A new exhibition of over 40 paintings by renowned artist Kenneth Webb, Webb – 70 years at Kennys, opened at The Kenny Gallery last Friday, and will run throughout the month of September.
2023 marks the 70th year that Webb is working with and exhibiting at Kennys, and this show is a celebration of that milestone and rare working relationship.
This exhibition features some of Webb’s favourite subjects - the bogs and bog pools, the wildflowers and rocks of Connemara – and also includes several important retrospective works to augment the vibrant new paintings. All of the paintings are for sale and can be viewed in the gallery in Liosbán or on www.thekennygallery.ie
In 1953, Kenneth Webb first walked through the door of Kennys in High Street in Galway, attracted by a splash of colour on locally handwoven rugs hanging outside the bookshop. So began a unique gallery and artist relationship, still going strong 70 years later.
One of Ireland’s most important and influential landscape painters, he is still painting today at age 96. His work has been described as ‘homage to the secret life of colour’, and he’s certainly a dedicated painter, always driven to bold new experiments in paint.
His career has spanned seven decades and he has painted his way through a variety of themes over the years and into a world-wide reputation. Much of his work has been inspired by Connemara. John O’Donohue said of him, “Kenneth Webb’s work is a homage to the secret life of colour. It is healing to the eye and refreshing for the heart to encounter these paintings.”
Webb – 70 years at Kennys runs until Sept 26 at The Kenny Gallery (Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm ) and online at www.thekennygallery.ie 2023 calendar of events at The Kenny Gallery
September 1 – 26 | New Paintings by Kenneth Webb (celebrating 70 years working with Kennys )
September 30 – October 24 | New sculpture by John Behan RHA
October 27 – November 21 | Lorna’s Garden, new paintings by Jay Murphy
November 24, through January 2024 | Christmas and New Year Show
All exhibitions will run in The Kenny Gallery, Liosbán Retail Park, Galway and online at www.thekennygallery.ie
