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John Brennan

Talk by John Brennan on his work, Mill Cove 2000 to 2010 - 15th August at 6.30pm at the gallery . Free Entry  Limited places   Tel. 70393 to book

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Bere Island II

John Brennan

 

25x20cm oil on canvas board €890

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Evening Gable

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Squall 2 

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Squall 3

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Squall 4

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25x20cm oil on canvas board

 

Brennan’s new work captures the subtle qualities of the West Cork landscape, especially the Beara Peninsula. Each painting observes an amalgam of site and climatic conditions. He has worked from memory, editing as necessary, including the most potent elements. 

 

This work is portrayed on oval and round canvases to add a further challenge. Brennan felt constrained by the rigidity of square and rectangular canvasses as his work had become less hard edged and more painterly; progressing to textures, edges and shapes that are less mechanical. The overhanging paint helps to diminish even more perfunctory shapes as arched segments emerge when vertical and horizontal lines meet the outer edge.

The oval canvasses also have an intimacy representing a landscape cameo in a nostalgic format.

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2007

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2007

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2009

John Brennan's work is exclusive to the Mill Cove and Hallward

 

B. 1964, Clonmel. John lives on the Beara Peninsula.

He established Mill Cove Gallery in 2000 with John Goode.

Exhibitions 2002/2009

2010 Selected for Eigse, Carlow

2010 Kenmare - Beara Artists

2010 The Peninsula 2000 to 2010 10 year retrospective at Mill Cove

2009 Solo at the Hallward

2008 Solo at Mill Cove House

2007 Solo at the Hallward, Merrion Square

2006 Solo Exhibition at Mill Cove Gallery

2002 - 2006 Mill Cove Gallery

2002 Hallward Gallery, Merrion Square, Dublin

2002 Eigse, Carlow (Invited Artist)

2002 – 2003 Beara Arts Exhibition (Group Exhibition)

2002 – 2003 Hallward Gallery (Summer Group Exhibition)

2002 - 2003 Hallward Gallery (Christmas Exhibition)

2004 Hallward Gallery (April 2004)

2005 Boyle Arts Festival

2006 Hallward Gallery

Public Collections 

AIB Bank, Office of Public Works, Four Seasons Hotel (Ballsbridge, Dublin), University College Cork, Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Cork), Number 10 (Ormond Quay), Motorola Ireland, Kelly's Hotel

Private Collections 2002/2007

Ireland, UK, Holland, Germany, USA, France, Australia.

To reserve or buy any of these works

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