Gallery Calendar of Exhibitions and EventsPast, Present and Future |
2010 | 2010 Group Exhibition by Gallery Artists view 2010 Group Exhibition by Gallery Artists |
Autumn 2009 | New original prints by David DuBose New original prints by internationally renowned artist David DuBose |
November 2009 | Liam Jones 2009 view
Liam Jones is a uniquely talented artist who, for over a quarter of a century has captured on canvas the feel and the beauty of
special places in the Irish countryside. Horses in sand dunes in Ballyconneely, Connemara ponies near the 12 Bens and Dogs Bay,
rolling hills in Wicklow and misted Mountains in Kerry. Stormy sea scenes off the Achill coast and moody skies of summer near Baltimore.
“In my paintings I try to capture the expanse and majesty of the landscape. This I endeavour to do by the use of light moving across
the landscape creating space and atmosphere. In this exhibition in Kilcock I have chosen vistas from around the Country to illustrate
my vision of the landscape. If I can, even in a small way transport the viewer to the locations and experience what I experienced
on first seeing these views, then I regard my endeavours as a success.” Liam Jones |
September 2009 | Michael Gemmell 2009 view Michael Gemmell connects with paper and paint using mind and memory. He explores the Bogs, the Burren and the Islands in most of his work . He can only give an impression and an inner glimpse of the absolute hidden ancient beauty in this kind of landscape.
Colour and texture in these paintings using simple materials, is enough to capture the scene, and so achieve a delicate balance of abstract and representational imagery through hues of colour, tone and form.
He expresses a spiritual peace in these landscape settings that are common to most of his work. |
Autumn 2009 | New Work by Patrick Cahill
Patrick Cahill has been exhibiting his work at Kilcock Art Gallery for 25 years and we are delighted to show this new collection of oil paintings of Dublin alongside his collection of life studies from Spring 2009.
Patrick is now living in Co. Kildare. He is best known for his very personal interpretations of the streets and buildings of his native city, Dublin, and most particularly his unique observations of the Horse Fair in Dublin’s Smithfield. Born 1954 in Dublin, he has been working as an artist for over thirty years.
Watercolour is Patrick Cahill's first love, he has been a member of the Watercolour Society for all of his painting life. He has won many awards with the Society in recent years. Spring ’09 showing of “Life Studies” includes 13 new male and female life studies in red chalk and watercolour.
Nowadays, he is painting in both oils and watercolour, and his subject matter covers a wide range including landscape, streetscape, still life and the human form.
His painting style could be described as "alla prima" which means "first go", and he would say that "the marks made are as important as the subject, sometimes more important". He likes the painting process to show through in the finished painting, as opposed to highly finished photographic rendering. |
July - August 2009 | Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists 2009 view Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists 2009 |
May 2009 | New Work by Rick Bentham view
Rick Bentham:
From the exciting world of the animation studios in Hollywood U.S.A. to the peaceful tranquility of county Wicklow
where he now lives; this is the route that Rick Bentham has taken in his career as a professional artist.
Rick is an Irish Canadian. He graduated from Vancouver College of Art in 1977.
He has worked on films produced by the renowned Hollywood director Stephen Spielberg and on such animated films as “Anastasia” for 20th Century Fox and “An American Tail”.
Rick received the Canada Council Award for his series of paintings based on Canadian Indian Mythology.
An exhibition of his paintings was exhibited in Madison Square Gardens, New York USA in 1982.
His paintings are inspired by the Irish countryside and coastline and the myriad of work and play activities associated with Irish country life. His wife and young family appear as a constant theme in his work. These paintings are immediate and sensitively painted.
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Spring 2009 | Life Studies 2009 view
Angela Maximova specialises in life paintings, portraits, animal portraits, flowers and still life. She was born in southern Russia in 1966 and studied in Moscow College for Art. From 1991 onwards working in Industrial and Interior Design and exhibiting in Galleries such as the MARS Gallery in Moscow, In London Angela was well knows for her beautiful crafted Faberge style eggs and elegantly painted boxes with flowers, still-life and landscapes subjects. She enjoys taking commissions through the Kilcock Art Gallery.
Judith Henihan likes to suspend the human form with no background on either paper or canvas. She feel this helps to emphasize the sculptural quality and the sense of dimension, which she tries to explore.
She also specialises in portraits and has been commissioned by the OPW to paint portraits of former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds, C.J.O’Brien Fitzgerald and Michael Hayes. Her work is in many public and private collections.
Patrick Cahill's Spring 2009 collection of “Life Studies” includes 13 new male and female life studies. These magnificent life studies have been completed in red chalk and watercolour. |
December 2008 | Christmas Group Show 2008 view Winter Exhibition presenting new work by a selection of the gallery's artists |
December 2008 | Manus Walsh 2008 view Winter Exhibition (New work by Manus Walsh)
Manus Walsh 2008 - Although the Burren will feature very strongly in this exhibition, it will also include a variety of work influenced by his travels and also some lively and colourful still-life work. |
November 2008 | John Behan RHA / Mary Rohan 2008 view
Sculpture by John Behan RHA - New work in bronze by the internationally acclaimed
Irish sculptor. This exhibition not only celebrates the new work in bronze by John Behan RHA,
but also coincides with John’s 70th birthday and our 30th year in business here
in Kilcock. “We would like to wish John a very happy birthday and many more years
of success!” Breda Smyth & Carina Smyth Nov 2008
Still Life and Shoreline Paintings by Mary Rohan - "What I hope to achieve in my paintings, is focus, clarity and attention to
detail and also a sense of the transient where the ordinary becomes dreamlike." Mary Rohan 2008 |
October 2008 | Paul Guilfoyle 2008 view
“This show is a mix of memory and reality where time and the mind have stripped away the irrelevant things which can obscure landscape.
When I think back on walks in the West, some scenes are vividly stored in my memory and much is lost, discarded. What intrigues is the
effect of light. An ordinary scene is transformed and lifted to a higher level by a single shaft of sunlight. Colours burn in the light
and make the unlit parts retreat into cool and sombre tones. What I do here is to impose and develop conditions of weather and the effect
of light on mountains, rivers, trees and rock and this has made the act of painting a more rewarding and creative process.”
Paul Guilfoyle Oct. 2008 |
September 2008 | Mike Bernard 2008 view New work by Mike Bernard - Mike Bernard's studio overlooks Clew Bay, Co. Mayo. He says..“ It is not possible to live here without being absorbed into the land and seascape. It glares at you and demands to be noticed” |
July - August 2008 | Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists 2008 view Summer Exhibition of Gallery Artists 2008 |
June 2008 | Dominique Van den Broeck / Fiona Smith Darragh 2008 view
New work in bronze by Fiona Smith Darragh - Fiona's inspiration comes from her love of Irish wildlife and her great interest in horses. She is exhibiting 20 cast bronzes - Irish native birds, stylised Horse and Heron, Antarctic penguins etc. Her work is represented in collections around the world.
"Reminiscences", Oil paintings by Dominique Van den Broeck - Dominique's paintings are delicate studies of children, farm animals and birds, reminiscences of her childhood near Boulogne-sur-mer in Northern France. She has exhibited in France, Denmark, and Belgium. She now lives and works from her studio in Paris. Her paintings have sold worldwide.
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May 2008 | Michael Flaherty 2008 view New oil paintings by Michael Flaherty - Michael Flaherty recreates in oils the wildness and vigour of the rugged mountains and seas of his native County Kerry.
"His fearless visual mastery of the country's wilder outcrops confirms his unique and constant place among Ireland's outstanding artists."
Maura Logue. County Donegal Arts Officer |
April 2008 | "The Magic of the Familiar" - Trevor Geoghegan 2008 view (A Continuing Exploration of the effects of light in Landscape & Still Life) An exhibition of new work by Trevor Geoghegan. “It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see”
Anais Nin |
March 2008 | "An Interior View" - Josephine Grant 2008 view "An Interior View" - New paintings by Josephine Grant |
December 2007 | Christmas Show 2007 view
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November 2007 | Carl Jones November 2007 view New work by Carl Jones |
October 2007 | Judith Henihan October 2007 view New work by Judith Henihan |
September 2007 | Patrick Cahill September 2007 view New work by Patrick Cahill |
June - August 2007 | Summer Exhibition 2007 view
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May 2007 | Rick Bentham May 2007 view New work by Rick Bentham |
March 2007 | Mike Fitzharris / Bob Quinn March 2007 view New work by Mike Fitzharris and Bob Quinn |
February 2007 | Liam Jones February 2007 view New work by Liam Jones |
December 2006 | Christmas Exhibition 2006 view
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November 2006 | Phoebe Cope November 2006 view New work by Phoebe Cope |
October 2006 | Fergal Flanagan October 2006 view "Ricepaper" Paintings of Thailand & Laos by Fergal Flanagan |
October 2006 | Fergus Lyons October 2006 view "Sky on Water" |
September 2006 | Michael Gemmell September 2006 view New work by Michael Gemmell |
July 2006 | Summer Select Group Exhibition 2006 view
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May 2006 | Trevor Geoghegan May 2006 view "New Directions" by Trevor Geoghegan |
April 2006 | Michael Flaherty November 2006 view New Paintings by Michael Flaherty |
March 2006 | Manus Walsh March 2006 view New Paintings by Manus Walsh |
December 2005 | Winter Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists view
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November 2005 | Michael Rowley / Frank Hallinan Flood November 2005 view Michael Rowley - New oil paintings in heavy impasto style of Kildare, Wicklow and Sligo. Michael is a full time artist, teaching and working from his studio in the Curragh, Co. Kildare. Frank Hallinan Flood - New landscape paintings of Ronda, Spain and Ireland. Frank has worked as a set and film designer and artist for over 20 years. Working with the Abbey Theatre and other theatrical groups including Riverdance. |
October 2005 | Josephine Grant October 2005 view Paintings of the interiors of beautiful homes and gardens in Paris and Ireland. |
September 2005 | Anna Marie Leavy "The Miracle of Colour" Sept 2005 view Vibrant and colourful watercolours and oils of the wild flowers and hedgerows of Ireland. |
July - August 2005 | Summer Select Group Exhibition 2005 view
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June 2005 | Patrick Cahill May/June 2005 - "Two Cities" view "Two Cities", Dublin and Paris. The artist Patrick Cahill will be showing 50 oil paintings of these two cities. The exhibition captures the cities during winter and just before spring with rainy streets; watery sunshine casting its long shadows; terracotta coloured buildings catching the fading evening light. These paintings are his personal observations, attempting to capture the character of these beautiful cities. |
May 2005 | Group Show May 2005 - Elizabeth Cope, Phoebe Cope, Ana Duncan, Therese McAllister view New paintings and sculpture by four female artists - Paintings by Elizabeth Cope and her daughter Phoebe; Still life by Therese McAllister; Sculpture by Ana Duncan. |
April 2005 | Eithne Ryan April 2005 view Her works are spontaneous and lyrical compositions. She is attentive to the seasons; the weather; the feeling of the place. Many of the paintings are the result of a journey taken by the artist in the last year throughout South East Asia along with paintings of landscape and seascape around the Irish coastline. |
March 2005 | Rick Bentham (Solo Exhibition) March 2005 Oil paintings inspired by the beauty of Co Wicklow. He paints the Irish coastline and the people who engage in a myriad of work and play activities along this shoreline. His wife and children appear constantly in this work. These paintings are immediate and sensitively painted indicating an engagement with the subject matter way beyond passive observation. |
December 2004 | Gallery annual Christmas Show December 2004 view
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