Eoin Lane

Liam Jones was born in Ballina, Co. Mayo. The wild beauty of the surrounding countryside was a powerful catalyst in moving him into the world of landscape painting. He travelled widely, but he was continually drawn back to this country and to the West of Ireland in particular. He held his first one-man exhibition in Dublin over thirty years ago. Since then he has been recording, in a personal way, the ever-changing moods and light of the West. There is a wonderful sense of space in these paintings, a tranquillity where nothing is hurried. These landscapes have a timeless quality and are beautifully illuminated by the sun peeking through moving clouds, creating dramatic skies.. Liam himself says of this work: "No poet, no painter can ever fully capture all that is contained in the landscape. In fleeting moments when our pride takes a grip we feel we have it, we've got it, but then the landscape merely changes and invites us further in. The landscape surely is a reflection of the divine. It is eternal."

Trisha Slowey is an Irish artist based in County Mayo, in the west of Ireland. A graduate of The National College of Art and Design, she specialises in oil paintings and all of her paintings are one off originals. Trisha would describe her style as realist and her attention to detail has become her trademark. Her inspiration for her paintings is derived mainly from her beautiful natural surroundings in the north west of Ireland. She also has a great passion for portraits.