Sheila McClean, RUA, (13 August 1932 – 5 August 2016)
was an Irish painter, whose work was in the
impressionist
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style.
Life and work
Sheila McClean was originally from
Moville
Moville (; ) is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end.
Location
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,
County Donegal
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,
Ireland
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and attended
Thornhill College
Thornhill College is a Roman Catholic grammar school for girls. Located in Derry, Northern Ireland, it has a student population of approximately 1500 and a staff of 100 teachers.
History
The nucleus of the present Thornhill College commenced ...
in
Derry
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, Northern Ireland where she later lived. She painted the land and sea around her.
Derek Hill, a great admirer of her work, said, "Her paintings capture the Donegal we all feel in retrospect".
Joseph McWilliams, PPRUA, said, "Her landscapes are ''painted'' landscapes, her boglands are expressive marks of paint, on richly textured surfaces redolent of bog cotton and dank brown pools..... Her work reflects a deep understanding of both place and paint".
Commenting on her most recent one woman exhibition McClean stated:
"Painting for me is a necessary means of self-expression. My desire as a painter is to establish a relationship between intuitive imagery, and a spontaneous method of painting. I try to achieve this, through a combination of economic statements, which are personal rather than purely descriptive and keeping myself aware of the life and integrity of the paint itself."
"Paint is the image. Image is the paint"
Collections
* National Self Portrait Collection,
Limerick
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.
* Derek Hill Collection,
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...
.
* D.F.P (NI Civil Service).
*
UTV Collection,
Belfast
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.
* The Harverty Trust.
*
Social Democratic and Labour Party
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(SDLP) Offices, Belfast.
*
UNISON
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Definition
Unison or per ...
Collection, NI & UK.
Commissions
*
Stations of the Cross
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, St. Pious X Church,
Moville
Moville (; ) is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end.
Location
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, Co. Donegal.
* Belfast Calendar 1991
Further reading
*
* (Catalogue of exhibition which opened in the Glebe Gallery, Churchill; artists include Sheila McClean.
See also
*
List of painters
Lists of painters cover painters and are organized by name, nationality, gender, location, school and collection.
General
* List of painters by name
* Lists of painters by nationality
* ''Women Painters of the World'', 1905 book
By location ...
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List of Irish artists
This list of Irish artists includes notable visual artists born or working mainly in Ireland along with a list of critics, collectors and curators who have had an influence on Irish visual arts.
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* Kevin Abosch (born 1969) – artis ...
References
External links
Royal Ulster Academy of ArtsArticle on Recent Exhibition Belfast Telegraph (Subscription)
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1932 births
2016 deaths
Irish Impressionist painters
20th-century Irish painters
21st-century Irish painters
People from County Donegal
Irish women painters
20th-century Irish women artists
21st-century Irish women artists
Members of the Royal Ulster Academy