Sean Scully, who is among the most acclaimed Irish painters working today, turned 80 in June. Since his early years at Croydon College of Art, on the southern edge of London, the artist has produced a ...

There has been no end to the problems plaguing Irish painter Kevin Sharkey. The once internationally celebrated artist has in recent months survived hardship and homelessness in Dublin. But now, ...

DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - An American-born artist's nude portraits of elderly Irish people has fueled a debate over age, modesty and changing values in a society recovering from the rise and sudden ...

When painter Nicole Charbonnet acquired her Irish Channel studio -- which serves both as her workspace and her home -- it had already fallen prey to the insults of time and the aftermath of Hurricane ...

PORT ANGELES — The true story of the Irish artist and the Port Angeles poet began some 45 years ago, when the poet ran away from home. Tess Gallagher, heartsick about her country’s involvement in ...

“You have to paint pretty fast when you’re painting outdoors, or you’re going to lose all your light,” said Austin Dwyer. In September 2003, Dwyer and several colleagues in the Puget Sound Group of ...

In an artist statement prepared for her current exhibition, Irish painter Molly Judd speaks of her interest in “storytelling through compositional works.” And she does it masterfully, seamlessly ...

An Antiques Roadshow guest was left speechless over the value of a print by a Northern Irish painter. A recent episode of the popular BBC show was filmed at Shuttleworth House in Bedfordshire, where ...