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NEWS: My solo exhibition entitled Food Fight has ended in The Séamus Ennis Centre in The Naul, County Dublin. A selection of eight canvasses can be seen at the Stafford and Northcote Gallery, Short Quay Kinsale in west Cork. Left are two photos, one of me in my studio working directly from a shelf that I made. Below is It's Far from Fresh Low Fat Tomato and Basil Soup that We were Reared. It is one of several trompe l'oeils in the exhibition. The words mean 'trick the eye' in French and it is a type of painting, when viewed from a certain angle, seems like the object could be lifted off the shelf. See more on the Exhibitions page. I took part in an interview with Alan Keane who runs The Artist's Well, an archive of nearly 50 interviews with prominent artists from around the country. Mine can be viewed on YouTube, episode 46 and it lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes. My last solo exhibition, called The Secular Icons, which was shown in Axis, Ballymun for the month of November 2017 was very successful, both commercially and critically. Most of all it was very popular with the local people of Ballymun who had very nice comments to make. Follow the links below to read reviews. Professor Gary Granville wrote this review published in CIRCA, https://circaartmagazine.net/gary-granville-paul-maccormaic/ and this one appeared in the DUBLIN INQUIRER www.dublininquirer.com/2017/11/14/a-ballymun-exhibit-frames-the-profane-with-the-sacred/ The exhibition consisted of nineteen small-scale icons that have the same subject matter as Byzantine and Renaissance icons but with contemporary themes. Religious icons gave worshippers the template of how to live, the ideal family and how to behave etc. In modern times, ethical decisions are often influenced by advertising and the mass media. The exhibition took an often humorous look at body image, buying free range and raising a family in contemporary Ireland. See the full content in the Exhibitions page. |
