CUIMHNÍ (MEMORIES ), a new exhibition by artists Leah Beggs and Kathleen Furey opens tomorrow, Friday July 10, as part of the Oughterard Courthouse Arts Programme.
The exhibition will be online and viewable via www.ocap.ie The works on display are in response to the research of local archaeologist and historian Bill Daly, who has traced the history of Oughterard back to neolithic times.
Leah's work responds to the different weather patterns and the importance of the landscape for its ancient inhabitants. "Ideas around climatic effects on the landscape are one facet to my paintings," she says, "whilst other more abstract concepts explore an emotive response to the landscape by reminiscing or suggesting a ‘sense’ of place, an atmosphere or a feeling, rather than depicting a particular scene."
Kathleen's work references history, myth, memory and observation. It responds to personal research regarding ancestors, early flora and fauna, and new research by Bill Daly.
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