The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Kate Beagan, entitled, The Virtue of Light.

On Thursday, February 28^th between 6-7.30pm on 24 South Frederick Street.

“Light is a form of energy.  The majority of us are aware that our primary light source is the sun, and we understand the concept of how the atmosphere is created, the way that light filters through it.  If I could therefore relate to this common knowledge, then I can begin to create moments that are also eternal.  If it is something that I can feel, then others may share the same experience of feeling.

 I understand this through my painting.  I love the visual drama that a painting can provide. The contrast of light and darkness, apparent through both tone and colour, being the most powerful formulae to attract attention to the focal point. Every brush stroke and layer is present with a purpose to enhance, and shares a relationship with the rest of the painting.

I live within the subjects that I paint, in the sense of having surrounded me for the majority of my life.  They are timeless views, and my desire is for the work to portray a sense of purity, simplicity, honesty and absoluteness. “ Kate Beagan

Following Kate’s successful sell out solo show in 2015 , we are thrilled to welcome her back for a much anticipated second Solo show, at The Doorway Gallery.

Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, February 28^th

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Refreshments Served

Gallery opening Hours:

Monday – Saturday 10.30-6pm

For more information :

www.thedoorwaygallery.com

‘Diamonds and Rust’

An exhibition of Still Life, Plein-air and Studio Landscape Paintings

by Dave West

April 4^th -  25^th

The Doorway Gallery, 24 South Frederick St, Dublin 2.

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Dave West, entitled, Diamonds and Rust

On Thursday, April 4^thbetween 6-7.30pm on 24 South Frederick Street.

“The title of this show, borrowed from an old song by Joan Baez stuck in my mind as it encapsulated some of my themes and ideas running through my own work: aspects of beauty, nostalgia, memory and decay.

Much of my recent work is executed ‘en Plein-air’ meaning that I paint directly from the subject (in all weathers!) It’s a process very much concerned with capturing mood - not just about a certain place but the interaction between the space, the artist, and the atmosphere.

My subjects range from a long-abandoned pier on a windy grey October morning or exploring the relationship between the beautiful pink streetlights of early dusk and a dilapidated urban scene.

The still life paintings feature a variety of objects, some have a very personal story behind them and others are found objects with stories of their own to tell. A typical still-life arrangements could be an arrangement of small jewel like

pieces of beach glass, some of them recently smashed against the rocks after a raucous late night beach party or a vivid piece of Bristol blue glass churning around in the ocean for decades. I add a further layer and narrative to their ‘stories’ by arranging them into compositions and painting them.” Dave West

Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, April 4th

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Guest Speaker: Artist, James English RHA

Refreshments Served

Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham Racecourse

April 25th - 28th

ABOUT FRESH ART FAIR:

62 leading UK Galleries: 500 artists: 6000 paintings and sculptures:

Fresh: Art Fair is an easy and enjoyable way to see more than 50 leading UK Galleries in one convenient place. You can browse and buy the work of 500 UK and international artists from exciting new talent to Royal Academicians …Blake, Hirst, Hockney, Emin, Sutherland and McLean will all be there. There are original prints and paintings, sculpture, glass and ceramics from £100 to £20,000 most of them within your budget.

Fresh: is for everyone from newcomers to established collectors. We are a “Galleries” fair which means that all our exhibitors are experts with their fingers on the pulse of the art market and more than happy to answer your questions.

With major Fairs in Cheltenham and Ascot we are now the UK’s leading provincial art fair brand. We choose world class racecourses because they have the space and parking we need and the prestige to match our exhibitors. There’s NO RACING just art …and coffee, lunch, champagne, talks, artist demonstrations and more. We hope to see you there.

The Doorway Gallery is exhibiting at :

STAND 33

Opening times

Thursday 25 April - 5.30pm to 9.00pm - Private View

Friday 26 April - 11.00 to 6.00pm

Saturday 27 April - 11.00 to 6.00pm

Sunday 28 April - 11.00 to 5.00pm

To redeem free tickets, simply show this invite at the door :

Looking forward to seeing you there!

‘Blue Moon’

An exhibition of Paintings

by Lucy Doyle

May 2^nd – 30^th

The Doorway Gallery, 24 South Frederick St, Dublin 2.

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Lucy Doyle, entitled, Blue Moon, on Thursday, May 2^nd between 6-7.30pm on 24 South Frederick Street.

“‘Blue Moon’ represents a year in my life.  I started work on these paintings late in 2017, concluding the final one by the end of 2018.

The subject matter of my work is a reflection of my life in rural County Wicklow with my family, friends and animals. I let an idea for a painting slowly evolve in an open and organic way; letting it gradually filter through into my consciousness, where it gains momentum, until finally emerging as a complete idea for a painting.  All this must happen before I can start on the practicalities of reproducing it into paint on canvas. In this way I can paint something that has its origins in something so abstract as a feeling, mood or sense of place; a painting that is intensely personal and authentic to me.

The moon is such an integral and romantic part of all our lives, full of mystery and significance and 2018 was a special year.  Two full moons in the months of January and March, two blue moons, a super moon and two total lunar eclipses.  I have always been drawn to moonscapes for the mood and colour palette it inspires.  So, I had no hesitation in naming this recent collection, Blue Moon, after one of my large canvases of the same name.

Flower paintings are always a large part of my repertoire, and this year is no exception.  However, a cold and wintery spring in 2018 meant a very slow start to my usual flower painting season, with my dahlias only looking their best in September /October. 

Family events also feature highly in my paintings, after all my daughters have always been, and continue to be, my muses.   This means that my paintings have followed them though their lives and now, their growing families.  This also includes their pets, which explains the sudden appearance in my work of a rather beautiful ruby Cavalier Spaniel named Crumble who spent the summer impacting his charisma and boundless energy on us and everything in his wake.

I hope this goes some way to explain how and why I paint what I paint.

However, what I have ultimately set out to achieve in my lifetime, is to persue the complex journey of a colourist and picture-maker; continuing to challenge and explore the endless permutations and possibilities of what makes for me, a good and enduring life-enhancing painting.  That is why each painting is unique, representing a moment in my life.

I would like to extend a big thank you to all of you that continue to support, follow and enjoy my work, sharing this visual journey with me, and ultimately helping to complete the life cycle of each painting, which are after all to be enjoyed and looked at. .” Lucy Doyle

Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, May 2nd

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Refreshments Served

‘Passed Places’

An exhibition of new paintings by Pete Monaghan

September 5^th – 22nd

The Doorway Gallery, 24 South Frederick St, Dublin 2.

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Peter Monaghan, entitled, Passed Places, on Thursday, September 5^th between 6-7.30pm on 24 South Frederick Street.

Pete Monaghan is a European artist. He worked in Germany for 25 years, grew up in the UK with one formative year in the Meath Gaeltacht. His Father was from Kells, Co. Meath, his Mother is English with Welsh and Irish heritage and his wife is German. He now works from a studio in Aberystwyth, West Wales.

He is drawn to industrial and vernacular architecture of Ireland, Scotland and Wales that he paints in his unique style encompassing over 30 years of daily drawing. He uses a continuous line technique whilst sketching on-site trying to capture the energy and excitement he feels. Transferring that energy into larger scale paintings Pete applies paint freely, he splashes and dribbles paint allowing it to pool or shaping it. He uses acrylic and crayon on wood panel and adds collage in the form of takeaway coffee cups and maps to resolve an image with a down-to-earth honesty. The renowned welsh art critic Peter Wakelin describes it as "all rusty tin and telegraph poles".

In this, Pete's first solo show at the Doorway Gallery he is keen to show, along with his strongest body of paintings, his sketchbooks which give an insight into the working process.

Pete Monaghan holds an MA from Aberystwyth University, he won the painting prize at MoMA Machynlleth in 2012 and his work is in public collections including the National Library of Wales as well as private collections worldwide.

 Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, September 5th

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

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Con Brio

An exhibition of new paintings by Francis Boag

October 3^rd – 24^th

The Doorway Gallery, 24 South Frederick St, Dublin 2.

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Francis Boag, entitled, Con Brio, on Thursday October 3^rd 6 - 7.30 pm, at 24 South Frederick Street. Irish television and radio presenter, Mairead Ronan will officially open Francis Boag’s solo show.

Francis Boag enrolled at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, just three days after his 17th birthday in 1965.  At the age of 20, Francis had become one of their youngest ever graduates, when he completed the course in June 1969.

Frank taught art in schools across Scotland before arriving at Aberdeen Grammar School as Head of Art in 1989 – a role he enjoyed for more than 10 years.

Francis Boag’s unique point of view is formed from colours, shapes and rhythmic marks that brings life to

his images. The memories he extracts from his work includes objects such as champagne, flowers, ribbons and wrapped birthday presents.  Hints of them can be observed throughout his works. The pleasure in Boag’s work is integral to its success. There is a joy to his painting that radiates from the canvas, and becomes an ensemble of happy memories for every individual who sees it.

His interpretations of the world he sees around him, be it from the view of his studio window, or perhaps a grand palazzo in Venice, are all imbued with an optimism and harmony. His colours grow and sing in carefully constructed designs, and the uplifting quality to his work can turn the white cube of the gallery space into an optimistic and glowing art space that flourishes.

It is these unique factors that have led to both a combination of critical acclaim and commercial success. These bright, buoyant and resplendent images, crafted through mark making, colour manipulation and careful placement of significant visual markers, lead to a view of the art object as a point of the celebration, joy and hope that can be found in the everyday.

 Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, October 3^rd

Celebrity speaker: Irish television and radio presenter, Mairead Ronan

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Refreshments Served




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David Ryan is an outsider artist who works out of various squats around Dublin. His current projects include several series of oil paintings.

He also participates in festival builds and is a committed member of the infamous Irish Underground piano bar crew at Glastonbury, and the Bog Cottage at Electric Picnic.

He has been painting continuously from a young age and is currently refining his own techniques in photo-realistic oil paintings. Previous to this his recent work had focused on disused spaces and dereliction before moving into documenting the spaces of Grangegorman ‘Squat-City’ in Dublin.

David was born in Dublin in 1986 and initially raised in Donegal. His father worked globally in telecommunications and as such was well traveled by his teens, and had been exposed to a variety of different cultures. David began painting scenes centered on sunsets and sunrises from the different places he had been. It was not long until many friends and family had paintings or murals on their walls.

His first exhibition was organised in a hotel in Dun-Laoghaire at nineteen, and began exhibiting work in galleries a year later. Money never motivated David whatsoever. He preferred to use his art for those around him and scoffed at all forms of idolatry. Professionally he had began training as an electrical apprentice, a plumber, began an art portfolio course, left it to be a special effects technician, trained as a C.A.D technician and even began an education in sustainable-construction, as he considered these useful skills in what was to him a corrupt and plastic world. Stone, steel and timber can all be found in David’s store of materials.

In his late twenties David discovered Grangegorman and was introduced to various sub-culture groups active in Dublin and saw the good work they were doing both there and abroad. He abandoned his own personal development to work alongside those building lives with next to nothing, putting his many skills to good use. The professional painting picked up when he saw that it was indeed a viable outlet for helping others, and dedicates each project to a particular cause, group or person. Up to late 2017 he had worked primarily with salvaged acrylic on breadboards given by bread-truck delivery drivers. Now a friend helps David to build his own large canvasses and he is refining his use of oils in order to begin work on his next two projects.

David Ryan is exclusive to The Doorway Gallery and we are looking forward to launching him at Nutgrove shopping Centre as part of the Arts Festival. David work can be bought through the gallery after the festival is over on November 3^rd.

Also on view for the duration of the Arts Festival we have Michael O’Doherty’s circular pieces on display around the shopping centre. Michael O’Doherty is a Dublin-based contemporary visual artist, who has recently completed a degree in Fine Art Painting at NCAD.

Drawing from his previous experiences in design and construction, Michael’s work is inspired by metropolitan overcrowding, and in particular by the architectural overload and traffic congestion that largely characterises these densely populated environments.

In response to the current housing crisis in Ireland, Michael has begun to explore how dead spaces can be reinvented and utilised to their maximum potential. Consequently, his latest works incorporate aspects of two cutting-edge design trends –Transterior and Japandi – which draw much of their dynamism from approaches to living that bring the outdoors indoors and the indoors outdoors.

To bring his interior artworks outdoors, and vice versa, Michael’s latest collection uses weatherproof materials, such as pressure-treated woods and high-end marine paints, to create an array of artworks, which range from affordable and simplistic floral designs to more complex and sophisticated architectural designs and sculptures.

As part of the Arts festival we have feature photographer, Gerry Balfe Smyth. Gerry’s photographs document a life in the inner city flat complex, Teresa’s Gardens in the Liberties area. The pictures, inspired by and endeavoring to capture the spirit and resolve of the people in this once- massive public housing project, built in the nineteen fifties and neglected for generations.

The images were taken over a seven-year period, before regeneration had begun highlighting the struggle to stay alive, to be clean, to endure, another reminder that social integration and inclusion must be accompanied by economic investment for it to have a chance. The pictures are the last breath of a vibrant community before it is finally laid to rest.

Gerry studied Photography at DIADT in Dublin before working as a photographic assistant to Perry Ogden & Bruce Weber. He began developing his own personal projects while living in New York & London, working in medium format and polaroid photography.

His work is inspired by ‘Real people’ giving a voice to those on the margins, exploring social & cultural themes, in particular groups of people that share a common identity.

 Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, April 4th

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Guest Speakers:

Write & Poet, Colm Keegan

T.V & Radio presenter, Brent Pope

Architect, Paddy McNeill MRIAI

Location: Nutgrove Shopping Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.

Refreshments Served & Music

The Doorway Gallery is delighted to host an exhibition by Sergey Talichkin, entitled, Yugen II, on Thursday, November 14^th between 6-7.30pm on 24 South Frederick Street. The exhibition will be officially opening by critic and broadcaster, Niall MacMonagle.

‘Days are where we live’ says poet Philip Larkin and we’ve all known different kinds of days: the higgledy-piggledy ones, the frazzled ones, the chasing-our-tails ones . . . Or if you’re Sergey Talichkin, the mellow, laid-back, calm and mysterious and beautiful ones. Because that’s what Talichkin captures so well in the works before us this evening.

Art alerts us to everything about our being here on planet earth. And this extraordinary thing called making art has been with us from very early on. In 1995, in the Chauvet Cave in France wall paintings were discovered that were dated to approximately 30,000 to 32,000 B.C. This making of images is a very old art form and the Irish poet Moya Cannon points out that ‘the need to make something beautiful was central to our emergence as human beings. Our need for beauty is very old’. Our need for beauty is very now and all about us this evening in these two rooms are works of extraordinary beauty.

Earlier this year I came across a painting of his at the RHA Summer Show. It was a magnificent Dublin night scene and it stopped me in my tracks. I admired it then, and now knowing more of his work, I admire his paintings even more. With Yugen, this new show, Sergey Talichkin takes us places. Our lives have become saturated with computer technology, our lives have speeded up, have become faster but Sergey Talichkin reminds us that we are part of nature, not separate from it.’

Talichkin’s portrayal of the natural world, landscape, seascape, skyscape, stunning cloudscapes in changing, different light is masterly and these nineteen paintings around us take us places – to Dun Laoghaire Harbour, a harvest field. Glendalough, Skellig Islands, the city at night, Dalkey, Howth. AND of course the Poolbeg Stacks - saved by St Leo Varadkar, no kidding. The Poolbeg Chimneys feature three times in this exhibition; that walk to Poolbeg Lighthouse is my favourite walk in Dublin and it’s another reason why I love Sergey’s work. And, for Killarney-born me, one of the very best things about Sergey is that his favourite place in Ireland is County Kerry. He’s a discerning guy; he has great taste.

Born in Ukraine, he has made Ireland his home and not only is he technically brilliant, this young man has soul. In his art he has allowed Irish people view the Irish landscape with a refreshed pleasure. His Glendalough is a moody blue; his canal back walk is still and greeny; his Ballycarbery Castle is ghostly and beautiful. In these paintings and in those works that do not feature, say, a specific place – I’m thinking of a painting like Lilypond Sea – there is a wonderful, calming effect. A special feeling that’s summed up in the Japanese aesthetic term Yugen, the name of this exhibition, meaning a deep awareness of the mystery of the universe. Yugen is not about some other world, it is about this world and all it offers, a world that is becomes a heavenly on earth. Niall MacMonagle, Irish Independent .

Reception Details:

Date: Thursday, November 14^th

Guest Speaker: critic and broadcaster, Niall MacMonagle

Time: 6 – 7.30 pm

Refreshments Served