Drennan exhibition at the County Museum

AN exhibition of paintings by acclaimed Clare artist Doreen Drennan was recently launched at the County Museum in Ennis.
Doreen is a traditional-style artist specialising in landscapes, seascapes and gardens. She has been living and painting in Lisdoonvarna for almost 25 years.
She studied at the National College of Art in Dublin and was tutored under the direction of the late Henry Healy RHA. Having studied with a strong restricted palette, she then progressed to develop her own technique when she moved to Clare, where she was influenced by the atmospheric skies, the moody landscapes and the wild Atlantic. Her preferred medium is oil on canvas and the palette knife features strongly in her paintings.
Doreen draws her inspiration from the magnificent scenery which abounds all around her locality from the Cliffs of Moher to the fishing village of Doolin, the uniqueness of the Burren to the boats at Kinvara and on up to the wild exotic beauty of Achill Island where she was born. Her painting technique has been described as loose and fluid, using brush and knife to create the shapes and images, and her palette carefully chosen and mixed to portray the fleeting light and the misty and often dramatic colours of the West of Ireland.
Her work has been selected for many private and corporate collections from Connemara to Chicago and Japan and can be found in many top galleries in Ireland. Her studio in Lisdoonvarna is open to visitors and because of the romantic element in many of her paintings, her work is much sought after for weddings and anniversaries.
Doreen had one of her paintings used as front cover of Maeve Binchy’s book entitled A week in Summer in 2007.
She also holds and honours diploma in interior design from the Connacht College of Design. The exhibition in the foyer of the County Museum will continue until the end of the month.