Breda studied art under a number of tutors. She concentrated on oils for the first fifteen or so years, then enjoyed acrylics and some watercolours. Pastels are her main interest now as she loves the immediacy,the illustrious and vibrant effects that can be achieved. She finds the Irish bog particularly interesting as a subject as…
Maureen Phelan has been creating works of art for many years from her studio outside Carlow town in the picturesque surroundings of the Killeshin Hills. A native of Canada, she initially studied Commercial and Fine Art while training in the audio-visual aspects of advertising in Ontario. Upon completion, she worked in radio, television and newspaper…
Deirdre Ó Cíosóig studied landscape with Henry Healy in the late seventies, and later studied art in the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Technology over four years. Subjects studied: Life Drawing, Portraiture, Landscape and Still Life. She attended summer schools for many years in Achill with the artist and teacher Desmond Turner. She is…
Valerie Syms Martin, ANCAD, MA, MLIS. University College Dublin 2005 MA (Hons) in History of Art 2006 MLIS (Hons) 1978 Córas Trachtála Design Award National College of Art and Design 1978 Diploma (Hons) in Three Dimensional Design Scholarship Holder 1974-1978 1980 Principles of Art Teaching Diploma Exhibitions include: Royal Hibernian Academy Watercolour Society of Ireland…
Studied part time in Dunlaoghaire School of Art, the NCAD and with private tutors. Prize winner in the Irish School of Landscape Painting. Occational tutor / demonstrator for art associations. Secretary of the Watercolour Society of Ireland, Member of the Dublin Art Society and the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club. Past president of the Dublin…
Vincent Lambe was born in Dublin and studied at the National College of Art & Design, Dublin, under artists Sean Keating, Maurice MacGonigal and John F. Kelly. He attended The New School for Social Research, N.Y. He studied landscape painting with Grenville Cottingham (Kerry School of Landscape Painting) and Henry Healy, RHA. He has worked…
Niamh Harding-Miller is a graduate of The National College of Art and Design, and the Waterford School of Art. She holds honours certification in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Design. She also holds a first-class honours post-Graduate Diploma in Art and Design Teaching. As an artist she works in various mediums, Oil, Watercolour, Acrylic, Pastel, Pencil…
Born in Dublin, Barbara developed an early love of painting, which in turn led to various artistic pursuits. Having studied at the College of Marketing, Art & Design, she graduated as a qualified Interior Designer and subsequently ran her own successful business for many years. Twenty years ago, never having lost her interest in art…