Chris O'Brien Shanahan

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winter solstice 2007
nullarbor, acrylic on canvas, 2008
fenor bog weave

Chris O’Brien Shanahan has been creating art works using a variety of media since graduating from art college in 1985. Our natural environment is an integral element in the work with themes of place and time recurring

landscape : habitat earth : sky contours : line light : colour
 
  • Landscapes record the passage of time, the presence of man
  • Walls mark boundaries and common ground
  • Horizon: a boundary between the seen and unseen; real and imagined;
abstract landscape... echoes of memories...
visual reminders of nature's colours ...
... visual journal of places visited ... journeys made

Currently: just finishing up landscaping work in the garden, planning to start work on new work shortly. Joined GIY Ireland and enjoying coming to terms with five bed rotation :-)

Recent Collaboration: April 12 2010: 20 slides from Australia Zoo, 2006, to accompany sound piece Rain Forest Aviary by miXile - ignite 4 'science, technology, art and society,' Science Gallery Dublin with Trinity Week and Long Room

Recent Exhibition: "Punchinello" - (SprÓg 2009) Artworks by Phillip Cullen, Gabriella Eviston, Ben Hennessy, Joe Moran and Chris O'Brien Shanahan. Garter Lane Arts Centre, August 2009.

To purchase any of the artwork shown in the Gallery please contact Chris directly.
The limited edition photographic prints are available in a range of sizes, framed and unframed.

  winter solstice, photo 2007 | dreaming under the willow 1.3,
acrylic on canvas, 2007 | fenor bog weave, oil on canvas, 2008
  © Chris O'Brien Shanahan 2006- 2010, all images, paintings, photographs © Christine O'Brien Shanahan