SHORELINES ARTS EXHIBITION 2021
XX-19 September | 9.30am - 5pm daily (official opening at 5pm on X September)
​The Gallery at the Irish Workhouse Centre
Admission: Free (Donations Welcome!)
In this marvellous space, the various gallery rooms display work from painters,
photographers, sculptors and other artists who work in three dimensions. ​

Most of the work is for sale and because our commission is modest, you will find high quality work at great prices.
FEATURED ARTISTS
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Mary O'Connor
Mary O’Connor is a visual artist and printmaker living in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. Mary’s paintings and prints are influenced by her surrounding, the vast landscapes encountered on her travels are conveyed through shapes, space and colours that emerge as non-representational abstract compositions. Cultures, travel, time, memory and flux are essential elements in her work.
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www.maryoconnorart.com
Ann McKenna
Ann McKenna is a painter and print-maker whose work explores diverse themes such as ancient Irish legends, fairy tales, Shakespearean plays and more recent stories, such as James Joyce’s Ulysses. The images she creates are highly narrative, with a strong emphasis on draughtsmanship.

www.annmckenna.ie
Merrily Harpur
Merrily Harpur is a painter, printmaker and illustrator. The landscapes of Ireland and England are very important to her, and in her paintings she tries to show why. Her work has appeared at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London, and is widely collected in Ireland and the UK.

www.merrilyharpur.co.uk
Eibhilín Crossan
Eibhilín Crossan is an artist based in Longford whose paintings on canvas are inspired by nature, alternating between soft impressionistic botanical landscapes and large colourful florals.

www.eibhilincrossanart.com
Lisa Griffin
Lisa Griffin is an Irish photographer who focuses not only on fashion and portraiture but the exploration of self-value, feminine beauty and isolation in todays culture. The imagery falls somewhere between beauty and dream, and through her eyes the viewer is instantly transported to a storybook never been written before. Through out her time at university she learned how to tell stories through images and loves the viewer to take pieces from their childhood bedtime stories as they enjoy her work.
Judy Powell
In 2016 Judy Powell returned to her childhood home in West Cork, the place where her work as an artist began and from which she continues to draw inspiration.
Debbie Chapman
​Debbie Chapman is an artist with a growing reputation whose works are found in permanent collections all over the world. While the paintings are an aesthetic study in design and composition, they are also the result of an exploration into ‘pop culture’ and commercialism.

www.debbiechapman.com
Siobhan Bulfin
Siobhan Bulfin is an internationally acclaimed artist, mainly working in bronze. Many of her sculptures focus on horses and she is responsible for the trophies for the 2019 Irish Derby.

www.sbulfin.com
Janice Gilmore
Janice graduated from the College of Art in Belfast in 1989. With an emphasis on colour, her passion for embroidery and love of embellishment is employed to create a vibrant range of jewellery combining machine stitching and hand beading.

www.janicegilmore.com
Jane Seymour
In 1994 Jane moved to Co. Clare, Ireland, to build a house and studio, amidst the rugged landscapes in the west of Ireland, where she makes coil-built vessels which she burnishes with pebbles, and smoke-fired in sawdust. The resulting smoke effects are reminiscent of cloudscapes, shorelines and landscapes.

www.janeseymourceramics.com
Joe O'Shaughnessy
With many international awards under his belt, Joe O’Shaughnessy is a Galwegian photographer whose humanity shines through his work. His photographs can make you shed a tear or make you laugh or simply gasp in wonder. Who would have thought the simple bicycle could mean so much?
Local Artists
Local and visiting amateur artists will also exhibit work at the Gallery.
EVENT SPONSOR
​Jimmy McClearn, Cathaoirleach, Galway Co. Council