OF LAND, Sea, and Mind, a new exhibition of oil paintings by Patrick Kenneally, and inspired by the mind’s adaptation to the lockdown restrictions, and our absence from the landscape as a result, opens this weekend in Kinvara.
These new paintings depict a boat on the horizon, a windswept tree in the Burren, a single cloud in the sky, a rolling wave - yet the human figure is absent, representing our experience of the restrictions caused by the pandemic.
“As an artist, being in and with the landscape is a vital stimulation for the creative process,” says Kenneally. “You listen to the silence and vastness of the Burren. You take in the salty air of the Atlantic breeze.
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“The mind, without the direct stimulation of the environment you are so used to being in, will stitch you a new patchwork of colours, compositions, and perspectives based on memory, thoughts, and feelings. These ‘mindscapes’ allow me to revisit the places that are restricted to me.”
The exhibition is being held in the KAVA Courthouse Gallery, and will run from Saturday July 31 to Sunday August 8, from 10am to 4pm daily.
