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How to develop your own individual narrative in painting as a form of expression will be discussed. Choosing what we paint and why is fundamental. Over two days, each participant will attempt two paintings from an arrangement of a chair or chairs in the studio space.
The concept of “Chair” metaphorically or literally within a space will be the subject matter. As this is an oil painting class, various techniques with regard to application and methods used will be discussed and critiqued.
Artist bio:
Mary A. Kelly, contemporary Irish artist, lives and works in Greystones, Wicklow. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including New York, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Helsinki and Brussels and has won many awards over the years. She has degrees in Psychology, Philosophy, Fine Art, Film and won student of the year in Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology in 1997.
Other awards include Irish American Arts Award in New York and The Royal College of Surgeons Award in 2019. She is currently represented by Galerie Voss Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany. Commissions include Microsoft, College of Surgeons and Leinster House.
Website: marykelly.website
Instagram: maryakellyart
Image credit: “Let us lick our glossiest lips at the varying variance“, Oil on canvas 150 x150cm, (Popcorn by Marc McKee), Installation shot Highlands Gallery for exhibition “Chair” 2019. Photography by Ros Kavanagh. © Mary A Kelly