Diane was born in Youghal Co. Cork, where she now lives and works as a full-time artist. Her firstexhibition in Cork in 2004 was of monochromatic watercolours based on the landscape andlight of West Clare, a landscape that has resonated with her since her student days atLimerick School of Art & Design, where she graduated …
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Sue was born and educated in South Africa. After a career in teaching both children and adults, a period designing corporate marketing material prompted a return to full time painting. The influence of hours spent inher youth shadowing her aunt, a noted South African watercolourist, drew her back to watercolour as a medium, which has …
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Caroline was born in Wicklow, grew up in Kerry and now lives on the Cork/Waterford border area. She has pursued many interests, including performing as a professional harpist and practising as a trained acupuncturist, having studied in Dublin and Nanjing, China. Caroline studied animation in Ballyfermot Senior College and more recently graduated the Crawford College …
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Janet, a photographer and ceramicist, honed her photography skills as a tool in her fine arts career. Often in her work, she used photography to capture stylised still life images and moments she had created as a production potter. Over 25 years, she developed a more specific language through photography that reveals who we are …
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Blawnin Clancy’s visual arts practice examines the themes of voyages, discovery and colonisation by exploring the relationship between landscape, memory and place.Making work influenced by Irish and Icelandic locations, her work speaks to the lure of the unknown and the construct of the remote. She paints speculative happenings on isolated islands, places that lend themselves …
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Jaki Coffey is an award winning Cork based artist / designer / maker from Ireland. She holds an MFA in Design, and a first class honours from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, in the Bachelor of Design in Craft Design (Metal and Jewellery). She works in a variety of mediums including drawing, metalwork,and …
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Niall has been painting on canvas and more recently, aluminium composite panels, for over twenty years and professionally for a decade. He started with acrylics, painted with them for many years before adding oils in 2012 and gouache in 2019. Niall lives in a frontier landscape, less than 200 metres from Garryvoe beach in East …
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Trevor gained experience through his passion for Irish art & craft, interweaving this experience with his artistic academic journey, culminating in a degree in Visual Arts. Trevor works in the mediums of both clay and wood sculpture, creating two and three-dimensional works focusing on animals and pet portraiture. His handmade ceramic sculpture depicts our ever …
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Born in Midlton, East Cork, Susan grew up next to Ballyannon Woods and the Owenacurra Estuary, where she developed and love and connection to her landscape. Being close to so many beaches, inspiration was taken from the stoney strands and the rugged coastline. “My purpose is to take clay and make it into pottery, responding …
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Lani O’ Hanlon is a dance/movement artist, poet and writer living beside the sea in West Waterford. A highly experienced facilitator she designs and teaches creative writing retreats and workshops with The Molly Keane House, The Arts Office and the Libraries in Waterford City and County, Poetry Ireland Writers in Schools, Waterford Healing Arts and …
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