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…
Commemorative Art Ireland – Seamus Connolly, speaking about the Anthony ‘Axel Foley’ Bust for Shannon Rugby Club. “It was an honour to be asked to commemorate Anthony. I was approached by Shannon Rugby Club. They wanted to put up a bust and of course I was very excited to do it. Also, there was a…
Your art investment journey Are you looking at art as an investment opportunity? There are two routes on your art investment journey that you could be considering – (a) important old art and (b) contemporary art. You can take either route, or indeed as most serious collectors do, you can choose elements of both. But…
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