Patrick John Walshe (born November 1952) is an Irish painter.
Life
Walshe was born in
Ennis
Ennis () is the county town of County Clare, in the mid-west of Ireland. The town lies on the River Fergus, north of where the river widens and enters the Shannon Estuary. Ennis is the largest town in County Clare, with a population of 25,27 ...
in the West of Ireland, Walshe was educated at the Benedictine Abbey of
Glenstal from 1964 to 1970. He then attended
Trinity College, Dublin
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, 1970-74 where he studied for an Honours degree in business. He was president of the Art Soc from 1971 to 1974. He had his first exhibition at the Tom Caldwell Gallery on Baggot Street, Dublin with fellow artist Tim Booth, late of
Dr. Strangely Strange in 1976.
In 1982 he moved to New York and lived in a loft in Brooklyn and while working as a chef at the Water Club he was part of the East Village art scene of the time, exhibiting at the Beuhlahland Gallery, on Avenue A, owned by Susan Hannaford-Rose, in 1984. From there Walshe moved to Los Angeles in 1986, again working as a chef to support his painting. He exhibited widely, with Renata Beuhler in North Wells Street in Chicago 91989 and 1990)and numerous Los Angeles galleries (John Thomas, Wilshire Tower Gallery and Fullerton County Museum).
In 1992 Walshe left the U.S. and spent two years travelling and painting across Asia and Africa before settling back in Ireland with his family. He now lives and paints in County Wicklow and exhibits regularly in both Britain and Ireland. He is in many collections throughout the world, but because of his early restlessness he remains somewhat of an outsider in the art world.
Recent work
Since 2004, Walshe has developed a technique of painting on canvas overlaid with silver leaf in order to give a three-dimensional quality to his images. He has exhibited these paintings in
Russborough House, courtesy of the Sir
Alfred Beit
Alfred Beit (15 February 1853 – 16 July 1906) was a Anglo-German gold and diamond magnate in South Africa, and a major donor and profiteer of infrastructure development on the African continent. He also donated much money to university edu ...
Foundation in 2009 and 2010, The Orangery, Holland Park, London 2010 and most importantly in
Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin in April 2012. Exhibition at Art Hub, Abu Dhabi, June 2010. www.arthub.ae
References
*Gallery and Studio, New York. August 2007, author Marie Pagano.
*''Image Magazine'' (Ireland) April 2012. author Melanie Morris (editor)
*''The Sunday Business Post'' (Ireland) 22 April 2012. Tony O'Shea.
*''New York Arts Magazine'', ArtMine.com Spring 2007. author Angela Di Bello.
*''Chicago Sun Times'', October 1990, author Gordon Ligock.
*''The Irish Times'', "A Moveable Feast of Art" 28 April 2012. author James Gibbons.
External links
Patrick Walshe's websiteThe Artists Blue BookIrish Artists CompendiumWorld Art DirectoryVisual Artists Ireland DirectorySaatchi online GalleryArt Auction results
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1952 births
Living people
20th-century Irish painters
21st-century Irish painters
Irish male painters
Ennis
20th-century Irish male artists