‘The Hills Are Alive’

Renowned artist, Deborah Donnelly, to showcase new work at Galway exhibition

'The Hills Are Alive' is an exciting first showing of new work by Deborah Donnelly. The exhibition will take place in the Radisson on October 24^th and 25^th with special preview Friday 23^rd. Deborah became renowned as 'the cow painter' with her 2007 exhibition which featured colourful, endearing cow faces. Deborah's new work contains beautiful landscapes with bold colours and brush stokes that define her work. The romantic, dreamy, energetic energy of her landscapes reflects how it is important for her to capture the feeling, the fleeting moment, rather than the meticulous, clinical detail.

Deborah comments "All artists have some subjects that excite them more then others, and the cows became one of those obsessive subjects. I have an over active imagination, when I see a beautiful landscape I will think about it for days and days until I paint it , only then is it set free.

My favourite quote is from the first film I ever saw The Jungle Book 'If you're gonna be blue….be bright blue".

Deborah hits the canvas with irregular touches of the brush which she leaves as they are patches of thickly laid-on colour. She always attempts to create a sense of movement, a flickering light, the freshness of an immediate impression.

Deborah's work features in the private collections of Pat Kenny, Louis Walsh, Gary Rhodes, Grainne Seoige and Terry Bradley to name but a few. She has held exhibitions throughout the world from New York to Marbella to London. This is one special exhibition not to be missed.

The Exhibition is open to all Saturday 24^th and Sunday 25^th October Bank Holiday Weekend from 11am to 7pm in the Radisson Blu Hotel The Burren Suite, 4th Floor. For more information see http://www.thebadartgallery.ie/
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Deborah Donnelly
Deborah painted her first cow nine years ago in America when she was working on a ship bringing cattle over to Hawaii. At first she was frightened by there monstrosity but it didn't take long for her to learn how beautiful and docile they were. Since that day it was love at first sight and the original cow painter was born!
Shortly afterwards Deborah got her first major show in 'The Whistler House Museum' in Boston, and from then on Deborah has been going from strength to strength, showing her work in many European galleries and private collections.
Deborah Donnelly's paintings are mostly studies of objects or living things. The subject of her paintings are varied and so far have included cows, cakes, hens, pink houses, landscapes and circus tents to name but a few. Her brush strokes are heavily laden. She hits the canvas with irregular touches of the brush which she leaves as they are patches of thickly laid-on colour. She always attempts to create a sense of movement, a flickering light, the freshness of an immediate impression. It is important for her to capture the feeling, the fleeting moment, rather than the meticulous, clinical detail. The work owes debt to French painting of the turn of the 20th Century, and maybe even a little Van Gogh, but also carries a lot of Donnelly's more adventurous style.
"I love painting animals and landscapes. I can almost smell the country air when I paint a field. Or the whiff of a pig has to make you smile!"