22 September to 13 October
The Kerry Visual Arts Artists’ Showcase features the work of Des Fitzgerald, Karen Hendy, Kaye Maahs, Roisín McGuigan, David Morrison, Philip O’Rourke, Niamh Porter and Tracy Sexton
Tralee man Des Fitzgerald is a sculptor and photographer whose work is inspired from his strong visual sense and is often theme based, while Portmagee’s Karen Hendy uses unconventional media in her work such as plastic wrap, turf and sticks which are then layered with paper, gesso and paint oftentimes referencing the environment. Emerging artist Kaye Maahs works in oils and is a painter whose work is rooted in the personal and the local. Tralee’s Roisín McGuigan has expanded from the tradition of paint on canvas to the use of non-traditional surfaces and includes drawing, digital media and found objects. Her central focus is place and geographic connection. David Morrison makes the familiar appear unfamiliar in his work and uses photography, digital media, canvas and paint to create his works of art. Castleisland based Philip O’Rourke is interested in photojournalism and street photography. He captures fleeting moments and likes to include a human element in the stories he tells through his photography.
Department of Culture, Heritage + the Gaeltacht, New Road, Killarney
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