All at Sea Michael McSwiney at The Source Thurles

Michael McSwiney returns to The Source Arts Centre Gallery to give a talk about his work and its inspiration on Wednesday 24 October at 7.30pm. This would be a great opportunity all budding artists, for those who appreciate art, and for anyone who has dropped into the gallery in the last few weeks to meet Michael.

 

Michael McSwiney’s paintings portray a world of abandoned, often threatening panoramas of land and sea. The influence of colour and atmospherics is from living so close to the Atlantic Ocean.A sense of elusiveness is central to these mood-orientated images, where through alienating colours and strong atmospheric effects, these paintings portray an unnerving picture of nature. Symbolically significant materials such as tar, pigment and earth has been worked into the paintings.

The exhibition has been extended 30 October as part of the Thurles Halloween Arts Festival from 10 am to 5pm and later on performance evenings during Box Office hours.

 

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