Paraic Leahy

There is an absurd logic to the paintings of Paraic Leahy, a sort of magic realism that deviates from the familiar. The mutations present in these portraits are implausible and outlandish yet obedient to certain mathematical principles we might call unifying laws. Biography Paraic Leahy (Born 1985) Lives and works in Limerick City, Ireland. Graduating from Limerick School of Art and Design in 2008. He had solo exhibitions at Nag Gallery, Dublin (2014) and Ormston House Gallery, Limerick, Ireland, (2013). He is also the recipient of a number of awards including the Ucross Foundation Fellowship Award, Wyoming, U.S.A (2011); North Tipperary Artist Support Scheme (2011,2012,2013 & 2014); Shortlisted for Modessqe 1st International Painting Award (2013); Claremorris Open Exhibition award, selected by Lisa Le Feuvre (2010); Tyrone Gutherie Centre Bursary Award (2010).

Disguises of Appearing
Watercolour on Paper
28 x 30.4cm
2017
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Mastering their unfolding
Watercolour on Paper
28 x 30.4cm
2017
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The nothing of the Void
Watercolour on Paper
28 x 30.4cm
2017
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Colour before ones eyes
Watercolour on Paper,
36 x 27cm
2014
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The Return to Barbarism
Watercolour on Paper,
36 x 27cm
2014
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Muscular Maiden
Watercolour on Paper
29 x 21cm
2014
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John from the Honourable Gentleman Series
Watercolour on Paper,
36 x 27cm
2013
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Jack from the Honourable Gentleman Series
Watercolour on Paper,
36 x 27cm
2013
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Cerastium tomentosum, snow in the summer
Watercolour on coloured paper
29 x 21cm
2014
£400
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