintings for private collections, prints for interior design projects (private and commercial). Her work also hangs in various private collections in London, New York, Spain, Germany, Australia and Brussels.

Anthony O’Brien – Winner of “Established Ceramics” Award

Robert Mohr — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:08:32 +0000

Anthony O’Brien, one of our treasured ceramic artists, is the winner of the “Established Ceramics Category” this year at the RDS National Craft Awards. It is particularly significant to win in 2015 as this is the Year of Irish Design. O’Brien won the award with a beautiful ash-glazed stoneware dish, entitled “Four Ravens, Four Raptors”.

The Open Window Gallery would like to congratulate Anthony on this achievement. We are proud to be the main outlet of his ceramic work in Dublin.

We invite everyone to come view our collection of his work, including his lovely book, 36 Views of Croagh Patrick: Pictures and Poems.