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Interior
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Castle
Street, Dalkey
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Rosemary O'Reilly
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Rosemary O'Reilly studied art in Belfast
College of Art and St Mary's University College (Queens).
Later, she won a bursary to do the fourth Year in painting, pottery and
screen printing. She taught English and Art in Armagh and
Co Down. She exhibited in Armagh Museum, Kings Hall
Belfast, Gallagher Portrait Prize Exhibition, and was accepted in the
Annual RUA Exhibition. She joind RUA as an associate menber.
In 1971 Rosemary came to live and teach in Dublin, studied History of
Art at UCD and received an Honours Diploma from Trinity.
Her appraoch to painting is tonal. She paints in 'Plein
air' in oil, gouache or watercolour. Often her subject
dictates the medium. Composition, light and reflections in
water are her inspiration. By painting directly from a
subject, using a tonal approach and a certain degree of simplification,
her wish is to capture the very essence of what she observes.
Rosemary's work is held in WCSI Natrional Collection Limerick, OPW,
Embassy of Ireland in Beijing, Haverty Trust, National Irish Bank,
Eastern Tourist Board, ESB, Presentation College in
Tereure. The United Arts Club recently honoured Rosemary by
buying an oil painting for the club house. Rosemary's work
was shown in several Group Exhibitions: Gallagher Portrait Prize
Exhibition in Belfast, "Kingstown into DunLaoghaire - a Perspective",
Royal Hibernian Academy, RUA, An t-Oireachtas, Claremorris Open,
Dundrum Open, Bridge Gallery, Carroll Gallery, Waldock Gallery and
Kennedy Gallery. Her work is held in private collections
including: Dr Eileen Kane and the Calthorpe family.
"The
only other works that caught my eye.... Rosemary O'Reilly's gouache of
Aix-en-Provence...."
- Brian Lynch, Hibernia - RHA Exhibition.
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'Roslyn', 4 Knapton
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