Category Archives: Ireland

Residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation, County Mayo, Ireland – July 2012

North 01 • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 6″ x 6.5″

I spent a month in Ireland this summer, returning to The Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, County Mayo for a month of painting. The first trip was amazing, but it was great heading to Ireland this time with a better sense of what was waiting for me there, in terms of possibilities for painting, and a sense I wanted to accomplish. I still worked fairly small on many of these, but plan to use these to develop some larger work as well.

North 02 • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 5.75″ x 6.5″

 

North 04 • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 6″ x 6.5″

 

Pasture Wall • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 20″ x 13″

 

Tree Line • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 20″ x 6.25″

 

 

Atlantic Storm 01 • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 9″ x 9″

Lead • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 9″ x 9″

Last Light • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 9″ x 9″

Fading Light • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 9″ x 9″

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Wave • Joe Forkan 2012, oil on ragcote paper, 11.75? x 13.5?

 

This Land, This Sea – Etherton Gallery – SHOW EXTENDED until June 9th.

I’m pleased to announce that This Land, This Sea, a three person exhibition of paintings and photography opens this week at Etherton Gallery, in Tucson, AZ. The paintings will be on view from March 20th – May 26, 2012.

The exhibit will include paintings by Nancy Tokar Miller and photography by Lisa M. Robinson. I am exhibiting paintings made during my residency at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland in the summer of 2010.

An opening reception is scheduled for this coming Saturday, March 24 from 7 pm to 10 pm at the gallery.

More information on the exhibit at Etherton Gallery can be found here.

More information about the paintings can be found on my blog here.

SKYLINES • Upcoming Exhibition w/ Crystal Yachin Lee @ Bunny Gunner Gallery

An exhibition of recent paintings by Joe Forkan and photography by Crystal Yachin Lee opens this Saturday at Bunny Gunner Gallery in Pomona, CA.