“I just paint what catches my attention, and that is compelling to me, and that beg to be painted,” he says.
Tag: painting
Posted inCulture Desk, Jan 11th, 2023
Through “Artistic Surveillance”, a Painter Captures People’s Transient Moments on the City’s Streets
Carl Hickey lurks with a camera, recording images he’ll later commit to canvas: men with traffic cones on their heads, Spiderman brawling, a khaki-clad crowd.
Posted inCulture Desk, Feb 23rd, 2022
Circling up the Ramps of a Car Park with an Artist Who Immortalises Them in Paint
John O’Reilly started with graffiti in his teens, and then eventually moved into oils. His paintings of car parks are on show at Glovebox, a car-park gallery, until March.
Posted inCulture Desk, Oct 13th, 2021
With a Paintbrush and Layer of Gold, an Artist Brings Weeds and Wildflowers into the Gallery
“My whole thing is to make wild weeds and plants, that most people disregard, precious,” says Yanny Petters.
Posted inCulture Desk, Jul 28th, 2021
Through Portraiture, An Artist Challenges Stereotypes of Homelessness
Each woman who features also wrote about their experience of homelessness, a sliver of their own story, to go alongside their portraits.
Posted inCulture Desk, Oct 7th, 2020
A New Book Looks at Old Paintings and Sketches of a Diverse Dublin
In Kathryn Milligan’s “Painting Dublin”, the artists are from different backgrounds, religions, and social classes. “What connects them is that they are painting the same city.”
Posted inAug 8th, 2018, Culture Desk
Before You Ask: Salvatore Fullam Is from Lucan
The painter’s work depicts his family life: playing FIFA on Xbox, falling asleep in front of the TV, and tying his shoes without help from the father he’s never met, who is the reason people often ask him where he’s from.
Posted inCulture Desk, Feb 7th, 2018
An Artist Captures the Travels of Alexander von Humboldt
Oscar López’s paintings draw on the 18th-century journeys of “the forgotten father of environmentalism”. His exhibition at Pallas Studios in the Liberties opens 21 February.
Posted inCulture Desk, May 10th, 2017
A Workshop in the Revived Art of Hand-Painted Signs
“The more people painting signs the better,” says Vanessa Power, the instructor. The next two-day workshop is this weekend.
Posted inCulture Desk, Sep 2nd, 2015
Brushing Up: A Portrait of Annie Horniman
The Abbey Theatre has quite an art collection, but archivist Mairead Delaney likes to highlight one in particular: the portrait of Annie Horniman.