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Evening Light - oil on canvas nov 2011
Chris O'Brien Shanahan Farranshooneen Park
Bealtaine - Daughter cobs
winter solstice 2007

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December 2011: Beautiful Future - GROUP exhibition at Hive Artists Studios, Waterford with Katie Kavanagh, Roisin McArdle, Lou O'Neill/BS, Mary-Clare Lyons, Sarah Manson, Jenny Spain, Sarah Quigley, Mary McGrath, Chris O'Brien Shanahan, Gillian Fitzpatrick, Andrew Brown, Joan Kwirk, Aishling Conroy, Jaeyeol Han, John Cullinane, Stephen Nolan, Noilin O'Kelly, Michelle Kiely, Ann Marie Brett-Jennings, Tamsin Bending, Mary Galvin, Dominic Corrigan, Ann Brennan, Ann-Marie Webb, Kary Mullally, Shelly McDonnell and John Costello.


Chris O'Brien Shanahan has been creating visual art works since graduating from art college in 1985. The work is inspired by our natural environment and changing seasons.

Facilitated workshops, installation and collaborative work reflect the ethos of the 'slow movement' - supporting and valuing local cultural and natural heritage, and exploring new ways of promoting its sustainable development.


Recent GROUP Exhibitions :

November 2011 : WITHIN + WITHOUT Coastguard Arts Centre, Tramore, Co Waterford more ->
AUGUST 2011: Hive Artists Studios, Waterford : Three 'Weave' montages selected more ->

Recent COLLABORATIONS :

WATERFORD CULTURE NIGHT 2011
Art Stroll on Michael Street - 5-9pm Work from 'Boundary Lines' selected for House of Vintage.
Also at 7.30 at Greyfriars' Municipal Art Gallery, Waterford - READING THE LANDSCAPE: An exploration of the creative process through works from the Municipal Collection more info ->

Recent SOLO Exhibition :

Boundary Lines at Solstice... Waterford Museum of Treasures opened by Mr. Ray McGrath. The collection included oil paintings and collages sharing a common theme of boundary lines. more info ->

landscape : habitat earth : sky contours : line light : colour
  • Landscapes record the passage of time, the presence of man
  • Hedgerows 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
  Evening Light, oil on canvas, 2011 | Farranshoneen Park, oil on canvas, 2010 | bealtaine : daughter, oil on canvas, 2010 | winter solstice, photographic print, '07
  © Chris O'Brien Shanahan 2006- 2012, all images, paintings, photographs © Christine O'Brien Shanahan