I have always wanted to express myself using paint rather than words.
When I reached fifty and with a certain amount of life's experience behind
me I started painting. I enrolled in a pilot Diploma Course on Art and
Culture run by the DIT on Sherkin Island for over four years. It gave me
new skills and confidence in my work. In 2002 I had my first exhibition at
the Glebe Gallery Baltimore and in 2003 I had a solo exhibition in London.
A collection of my paintings are for sale at the Gate Gallery Skibbereen,
which is behind Field's supermarket over the little bridge. They can also be
bought from their Web site: www.thegategallery.com
Art CV
John Desmond
Born: 1950, Cork, Ireland
2000 Started painting
2002 Diploma course, DIT and Sherkin Development Society
2002 First one man exhibition, Glebe, Baltimore
2003 One man exhibition, The Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
2005 One man exhibition, Cuddy, Midleton Co Cork
2008 One man exhibition, Miriam Bailey Gallery, Bandon, Co Cork
Galleries
Kent Gallery Kinsale
Pale Dog Gallery, Schull
Private Collector Gallery, Innishannon
Gate Gallery, Skibbereen
Gate Gallery, Kenmare
Kenny's Gallery, Lahinch
Art Ireland
Dublin, RDS 2006, 2007
Cork, 2008
Corporate Client
Donegans Solicitors, Cork
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