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Biography
Preferred Medium:
Oil
Charcoal and Conte
Preferred Style:
Realistic and occasionally impressionist
Describe the extent of your talent as an artist:
This is in the hands of others.
Describe your early memories of your emerging talent as an artist?:
As a youngster, I always seemed to have a pencil, pen or piece of charcoal in my hand and having drawing "competions" at home and in neighbours' houses.
Formal Training:
Numerous courses in Portrait and Life painting at the NCAD, Dublin
Other influences:
Light and its dynamic, and the moods and emotions conveyed by expressions and body language.
Admired Artists:
Too numerous to mention, no single major influence, but Rembrandt is there
Role of figurative art:
Cannot immagine a more worthwhile subject matter than the face or the human form.
Favorite Gallery:
Too Numerous.
Other Interests:
Cinema, Theatre, Walking, Music
A one line summation of your relationship to art:
When I am painting I am truly alive
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Guest Article
The importance of paperwork in art transactions:
Stating that the art world relies on personal relationships and that transactions are concluded by a handshake is as cliche as it is true. This informal way of doing business made sense when the art world was still relatively small and when dealers, collectors and artists were all part of the same social scene in one way or another. In this day and age however it seems sensible to put certain things in writing.
