About me
Education
Florence Academy of Classical Art
(Formerly Florence Academy of Russian Art)
Sergey Chubirko’s art atelier
About my work
My subject matter is a human in a melancholic, thinking state. Using the traditional technique of oil painting I depict people in neutral, relaxed poses, often in a larger context - an interior that reflects the character, or landscape - to convey a certain mood or feeling.
Rather than idealising the sitters, I try to capture them at their truest. Each painting attempts to express the emotional landscape of being human through composition and colour.
Exhibitions
2025
Royal Ulster Academy 144th Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2025
North Louth Artists’ 57th Annual Exhibition - member artist. An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland
2024
North Louth Artists’ 56th Annual Exhibition - member artist. An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland
2024
Kilkenny Portrait Show, An Chead Tine Gallery, Kilkenny Ireland
2023
Royal Ulster Academy 142nd Annual Exhibition, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2023
Exploration and Inspiration – 55th annual exhibition of painting and sculpture by North Louth Artists – invited guest artist. An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk, Ireland
2023
“Outside of Now” – Solo exhibition. Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Ireland
2022
193rd RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin, Ireland
Awards, grants and other notable achievements
2024
Inniskeen portraits
The Patrick Kavanagh Centre in Inniskeen has invited me to create a series of portraits featuring residents of, or closely associated with, Inniskeen and its surrounding townlands. The completed works were exhibited in September 2024.
2024
I was commissioned by Office of Public Works to create a portrait of Senator Billy Fox for the Public Collection at Leinster House.
2023
Portrait Prize sponsored by Ross’s Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers for a painting “Clouds were moving so fast that day” at the Royal Ulster Academy 142th Annual Exhibition.
2023
Featured in Sunday Independent in Art:What Lies Beneath section. Article written by Niall MacMonagle.
2022
Finalist in Sky Art Portrait Artist of the Year Season 9 (2022)
