‘Afternoon: 28.02.2021, oil stick on canvas, 168cms by 168cms

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Hi Landscape; seasons, change and process.

This is a collection of drawings; some in watercolour, some in coloured pencil and some in coloured oil stick, made outdoors in a familiar place over different seasons and weathers by Marc Reilly.

They are completed in place and depend on change: light, movement, on birdsong, on wind, rain, snow, on a passing horse, on conversation and on chance.

The drawings are an excuse to stand on the edge of a river or sit under a tree or in a field and be in the midst of something.

Marc Reilly was born in Dublin in 1956. He studied at the National College of Art and Design and graduated in 1979 with a Diploma in Painting. He was a member of the Visual Arts Centre, Dublin as well as the Temple Bar Galleries and Studios, Independent Studio Artists, Dublin and held a one-year studio residency at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.

He is currently a member of the Graphic Print Studio Dublin and lectures part time, in NCAD.

In 2005 Marc completed a M.A. in Glass Design at the National College of Art & Design.

Marc's work practice varies from loose watercolours and oil studies, to large expansive colourfield work on canvas and all the work originates from the same source which is Marc's relationship with and observations of nature and place.

He lives in Co. Wicklow, by the Avonmore river and all the work in this show originates from there.