Richness of colour with Courthouse Gallery show

THE upcoming exhibition exhibition Collins.Harper.Lane at the Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, will allow lovers of art to indulge in a richness of colour and presence over the coming weeks.
Artists John Collins, Charles Harper and John Lane are about to present a selection of brand-new works for the very first time to the public in the exhibition which runs from October 16 to November 11.
Travelling from America’s east coast to officially open proceedings is New York artist Doris Staal. She has spent almost every summer sketching and painting along the Irish western coastline and is delighted to return in this official capacity to open the show.
She a lecturer at the National Academy and School of Fine Arts, New York City which is situated across the road from The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue. She has worked with high-profile artists from the New York scene over the years including Robert Mejer, Robert DiNiro Snr and Hans Hoffman. 
All three contributing artists will also be in attendance at the opening, giving visitors a chance to meet the artists and talk about their work.
John Collins is a Limerick artist whose works are instantly recognisable as his composition continues to be dominated chiefly by red and white settings.
There is a poetic outlook yet a dark approach to his work which becomes immediately obvious with his representative colour and structure. Primarily a self-taught artist, he also studied art at the Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD) and his works are part of private collections in Ireland, England, France and the United States.
Charles Harper is the retired head of Fine Art at LSAD and, while lecturing at the Limerick campus, was a founding member of Aosdána.
He was the initiating dynamism behind ev+a, Limerick‘s annual international arts exhibition, and is a council member of the Royal Hibernian academy and a member of Limerick Printmakers.
Harper has contributed to private and public collections both nationally and internationally. Most recently, he had a One-Man Show at Wexford Vocational College and Gormley Fine Art Gallery in Dublin and Belfast. Group shows include  RHA, Iontas prize winners Show in 2004 and the Amnesty show in Dublin.
John Lane is a local artist, born and raised in Ennis. After studying art in Limerick and Sligo, John ended up homeless for a short spell, coming out of this stronger and more positive he began this new series of work, delving into his soul and the souls of those who view his paintings.
The exhibition is open to all and will be officially opened at 5pm this Saturday.
The Courthouse Gallery opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 12 to 5pm until the end of October and from 12 to 4pm from November to May.