Welcoming New Artist – Hugh Thompson – to The Greenlane Gallery Dingle HUGH THOMPSON Prolific visual artist and musician Hugh Thompson was born in Armagh, Ireland, and immigrated to Canada in 1974. Thompson studied Fine Art privately under Amanda Traversari in Belfast and has been painting for over 35 years. He paints the land and sky in Ireland, Canada, America, and Europe, enjoying the Great Salon style of exhibition. Combining classical and impressionist styles, Hugh sketches watercolours in the … Read more
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES – An Ode to Made Impressions – a commemorative exhibition of sculpture by HANS BLANK Date: 21st September – 19th October, 2019 Official Opening: Saturday 21st September 6.30 pm Hans Blank, 1952 – 2019 An Ode to Made Impression is an exhibition that brings together a lifetime of artworks by achieved artist and special friend Hans Blank. The first major retrospective to date, it celebrates Hans’ career which spanned over 40 years and … Read more
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES – Moving Dust Through Water – a solo exhibition of new paintings by MICHAEL FLAHERTY Date: 31st August – 14th September, 2019 Official Opening: Saturday 31st August at 6.30 pm MICHAEL FLAHERTY Moving Dust Through Water is an exhibition of paintings that sees Michael Flaherty capture and mythologise the West Kerry terrain triumphantly. Born in Cloghane, Co. Kerry, Flaherty paints the untamed Wild Atlantic landscape with vivacity and dramatically charged energy. He offers us scenes which are familiar to him but … Read more
‘To Fresh Grazing’, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. ‘Stride to Stride’, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches. ‘Heading Home From Cuas’, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches. For full details please visit here.
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES – Following Light – a solo exhibition of paintings by PATSY FARR Date: 20th April – 7th May, 2019 Official Opening: Saturday 20th April at 6.30 pm
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES His Frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear … a solo exhibition of artworks by MARGO BANKS Date: 27th November – 10th December, 2018 Official Opening: Tuesday 27th November at 7.00 pm His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear; William Cowper Inspired by William Cowper’s poem ‘Epitaph on a Hare’this exhibition sees Margo Banks accent her ancestor’s land, mythology and indigenous animals. Margo’s strong … Read more
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES – There Will Come Soft Rains – a group exhibition of artworks by TOM RICKMAN HEIDE WICKHAM & EAMON REGAN Date: 30th October – 12th November, 2018 Official Opening: Tuesday 30th October at 7.00 pm There Will Come Soft Rains Sara Teasdale There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground, And swallows circling with their shimmering sound; And frogs in the pools singing at night, And wild plum-trees in tremulous … Read more
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES – Cake in the Rain! – a solo exhibition of paintings of the wild Atlantic Way by MICHAEL FLAHERTY Date: 24th September – 7th October, 2018 Official Opening: Tuesday 24th September at 7.00 pm New Wild Atlantic Way series by acclaimed west Kerry artist Michael Flaherty. In a highly personal style, Michael captures the apocalyptic power of nature and frenetic emotional intensity true of the Wild Atlantic terrain. Born in Cloghane, Brandon, Co Kerry, Michael depicts scenes … Read more
THE MIDDLE FLOOR SERIES Michael Flaherty’s New Atlantic Way Exhibition Cake in the Rain! On the last Tuesday of each month we will be hosting a series of shows on the Middle Floor at the Greenlane Gallery Dingle. These vernissages will showcase our talented and vibrant resident artists. The gallery is home to more than fifty artists and we are committed to working in partnership with them to promote their work and our unique Irish arts … Read more
‘Over Blasket’, Oil on Panel, 61 x 81 cm. Delighted to welcome new artist Tom Rickman to Greenlane! Tom’s primary interest is in the quality and atmosphere of light. How a certain moment can transform a place into something that goes beyond the visual. A brief gap of time and place. There is a progression of movements within his work where light and colour are compressed above horizons as time moves towards night. This resonant, … Read more
‘Ballyguin Point’, Oil on Panel, 21 x 41 cm, €1,250. In a highly personal style Michael Flaherty depicts the apocalyptic power of the sea that evokes the frenetic emotional intensity true of the Wild Atlantic Kerry terrain. Born in Cloghane, Brandon, Co. Kerry, Michael captures quickly scenes which are familiar to him but that have been filtered through his imagination. They are the response to and depiction of a place and moment. Michael’s paintings are spontaneous and lyrical, and … Read more
‘Six Hares in Snow’, Oil on Canvas, 80 x 100 cm, €2,200. Margo Banks New Summer Collection ‘My mother’s past is my past’. Margo’s strong connection to her mother and family-place plays heavily on her work. In big and boisterous drawings, Margo tells the many stories of her mother; her childhood, her land and its rich folklore tales. They are the remembrance and the expression of both these stories and of the changes seen in the landscape of Teeromoyle in South West Kerry – … Read more