Raffle Prize Painting Winner 2025
Delma and Eamon Sweeney, the delighted winners of this year’s beautiful raffle painting ‘Sedges, Pollardstown Fen’ by Kathrine Geoghegan, our 2025 featured artist.
Park Perspectives – Art Exhibition
The Dublin Painting and Sketching Club boasts a rich heritage that spans 150 years, a testament to its enduring legacy of artistic excellence. The club’s exhibitions celebrate creativity, innovation, and inclusivity in the arts, providing a platform for both established artists and emerging talents in their pursuit of excellence. Since its founding in 1874, the…
Winner of the Raffle Painting
The winner of the Raffle Painting announced. ‘Last Night The Hare Came Back’ by Margo Banks The Raffle draw for Margo Bank’s piece was held on the final day of the 143rd Annual Exhibition. The lucky winner of this wonderful painting was Mary Gill.
Inaugural Open Submission Award 2020
Early in 2020, the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club received 134 paintings for the 5th edition of its Open Submission process. 20 were selected to hang with the work of Club members in the 142nd Annual Exhibition, scheduled for March at One Windmill Lane. There, on Opening Day, we would announce the winner of our…
Pastel Society of Ireland 2019
The Pastel Society of Ireland is holding an exhibition of work by full members, at CHQ, Custom House Quay, North Dock, Dublin, from 15th-21st July, 2019. Betty Christie is exhibiting the following two works. “Hares on the Hill, Summer” & “Empty Nests”
Vintage Enamalware Still Life – Peter Dee
Vintage Enamalware Still Life – Peter Dee Peter Dee selects his still-life objects with the same care as he selects the colours on his pallet. Much of the impact of his work derives from the contrast of colourful fruit with subtle variations of grey and white in the background. Rainer Cherries are among Peter’s favourite…
Bull Island Treasure Trove – Betty Christy
Bull Island Treasure Trove – Betty Christy “Bull Island Treasure Trove” resulted from Betty Christie’s first visit to the north-side of Dublin Bay. Her usual source of visual treasure is along the coastline of Antrim and Down. What Betty values most is the intricate detail, the shapes, patterns, colours and textures of the natural world.…
Port – Maureen Pheelan
Port – Maureen Pheelan It’s not often that a piece of prose reflects precisely the richness and energy of a picture it sets out to describe. But Maureen Pheelan has come close to achieving a perfect match for her watercolour “Port” In reply to the question “What was your inspiration?” She wrote… “Dublin Port… a…
Slievemore Achill – Fergal Flanagan
Slievemore Achill – Fergal Flanagan Some mountains can dominate a landscape and captivate painters. Mont Sainte Victoire is one. Slievemore on Achill is another. Fergal Flanagan has returned there to paint, year after year, often with his plein air students. This latest painting captures the scene in early Autumn, while the heather still bloomed, but…
Early Morning Dublin Port – Dave West
Early Morning Dublin Port – Dave West During days of plein air painting, in and around Dublin Port, Dave West saw that the area’s defining characteristic is constant change. Movement of the tides and the light and the ships leaves little that is static. And neither Nature nor the Dublin Port authority provide a Pause-button.…