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Irish Art Auction - A Wise Choice

Monday 1st December 2008

Soft Day Near Carraroe PRESS RELEASE – Dolan's Art Auction House, Galway's priemer art auction house, has included a number of Norman Teeling's en plein air works in anouther wonderful catalogue.

The auction will be held at the Marriott Hotel, Galway on Monday, 1st December 2008 at 6:30pm. A selection of works will be on show at Dolan's Woodquay galleries and on their website www.dolansart.com. Additionally, the works may be viewed at the auction venue – The Marriott Hotel, Galway – on the following schedule:

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Important Auction of Modern and Contemporary Art

Tuesday 30th September 2008

Woodland Stream PRESS RELEASE – Dolan's Art Auction House, Galway's priemer art auction house, has included a number of Norman Teeling's en plein air works in a catalogue of treasures. Also available are more than one hundred works of art from Galway's great southern hotels. The Great Southern Collection will be offered for sale without any reserves.

The auction will be held at the Marriott Hotel, Galway on Tuesday 30th September 2008 at 6:30pm. A selection of works will be on show at Dolan's Woodquay galleries and on their website www.dolansart.com. Additionally, the works may be viewed at the auction venue – The Marriott Hotel, Galway – on the following schedule:

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McKenna Gallery Opening

Inaugural Exhibit Begins 3 October 2008

PRESS RELEASE – McKenna Gallery opens Friday the 3rd of October – 31 Castle Street, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, Ireland.

McKenna Gallery is a new purpose built Gallery showcasing Artists with national standing in a variety of genres. The Opening Group Exhibition of invited Gallery Artists is scheduled to begin on Friday 3 October 2008.

The formal launch of the Gallery web site is upcoming. Art collectors will be able to view the work of each invited artist. Visit www.McKennaGallery.com.

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Venice and Beyond

Group Show, 4 July Through 25 July 2008

Grand Canal PRESS RELEASE – 'Venice and beyond' opens Friday 4th of July at Greenacres, Selskar, Co Wexford, Ireland.

'Venice and beyond', an exhibition of new works by Paul Kelly, John Morris, Henry McGrane, David Nolan and Norman Teeling opens on Friday, the 4th of July and continues until the 25th of July. The paintings are inspired by a visit to Venice amongst other places and artist profiles can be viewed on www.greenacres.ie.

Images of work will be available to view from the date of opening by selecting Greenacres Online Gallery.

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Solart Gallery Hosts Exhibition

Group Show, 17 April Through 26 April 2008

Afternoon PRESS RELEASE – Anticipated Spring Show opens Thursday 17th of April at Solart Gallery, Cavan Town, Co Cavan, Ireland.

New paintings by Arthur Maderson, Norman Teeling and Jimmy Lawlor will feature at Solart Gallery in Cavan town. Norman Teeling graduated from the National College of Art and Design in the early 1960s and worked as a cartoonist at the Irish Press and as a set designer at the Gate and Tivoli theatres. His series of ten oil paintings depicting the events of the Easter Rising is on permanent exhibition at the GPO in Dublin. Originally working in illustration, Jimmy Lawlor has focused on painting since the late 1990s and has since exhibited extensively around Ireland. Arthur Maderson has exhibited at the Royal Academy, The Royal West of England Academy and the RHA in Dublin. A strong advocate of figurative painting, what distinguishes Arthur's work from others is his commitment to the richness and complexity of the visual world.

Arthur Maderson, Norman Teeling and Jimmy Lawlor: 17–26 April 2008.

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New Irish Art Club Established

“Oil Painters of Ireland”

Oil Painters of Ireland's primary purpose is to promote to the Irish public the high merits of Irish fine art, often referred to as traditional and representational art.

CO. DUBLIN, IRELAND — 05 Jan. 2008 — The ultimate goal is to show the Irish public on the high merits of fine art. An identifiable bench marks for collectors of good art in Ireland. To reach an increasingly broader audience of both Irish and later international clients. Organise painting events and special theme exhibitions. Our members excellence in the medium of oil painting through its selection process, as all of our artist are full time professionals, have exhibited with group and solo shows.

It is made up of five oil painters Paul Kelly, Norman Teeling, Henry McGrane, John Morris and David Nolan, with a few others joining soon. They are quite well know artists, selling in prestigious galleries like the Gorry Gallery on 20 Molesworth Street.

A member-based nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding the knowledge of oil painting. Through exhibitions, programs and eventually publications. The painting style varies from Realism’s to Impressionistic styles, with its emphasis on color and light, brushwork, and its spontaneous apprehension of nature. The Oil Painter’s of Ireland is dedicated to enriching the Irish culture through the promotion of the fine arts in the fields of oil painting. The Oil Painters of Ireland want to represents the very best of contemporary Irish oil painting. Our members are all leading contemporary Irish Artists producing fine original art. Most members will be represented on this site. You can find out about their work and lives and see some samples of their work.

The Oil Painters of Ireland website gives you the opportunity to view the work of many of the finest Irish artists working today in Ireland. Many artists have developed their distinctive approach, resulting styles ranged from the blocky brushstrokes of Impressionism too fine Realistic brush strokes. A new popularity of En Plein Air, in a range of styles, inspired by the same love of nature that touched our Irish predecessors.

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Dubliner Touts Teeling

The Dubliner Magazine Praises Artist

The Dubliner Review in The Dubliner written by Anne Iremonger for the Capital/Art section

“Norman Teeling takes us gently back into middle-class Edwardiana. His Interiors are lush, rich and romantic, full of nostalgia for the leisured life of wealthy suburbanites; all of which belies the fact that he was born in 1944. He is probably best known for his historic paintings of the 1916 Rising, on permanent display in the GPO. Here is the other side of that coin – the priviledged classes leading la dolce vita: afternoon tea on a sunlit lawn, parasols and bonnets, parlourmaids and gentility. Painting in traditional oils on canvas board, Teeling offers us warmth and sunlight, deep couches and comfy cushions and lushly-furnished interiors suffesed in firelight. Fine antique furniture rests under layers of polish and overstuffed upholstery promises comfort. In these paintings we find security and escapism from the harsh realities of life. The tranquility of the inter-war Edwardian period offers us respite from our own 21st century angst.”

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Norman Teeling Paints The Irish Landscape In Oils

The Artist's New Book

Norman Teeling Paints The Irish Landscape In Oils
Dust jacket - cover
Title: Norman Teeling Paints The Irish Landscape In Oils
Author: Norman Teeling
Description: Norman Teeling, one of Ireland's foremost En Plein Air artists, presents his exciting approach to painting landscapes in oils. Nine easy-to-follow, step-by-step, instructional demonstrations. Contains more than 200 full colour artworks. This inspirational book offers a wealth of information to help you develop your skills and enable you to exploit the traditional medium of oil paint in a fresh and exciting way. Preface by Sunny Apinchapong-Yang.
ISBN-10: 1-905989-01-6 or 1 905989 01 6
ISBN-13: 978-1-905989-01-0 or 978 1 905989 01 0
Bookland EAN: 9781905989010
Publisher: A Norman Teeling Publication
Design & Layout: Mark Nulty and Norman Teeling
Printing: Nicholson & Bass Ltd
Published Date: Copyright © 2006
Book Format: Hard Cover
Number of pages: 160
Dimensions: 29.4 cm x 22.0 cm

Step–By–Step Demonstrations

Each of nine separate demonstrations helps the reader visualise the steps they will take to create their own En Plein Air artworks.

Demonstration No. 5
'Doneen Haven'
Letterfrack Harbour

  1. Figure 1

    Step 1
    Map in the scene very roughly. Indicating the large areas i.e. sky hills and foreground. Think in an abstract way, looking for the bigger or simple relationships of value and colour. I used a rag to wipe out the water area.

  2. Figure 2
    Step 2

    Simply indicate the distant hills and loosely place in the boats and harbour. Foreground: Venetian Red, Boats Cadmium Red, Hills Viridian, sky mixture of Cerulean Blue and Raw Umber.

  3. Figure 3
    Step 3

    'mass in' the larger shapes using thick paint. Try to work all over the canvas by filling in the big 'slabs' of colour avoiding too much detail at this stage. I used Cadmium Violet for main hill and Cerulean Blue for water.

  4. Figure 4
    Step 4

    Model and work colours towards the edges of the shapes (i.e. harbour to boats.) Refine and continue to define by sharpening edges around boats and softening background (sky, hills, etc. use more saturated colour, contrast or detail in main area.

  5. Doneen Haven
    Doneen Haven
    Letterfrack Harbour, Galway, oil on board, 6" x 8"

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