ARTIST TALK by DONAGH CAREY

SETTING THE SCENE FOR STAR WARS!!

SCI-FI FANS and ART LOVERS are invited to an ARTIST TALK by DONAGH CAREY
‘SKELLIGS – From Sea to Summit’

Saturday, 12th September 2015, 3pm – 4pm (final day of show)

Born in 1961, Donagh Carey is a native of West Cork, and grew up in Drimoleague. He moved to Dublin in 1979 and became well known as a graphic designer and Art Director in the advertising agency field. He went from bust to top selling artist having discovered Sherkin Island where he got his BA Hons after a four year degree course. He focused on Skellig Michael for a groundbreaking exhibition which was shown outdoors in the Abbey in Ballinskelligs during Cill Rialaigs 21st Anniversary Celebrations.

He had been much inspired by Robben Island in South Africa where he says unlike Skelligs, the stones were put one upon the other as punishment where as at Skellig, the monks placed each stone upon the other with devotion.

In the past, Donaghs artistic styles have incorporated photo realism through to abstract. There is, regardless of the style, an underlying theme in which he retraces the paths of his childhood, recording derelict farmhouses, villages and dramatic seascapes. In the forthcoming exhibition we see the themes emerge again – with Donagh exploring Skellig Micheal.

Donagh has shown at Cill Rialaig and it’s Urban Retreat Gallery and has taken part in numerous group shows in his homeland. He has a permanent exhibition of landscapes in the Blackrock Clinic and is represented in the OPW collection.

The artist returns to Skelligs – now the location for an extended episode of the multi award winning space opera ‘STAR WARS’. Directed by J.J Abrams, this upcoming episode – due to be released in December stars the likes of Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Leia), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux!