The Art of Collecting Collecting art, in all its various guises, mediums, styles and artistic eras, is wonderfully addictive. If you are embarking for the first time on this wonderful journey of collecting pieces of art for your home, then be warned, once you start, you may not be able to stop. There is just…
Artist Pauline Dunleavy is inspired by her surroundings in West Clare – Buy Irish Art If you hail from the West or are a regular visitor, there’s a good chance you will know Pauline Dunleavy. An artist, art-teacher, prominent business woman (Anchor Crafts) volunteer and community activist, Pauline is a well known and highly thought…
Public Art Ireland – Michael Hogan, known as the ‘Bard of Thomond’, lived from 1828 to 1899 – and was a much published poet, author and satirist from Thomondgate in Limerick City. Celebrated by the people of Limerick, a statue to his memory was erected at King John’s Castle Plaza in 2005. This statue was…
Commemorative Art Ireland – John F Kennedy, Bruff, Co. Limeick In May, 2019, a life-size statue of the late President of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was publicly unveiled in his ancestral home of Bruff Co. Limerick. It was unveiled by Mairead McGuniness, Vice President of the European Parliament. Seamus’ sculpted this over many months and…
Prints, in the art world, are a delicate balance. Are they a good thing? Yes, they really can be. Is there a time when they are a bad thing? Yes, if it hurts the artist’s main body of work. Do collectors take prints seriously? Oh Yes, in some cases, they absolutely do. As a way…
Buy Original Art Online – Ruth Wood Acrylics Collection The celebrated and established Irish artist Ruth Wood has produced a range of original paintings (acrylic on canvas) entitled West Clare 2020 – exclusively available online for Kilbaha Gallery. Ruth says of her newest collection of acrylics on canvas – West Clare 2020 “Walking and cycling…
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