Gallery showcasing original fine art print, painting, ceramics, sculpture, photography by Irish and International artists
Painters And Makers
Group Show
20 June – 18 July, 2019
SO Fine Art Editions presents an exciting mix of talented painters and makers. ‘Painters and Makers’ brings together works by nine artists: Mike Byrne, Neil Dunne, Sarah Long, Eóin Francis McCormack, Alan Meredith, Matthew Mitchell, Aoife Soden, Gráinne Watts & Derek Wilson.
Mike Byrne’s ceramic practice explores the edges of, and the connections between design, function, narrative and art. The use of a combination of fired clay and other materials, is an attempt to erode the boundaries between these disciplines.
Neil Dunne’s creative practice is complemented by his unique viewpoint into Irish Culture and society, his paintings deviate through printed matter, expressive gestural paintings and silkscreen prints.
Sarah Long’s Garden Series is an exploration of the rich allegorical tradition associated with gardens in Western culture. Sarah Long is a visual artist whose work explores the cultural ideas of the landscape.
Eoin Francis McCormack’s unique large scale works has caught the Irish public’s imagination. McCormack fabricates his own tools and uses a limited palette of 10 colours creating organic multi coloured and striking works.
Alan Meredith’s work to date straddles the boundaries of contemporary craft, sculpture and architecture and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. On show is a collection of his sculptural wood turned vessels.
Matthew Mitchell’s paintings seek to find a visual language between our necessarily abstracted experience of place and being in the new digital landscape of unseen signals and grids. Mitchell uses organic material such as clay from the Burren, which enables the materiality of the landscape to be embodied in the tactile surface of the piece.
A recipient of the DCCOI Emerging Future Makers Award in 2018, Aoife Soden’s glass pieces draw heavily from her Irish background and from Scandinavian design. The contrast between simple shapes and bright colours, patterns and optic effects are central to her process.
Ceramicist Gráinne Watts,who recently showed in Ceramic Art London this year, continues to explore form inspired by the Natural world and organic geometry. Her ‘Bindu’ series are hand built organic forms, combining wheel thrown elements with coiling to create large round forms that gently rock with layers of colour to create movement with intricate ‘dot’ patterns.
Derek Wilson’s practice focuses on the making of a diverse range of contemporary objects from the functional to the sculptural. The colour, shape and materiality of his objects reference ideas of containment and minimalism. Working in celadon glazed porcelain and stoneware, his objects tend to be placed in groupings. Wilson showed this year in Ceramics Art London and in 2018 had solo shows in Tokyo and Fukuoka.
Click on the thumbnails below to see larger images of the works.
Alan Meredith – Fumed Altered Vessel, unique, oak, 38h x 24w cm, SOLD
Alan Meredith – Dearcán – Triptych, unique, bleached oak, (small) 23h x 20w cm, SOLD – (medium) 30h x 20w cm, SOLD (large) 38h x 20w cm, €700
Alan Meredith – White Dearcán , unique, bleached oak, 27h x 16w cm, €440
Neil Dunne – Untitled (The Distinct Form II), Silk Screen on canvas, acrylic polymer and spray paint, 52cmh x 46w cm, SOLD
Neil Dunne – Trajectory Down, Silk screen on canvas, acrylic polymer and spray paint on canvas, unique, 80h cm x 100w cm, €1,390
Neil Dunne – Blue, blue Silk screen on canvas acrylic polymer and spray paint on canvas, unique, 52h x 46w cm, SOLD
Neil Dunne – Echo, Silk screen on canvas, acrylic polymer and spraypaint 35cm h x 45w cm, €600
Neil Dunne – The Distinct Form, Silk screen on canvas, acrylic polymer and spraypaint 51cm h x 46w cm, SOLD
Neil Dunne – Reverb II, Silk screen, acrylic polymer, spraypaint and calcium sulphate on canvas, framed, cm 55h x 45w cm, €650
Mike Byrne – Complex Principal, ceramic, unique, 46h x 32w cm, €795
Mike Byrne – A Tight Collation, ceramic, unique, 45h x 19w cm, €795
Mike Byrne – A Different Scenario, ceramic, unique, 41h x 30w cm, €455
Mike Byrne – No Obligation, ceramic, unique, 47h x 28w cm, €680
Mike Byrne – Terracotta 2, ceramic, unique, 35h x 20w cm, €455
Matthew Mitchell – Deluge I, Marl / clay from Liscannor and varnish on board, unique, 23h x 20w cm, €400
Matthew Mitchell – Periphery II, Marl / clay from Liscannor and enamel on board, unique, 51h x 45w cm, SOLD.
Matthew Mitchell – Monumental, Marl / clay from the Burren and enamel on board, unique, 76h x 67w cm, SOLD
Matthew Mitchell – Interface, Material from a turf & wood fire bound together with resin and glue and enamel on board, unique, 51h x 45w cm, SOLD
Matthew Mitchell – Glyph II, Marl / clay from Liscannor and enamel on board, unique, 23h x 20w cm, €400
Matthew Mitchell – Glyph III, Marl / clay from Liscannor and enamel on board, unique, 23h x 20w cm, SOLD
Matthew Mitchell – Interplay I, Marl / clay from the Burren and enamel on board, unique, 102h x 90w cm, €1650
Matthew Mitchell – Interplay II, Marl / clay from the Burren and enamel on board, unique, 102h x 90w cm, €1650
Matthew Mitchell – Network / Líonra, Material from a turf & wood fire bound together with resin and glue and enamel on board, unique, 76h x 67w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Mandarin ‘Bindu’ Vessel, Unique, Stoneware Clay, 18h x 25w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Vortex Vessel, indigo/red, Unique, Porcelain, 10h x 12w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Vortex Vessel, orange/red, Unique, Porcelain, 10h x 12w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Vortex Vessel, mandarin/yellow, Unique, Porcelain, 10h x 12w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Vortex Vessel, red/indigo, Unique, Porcelain, 11h x 14w cm, SOLD
Grainne Watts – Vortex Vessel, tangerine/yellow, Unique, Porcelain, 10h x 12w cm, SOLD
Sarah Long – Tangle Points Wild Bunch, Acrylic on canvas, unique, 90h x 90w cm, SOLD
Sarah Long – White Prints Black Blooms, Acrylic on canvas, unique, 40h x 40w cm, €500
Derek Wilson – Vessels, unique
SOLD
Derek Wilson – Medium constructed vessel, chartreuse engobe, ceramic, unique, 26h x 24w cm, SOLD
Derek Wilson – Cylindrical constructed vessel, grey engobe, ceramic, unique, 13h x 14w cm, €405
Derek Wilson – Small constructed vessel, pale grey engobe, ceramic, unique, 20h x 18w cm, SOLD
Derek Wilson – Small container, olive engobe, ceramic, unique, 10h x 8w cm, SOLD
Derek Wilson – Medium container, sand engobe, ceramic, unique, 11.5h x 10w cm, €185
Eoin Francis McCormack – Before the Flood, Oil on Canvas, 220h x 185w cm, SOLD
Eoin Francis McCormack – Too Many Mornings, Oil on Canvas, 214h x 152w cm, SOLD
Eoin Francis McCormack – You Want it Darker, Oil on Canvas, 228 h x 153 w cm, €6000
D1, Oil on Canvas, 120h x 120w cm, €3500
Aoife Soden – ‘Double Bubble’/ ‘Wobble Vase’ transparent vessels, Hand blown glass, 15h x 10w cm, €95 each
Aoife Soden – ‘Double Bubble’ opaque vessels, Hand blown glass, 15h x 10w cm, €95
Aoife Soden – ‘Double Bubble’ transparent vessels, Hand blown glass, 15h x 10w cm, €95
Aoife Soden – Braided Bowl, Hand blown glass, 10h x 20w cm,SOLD
Aoife Soden – Braided Vase, Hand blown glass, 23h x 12w cm, €180