The Market House
Exhibition Mountshannon Arts 2024
Derek Irwin
Derek Irwin is a glass artist, specialising in kiln-formed glass. After living in Cape Town for 24 years, he returned to Ireland at the end of 2022 and set-up his glass studio in his new home of Kinvara, Co Galway.
Among the work presented at ‘Fusion’, Derek will be showcasing hand-pulled cane, which are then cut to reveal intricate cross-sections (murrine).
Alicja Natalicz
I'm Alicja Natalicz, a soul deeply connected with the enchanting landscapes of Carrabane, Co. Galway, carrying the essence of Poland in my heart. As a wife and mother of two, my life is a colourful painting enriched by the joyous chaos of a dog and two cats.
My art is a vibrant dialogue between my inner world and the canvas, a realm where vivid ideas dance freely, ever-evolving and taking on new forms.
Drawing inspiration from the raw beauty of nature, the intricate stories of people, the diversity of cultures, and the allure of imperfection, my artistic expressions are definitely a celebration of life. My palette is diverse, embracing the delicate touch of pastels, the fluid grace of watercolors, the boldness of acrylics, and the unique charm of glass painting.
My art is an invitation to journey into the depths of emotion and imagination. It seeks to touch hearts, provoke thought, and inspire change.
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Denis Ryan
ABOUT MY WORK
My paintings are my response to how I experience the landscape.
Wind, rain and sounds interconnect with its physical elements, and there is a sense of ‘oneness’ that is also self inclusive. This is what I endeavour to express in my work.
The Burren, where I lived for many years, continues to be an inspiration and a recurring theme in my work, as are the Aran Islands and Connemara landscapes.
Jane Seymour
Born in 1954, Jane grew up in the marshlands of Suffolk, and the valleys and mountains of Wales. She had an unconventional upbringing with little formal training, but was encouraged by her parents to be creative in crafts; birthday presents included a weaving loom and supplies of drawing books. In her artwork and ceramics she is mainly self-taught, although strongly influenced by her mother Sally Seymour, who was an artist and potter and her father John Seymour who was a travel writer, broadcaster, and author of self-sufficiency books. Both sets of grandparents were also artists; her paternal grandfather AA Turbayne was an eminent book designer and bookbinding artist who set up the Carlton printers in London, and her maternal grandfather Frank Medworth who was head of the art department in Sydney.
For many years as a young mother Jane ran a small craft business in Wales with her wood-turner partner, painting on wood and silk and making clothes to sell in their craft shop.
In 1994 Jane moved to rural Co. Clare, Ireland, where she built a house and studio, and applied herself to ceramics. Not attracted to using glazes, and wishing to use her clay forms as a canvas for her drawings and decorative designs, she etches directly into the surface of the unfired clay, applying layers of oxides and stains which are re-applied to her multi-fired work, and often sanded down between firings. This gives a depth and texture to her hand-built ceramics.
She makes strong sculptural slab-built ceramics with a controlled and defined surface decoration, inspired by the figurative: crows, ravens, and more recently the human form, working from her studies and life drawings. Her main artistic influencers are Modigliani, Gauguin, and Picasso among many other great artists.
Jane is a member of Portfolio Ireland; Ceramics Ireland; and is a selected member of the Crafts Potters Association London UK. Her work is in private collections, in Ireland, UK, and US, as well as by the OPW in Ireland. She has exhibited widely in Ireland as well as the UK.
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