ART GALLERY
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MICHAEL CULLEN (1946-2020)
Mick and I outside his studio at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan, Ireland where we lived for a year when married. With large painting he did of us, 1996.
His 1997 solo exhibition “Love Stories” was held in three parts: oils at Temple Bar Gallery (several on huge carpets), watercolours at the Taylor Galleries, and prints at the Graphic Studio Gallery. The artwork depicted our marriage and honeymoon in Las Vegas, 1994. A limited edition publication of the same name has 40 pages of paintings.
Paintings featuring me can be found in the Hugh Lane Gallery, IMMA, National Gallery of Ireland, Derry and Strabane Council Offices, and other public and private collections. Wherever the female figure in his paintings has blonde hair, that’s me. My own collection of his work includes the large painting above, smaller works and letters painted over with watercolour images.
Michael Cullen, RHA (1946-2020) was born in Co. Wicklow and studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. A member of Aosdana and the Royal Hibernian Academy, he had solo exhibitions in many galleries including the Fenderesky, Belfast, Vangard and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Temple Bar, Graphic Studio and Project Arts, Dublin. His work is in many private collections as well as public collections including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, IMMA, Trinity College Dublin, Ulster Museum et al.
Mick in his studio in Henrietta Street, Dublin with painting of me as a mermaid, 1995. (Photo credit: O.R. Melling)
LINDSAY P. DUMAS (1960-2021)
“Lady O” (1989)
Front mask
Rear mask
“Lady O” (plaster face masks, wood, plastic and wire) was shown in a solo exhibition of mixed media for Kilkenny Arts Week 1989 and was subsequently donated to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for the Arts, Ireland where it was created.
Lindsay P Dumas was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and studied ceramics, sculpure and glass at the Alberta College of Art followed by advanced studies in ceramics and sculpture at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He showed in solo and group exhibitions in both Ireland and Canada. He explored through his work the influences of traditional and contemporary indigenous culture and its relationship to his urban upbringing.
BARBARA FREEMAN
“You’re the silver light on the right,” she told me. The painting was inspired by the artist catching a glimpse of me, through an open door, trying to cheer up an unhappy writer (the late Jimmy Brennan) at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
Barbara Freeman was born in London and studied at St Martins and Camberwell Colleges of Art with postgraduate study at the University of Leeds. Living and working in Belfast, she has had over 40 solo exhibitions of paintings, prints and installation works in many countries including Ireland, UK, USA and Germany.
MARK LAWLOR
Two portraits of O.R. Melling, 2018
Mark Lawlor is from Cavan, currently living in Sheffield. M. Phil at TCD and studied at the RHA. Recently he has been awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship and poems have appeared in The Moth, Cyphers, Blackbox Manifold and Skylight 47. His Visual Art appeared in galleries in Cavan, Bray, Dublin, Sheffield, Poland, Italy.
MICK O’DEA
Portrait of O.R. Melling, 1986
(presented to me as a wedding gift on my marriage to Mick Cullen, 1994)
Mick O’Dea is a painter and sculptor living and working in Ireland. Past President of the Royal Hibernian Academy, member of Aosdána, Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy, past member of Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. His work is included in many public and corporate collections including The National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Trinity College Dublin, National Concert Hall, Government Buildings and Leinster House et al. His work is also featured in private collections in Europe, America and Asia.
GERALDINE O’REILLY
(The name of the pencil drawing is my first name as opposed to my pen-name. Drawn by the artist in Melling’s home in Drumcondra, Dublin.)
Geraldine O’Reilly, Visual Artist and Printmaker. She is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to New York in 1989 to research Irish emigration to America. She has had solo exhibitions and shown in selected group exhibitions in many countries including Ireland, USA, Australia, France, England and Poland. Elected to Aosdana 2004.
“Geraldine” (1989)
LORRAINE WHELAN
Ink-and-water-colour nudes done when I was 8 months pregnant at my home in Drumcondra, Dublin, January 1989.
Lorraine Whelan is a visual artist and writer based in County Wicklow, Ireland. As an artist, Lorraine works in a variety of media including painting and drawing, ceramics, bookbinding and printmaking. She has presented in solo and group exhibitions around Ireland and in the UK, Canada and Shanghai, China. As a writer of poetry, fiction, art criticism and memoir, she has published in journals in print and online. In 2020, she founded Precariat Press as a venue for small niche publications.
SELF-PORTRAIT 1
Homage to Andy Warhol’s “Gold Marilyn Monroe”. Photograph painted with acrylic on gold paint board, 2016.
SELF-PORTRAIT 2
Homage to Annegret Soltau. Collage of colour-printed photographs glued on board crossed with rolled mesh to simulate barbed wire, 2016.
MICHAEL CULLEN (1946-2020)
Mick and I outside his studio at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Co. Monaghan, Ireland where we lived for a year when married. With large painting he did of us, 1996.
His 1997 solo exhibition “Love Stories” was held in three parts: oils at Temple Bar Gallery (several on huge carpets), watercolours at the Taylor Galleries, and prints at the Graphic Studio Gallery. The artwork depicted our marriage and honeymoon in Las Vegas, 1994. A limited edition publication of the same name has 40 pages of paintings.
Paintings featuring me can be found in the Hugh Lane Gallery, IMMA, National Gallery of Ireland, Derry and Strabane Council Offices, and other public and private collections. Wherever the female figure in his paintings has blonde hair, that’s me. My own collection of his work includes the large painting above, smaller works and letters painted over with watercolour images.
Michael Cullen, RHA (1946-2020) was born in Co. Wicklow and studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London and the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. A member of Aosdana and the Royal Hibernian Academy, he had solo exhibitions in many galleries including the Fenderesky, Belfast, Vangard and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Temple Bar, Graphic Studio and Project Arts, Dublin. His work is in many private collections as well as public collections including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, IMMA, Trinity College Dublin, Ulster Museum et al.
Mick in his studio in Henrietta Street, Dublin with painting of me as a mermaid, 1995. (Photo credit: O.R. Melling)
LINDSAY P. DUMAS (1960-2021)
“Lady O” (1989)
Front mask
Rear mask
“Lady O” (plaster face masks, wood, plastic and wire) was shown in a solo exhibition of mixed media for Kilkenny Arts Week 1989 and was subsequently donated to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre for the Arts, Ireland where it was created.
Lindsay P Dumas was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and studied ceramics, sculpure and glass at the Alberta College of Art followed by advanced studies in ceramics and sculpture at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He showed in solo and group exhibitions in both Ireland and Canada. He explored through his work the influences of traditional and contemporary indigenous culture and its relationship to his urban upbringing.
BARBARA FREEMAN
“You’re the silver light on the right,” she told me. The painting was inspired by the artist catching a glimpse of me, through an open door, trying to cheer up an unhappy writer (the late Jimmy Brennan) at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre.
Barbara Freeman was born in London and studied at St Martins and Camberwell Colleges of Art with postgraduate study at the University of Leeds. Living and working in Belfast, she has had over 40 solo exhibitions of paintings, prints and installation works in many countries including Ireland, UK, USA and Germany.
MARK LAWLOR
Two portraits of O.R. Melling, 2018
Mark Lawlor is from Cavan, currently living in Sheffield. M. Phil at TCD and studied at the RHA. Recently he has been awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship and poems have appeared in The Moth, Cyphers, Blackbox Manifold and Skylight 47. His Visual Art appeared in galleries in Cavan, Bray, Dublin, Sheffield, Poland, Italy.
MICK O’DEA
Portrait of O.R. Melling, 1986
(presented to me as a wedding gift on my marriage to Mick Cullen, 1994)
Mick O’Dea is a painter and sculptor living and working in Ireland. Past President of the Royal Hibernian Academy, member of Aosdána, Honorary Member of the Royal Scottish Academy, past member of Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland. His work is included in many public and corporate collections including The National Gallery of Ireland, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Trinity College Dublin, National Concert Hall, Government Buildings and Leinster House et al. His work is also featured in private collections in Europe, America and Asia.
GERALDINE O’REILLY
(The name of the pencil drawing is my first name as opposed to my pen-name. Drawn by the artist in Melling’s home in Drumcondra, Dublin.)
Geraldine O’Reilly, Visual Artist and Printmaker. She is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to New York in 1989 to research Irish emigration to America. She has had solo exhibitions and shown in selected group exhibitions in many countries including Ireland, USA, Australia, France, England and Poland. Elected to Aosdana 2004.
“Geraldine” (1989)
LORRAINE WHELAN
Ink-and-water-colour nudes done when I was 8 months pregnant at my home in Drumcondra, Dublin, January 1989.
Lorraine Whelan is a visual artist and writer based in County Wicklow, Ireland. As an artist, Lorraine works in a variety of media including painting and drawing, ceramics, bookbinding and printmaking. She has presented in solo and group exhibitions around Ireland and in the UK, Canada and Shanghai, China. As a writer of poetry, fiction, art criticism and memoir, she has published in journals in print and online. In 2020, she founded Precariat Press as a venue for small niche publications.
SELF-PORTRAIT 1
Homage to Andy Warhol’s “Gold Marilyn Monroe”. Photograph painted with acrylic on gold paint board, 2016.
SELF-PORTRAIT 2
Homage to Annegret Soltau. Collage of colour-printed photographs glued on board crossed with rolled mesh to simulate barbed wire, 2016.