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Henihan Sisters
Isobel Henihan & Judith Henihan showing vigorous brushwork and dynamic, fluid design inspired by the Irish landscape, en plein air.
Nudes by Kevin Freeney
An intimate collection of studies of the human figure drawn in Conte carres or painted in oil paint on canvas by Kevin Freeney.
Hilary Elmes
Ten remarkable aquarelles by an artist making a name for herself and whose work has been singled out by her peers for praise this year. These elemental contemporary shorescape paintings deserve close inspection before Elmes' prices catch up with her burgeoning reputation.
Malachy Costello
Recent works by one of Ireland's most original and striking landscape painters - but including some delightful still-lifes and interiors for good measure.
John Cullinan
A selection of Landscapes, Still Lifes and Figure Studies by this exceptional artist.
SARAH RICHARDS
Pigyard Gallery hosts 20 new paintings in oils by Sarah Richards, featuring nudes, still life and landscapes - spare, considered and dynamic brushwork and colourful, emotive compositions are reminisscent of the Scottish Colourists, Peploe and Cadell.
Summer Exhibitions Programme 2009
Our forthcoming programme of 2009 exhibitions includes: July: Sarah Richards / August: Art in the Open Wexford Plein Air Paintings / September: John Cullinan / October: Malachy Costello / November: Hilary Elmes.
'Red Hot' : new paintings by NEIL SHAWCROSS
The Pigyard Gallery shows 'Red Hots' - an exhibition of new paintings by Neil Shawcross RUA during the Wexford Festival Opera 2008.
This exciting exhibition by one of Ireland's leading living painters features 14 oils on canvas - all inspired by bottles and packaging, of which Shawcross has been a voracious magpie collector for many years.
Although much larger than life-size, the images are domestically-scaled in comparison to the 6-feet-plus canvases which sold out at Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast. Those he called his 'bottle portraits' as they echo the well-known portraits of Seamus Heaney, Francis Stuart, Terry Frost and others; tall white canvases isolating the subject (he has described it as theatrical, like a spotlit stage) in a controlled explosion of turpsy paint staining like watercolour, daubs of impasto oil and threads of graphic line passing through the work like an electrical current.
In portraiture the subject is paramount. Not only must the work represent the sitter but ideally, some insight into the personality may be revealed. Mass-produced packaging could not seem further from this. Yet Shawcross demonstrates that, ultimately, the 'portrait' is about neither sitter, nor bottle, nor about the artist, but about the making process and the work itself.
For more information on this show click on the following link: (go to page)
This exciting exhibition by one of Ireland's leading living painters features 14 oils on canvas - all inspired by bottles and packaging, of which Shawcross has been a voracious magpie collector for many years.
Although much larger than life-size, the images are domestically-scaled in comparison to the 6-feet-plus canvases which sold out at Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast. Those he called his 'bottle portraits' as they echo the well-known portraits of Seamus Heaney, Francis Stuart, Terry Frost and others; tall white canvases isolating the subject (he has described it as theatrical, like a spotlit stage) in a controlled explosion of turpsy paint staining like watercolour, daubs of impasto oil and threads of graphic line passing through the work like an electrical current.
In portraiture the subject is paramount. Not only must the work represent the sitter but ideally, some insight into the personality may be revealed. Mass-produced packaging could not seem further from this. Yet Shawcross demonstrates that, ultimately, the 'portrait' is about neither sitter, nor bottle, nor about the artist, but about the making process and the work itself.
For more information on this show click on the following link: (go to page)
GRAINNE MACEY
This is a case of 'local girl makes good' as Grainne Macey (formerly Roche) returns to Wexford for a first solo show. Macey's strongly textured acrylics, scraped, scratched and layered until the image emerges from within.
We are always delighted to give an opportunity to someone who has talent and application (making it back-to-back 1st shows for the Pigard Gallery in 2008). If this exhibition is anything to go by, it could be a vintage year.... (go to page)
We are always delighted to give an opportunity to someone who has talent and application (making it back-to-back 1st shows for the Pigard Gallery in 2008). If this exhibition is anything to go by, it could be a vintage year.... (go to page)
JEAN DUNCAN R.U.A.
Valentine's Day, Thursday 14th February, sees the opening of the romantically titled FRENCH FIELDS & JAPANESE GARDENS; recent paintings and prints by distinguished artist Jean Duncan R.U.A. This exhibition is the first at the Pigyard Gallery in 2008.
Duncan shares her time between her Belfast home and a studio in Tours, France. In 2007 her solo exhibition 'A Pale Yellow Sky' was held in Farmleigh House.
Duncan shares her time between her Belfast home and a studio in Tours, France. In 2007 her solo exhibition 'A Pale Yellow Sky' was held in Farmleigh House.