Leah Beggs exhibition catalogue V6

LEAH BEGGS
‘WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE’

Tara Murphy
requests the pleasure of your company
at the private view of
‘WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE’
New paintings by
LEAH BEGGS
to be opened on
Thursday 9th October 2014
from 6pm to 8pm
at Solomon Fine Art, Balfe Street, Dublin 2
For further details please telephone +353 (0)86 8142380
or email info@solomonfineart.ie
THIS EXHIBITION CONTINUES UNTIL SATURDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2014
OPENING HOURS: Tuesday to Friday 10am - 5.30pm/Saturday 11am - 4pm
This exhibition may be viewed prior to the opening by appointment or online at www.solomonfineart.ie
Front cover: BLOW-IN, oil on canvas, 50cm x 50cm

BEACH DAY - AILLEBRACH
oil on board
30 cm x 30 cm
BEACH DAY - GLASSILAUN
oil on board
30 cm x 30 cm
BEACH DAY - BALLYCONNEELY
oil on board
30 cm x 30 cm
BEACH DAY - LETTERGESH
oil on board
30 cm x 30 cm
RACING CLOUDS
oil on canvas
90 cm x 90 cm

BOLT FROM THE BLUE
oil on canvas
40 cm x 40 cm
SPRING COMES, SUMMER WAITS
oil on canvas
40 cm x 40 cm
DOWNPOUR
oil on canvas
80 cm x 80 cm

A CORRIB EVENING
oil on canvas
40 cm x 40 cm
DELUGE
oil on canvas
40 cm x 40 cm
BEACH BREEZE
oil on canvas
80 cm x 80 cm

CLEARING
oil on canvas
25 cm x 30 cm
BILLOWING
oil on canvas
25 cm x 30 cm
FACING WEST
oil on canvas
90 cm x 90 cm

PIER
oil on canvas
25 cm x 25 cm
SEASPRAY II
oil on canvas
25 cm x 25 cm
SEASPRAY
oil on canvas
25 cm x 25 cm
TIDAL
oil on canvas
25 cm x 25 cm
DOG’S BAY
oil on canvas
90 cm x 90 cm

LEAH BEGGS
Leah’s paintings are very much influenced by her surroundings. Working with oils on canvas, board or paper,
and responding to visual and atmospheric elements around her, she uses paint in a sketching and layering
process to capture the essence of the landscape of Connemara where she lives.
Her appreciation of this environment speaks to the viewer through her paintings. Her work invokes a sense
of space and stillness in the viewer. The abstract quality of her paintings invites a closer look and reflects a
landscape that changes daily with the elements. Looking at Leah’s paintings, the viewer can almost feel the
power of that landscape, and be momentarily lost in it. The resulting work is meditative for both artist and
observer.
This latest body of work returns to her roots of working on a larger scale, allowing for greater
understanding of the nature of her work, and an appreciation for the detail within each layer
of paintwork.
Leah graduated from Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design (now IADT) in 1996 with a diploma in Fine
Art. Originally from Dublin, she currently lives and works in Connemara, Co. Galway.
Her work forms part of various collections in Ireland including Savills Ireland, DLR County Council, Garda
HQ, Office of the Revenue Commissioners, An Bord Pleanála, Microsoft Irish Art Collection, Charleville
Hotel Rathmines and The Stephen’s Hall, Hotel Leeson Street. Leah was commissioned by the Office of
Public Works to develop ten specific pieces which hang in the National Concert Hall and the Department
of the Taoiseach respectively.
She was awarded an Individual Artist Bursary from Galway County Council in 2011 & 2013.
Recent solo exhibitions include The Market Place Arts Centre Armagh (Jan 2013), The Kenny Gallery
Galway (Feb 2009), The Linenhall Arts Centre Castlebar (May 2009) and The Signal Arts Centre Bray
(Sept 2009). Selected group shows include RUA Belfast (Sept 2008), ‘Ealaíon at Lúnasa’ Group show
directed by Galway City Museum, Galway Arts Centre and Galway University Hospitals Arts Trust (Aug
2009), CCA:RDS Dublin, curated by Helen Carey (Nov 2010) and ‘Not the Royal Academy’, Llewellyn
Alexander Gallery in London (Summer 2013 & 2014). This is her first solo exhibition with Solomon Fine Art.

WATER’S EDGE, oil on canvas, 25cm x 25 cm
LEAH BEGGS
‘WHEREVER YOU GO, THERE YOU ARE’
9 October - 1 November 2014
SOLOMON FINE ART
Balfe Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
telephone +353 (0)86 8142380
www.solomonfineart.ie