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Soho at the Signal

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I posted this painting some months back but I thought I would run it up the flagpost again. It has been accepted for the 14th Annual Signal Open Exhibition over the first fortnight in August. The Signal Arts Centre was established in 1990 in Bray and provides workspace, classes and gallery for local artists. It is on Albert Avenue near the seafront and, as the name hints, right beside the railway line. Whoo whoo! I have had work there before and it is always great to be accepted. Whoo whoo, again. The Open Exhibition will feature around a hundred visual artworks. It runs from Tuesday the 4th to Sunday the 16th of August. Mine is an acrylic painting called Soho in the Rain. It shows a view of Shaftesbury Avenue in London from the top of a bus. There’ll be loads of great stuff there, so come and have a deco!

Art at Limerick’s Hunt Museum

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The Hunt Museum Limerick hold their first Open Submissions Exhibition between Friday 5th December 2025 and Saturday 28th February 2026. I am delighted to have been chosen for the exhibition. My painting, Lovers on a Train, is taken from a train trip between Dublin, Cork and Limerick. I noticed the couple sitting across from me were an island unto themselves. Touring Ireland, their purchases spread between them on the table, while they were absorbed in their screens. So, the tableau involves a still life, a classical composition– like Venus and Mars, and a landscape whizzing by beyond the window. The perfect composition for me. I like to capture the moment to make a visual short story in a particular time and space. People together and all alone; in trains, bars, cafes and cars. I enjoy doing it and hope that others enjoy looking at it. I’m looking forward to heading back down to Limerick. By train, of course.