‘WHISPERS FROM A CHURCH FIELD’ A tribute to the ancestral memory of our parish field in Donabate, before development. As a local artist who has been painting professionally for the last 25 years, I feel a duty to record our local landscape and historical heritage. I have always been fascinated by our ancestral memory in [...]
Recently, over 2000 houses began construction on my local peninsula. As a local artist it was my duty to record in paint what our landscape was before. I attempt to record the ancestral memory of the land. I caught it just on time. Building began just as I finished. I have drawings and photos to [...]
Robert Shaw – Contemporary Irish Artist Robert Shaw b. Dublin, Ireland 1964 Robert Shaw studied Fine Art at Dun Laoghaire School of Art, Dublin, Ireland in the nineteen eighties. He has been painting full time for over 23 yrs. He is originally from Malahide. Robert’s studio was for nine years situated high on the most [...]
My ‘Beacon series’ has evolved over many years. In essence they are paintings about hope. I have exhibited this series internationally and a jpg. is currently on board the NASA spacecraft Osirus-Rex as part of it’s data payload. The origin story is here… Robert Shaw –‘Beacon’ Paintings… Origins A simple story, a lighthouse and [...]
After twenty years painting and being inspired by the wonderful Fingal shores I am honoured to have my paintings selected for the Fingal County Council Municipal collection. ‘Skerries shore’ 40cm x 50cm Oil on panel ‘Fingal Shore’ 60cm x 100cm Oil on panel ‘Storm at Portrane’ 35cm x 45cm Oil on Panel -Plein Air
NASA launched a 7 Year mission to an asteroid. A jpeg image of my 'Beacon series' paintings was selected to travel on board the Osiris-Rex. Dedicated to The late Dr Edgar Mitchell Apollo 14 and 6th man to walk on the moon.