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KennyMcKendry

You are invited to the private viewof this exhibition

onWednesday 6th December 2006

Wine 6 o’clock

This exhibition can be viewed prior to the opening by appointment and at

www.gorrygallery.ieKindly note that all paintings in this exhibition are for sale from 6.00 p.m.

1. Cover – ‘Self Portrait’

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49. NearDrogheda

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RECENT PAINTINGS

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Kenny McKendry

6th December – 16th December 2006

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5. Spring Afternoon, Ireland’s Eye

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22. Apple Tree

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Introduction

I t is with much pleasure that I present this exhibition of the work of Kenny McKendry, a painter from Northern Ireland exhibiting in the Republic for the first time.

Kenny studied at the University of Ulster and later at the University of Brighton, graduating with a degree in illustration. He worked for many years with one of the UK’s oldest and respected illustrators agents ‘Artists’s Partners’ and the discipline and skill honed there is reflected in his painting technique today.

Living now in County Antrim he exhibits regularly at the Royal Ulster Academy and has recently been nominated as the ‘Painter of the Month’ by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Although his paintings are generally modest in scale they are freely painted with much style and bravura. Like Paul Kelly, he prefers to paint on panel rather than canvas where he can exploit the buttery medium of oil paint on a rigid surface displaying every brushstroke and nuance exactly as the brush delivers.

He possesses a strong sense of colour yet his landscapes are lyrical and sensitive. His portraits are informal portrayals of his sitters which in this exhibition include family and friends, fellow painters, musicians, a poet, a photographer and a lighthouse keeper.

A measure of Kenny’s modesty is his preference of being described as a painter rather than an artist—a description which he says must be earned, and by the few.

I would like to thank Elaine Somers whose keen eye identified Kenny as a painter of quality, exceptional I believe, and it was through her that I first encountered his work.

Finally, I hope you enjoy this exhibition as much as I have in its preparation.

James Gorry

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3. Towards Lambay

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Chronology1964 16thMarch,BornInBelfast1982-83 UniversityofBelfast1983-86 UniversityofBrighton,GraduatedwithaDegreeinIllustration

Group Exhibitions1986 SohoGallery,London CentrePoint,London1993 RoyalUlster,Academy,Belfast1999 ‘EndofanEra’,ElaineSomers2000 ‘SummerShow’ElaineSomers TheAldrichCollection’,Brighton ‘ChristmasShow’ElaineSomers2001 RoyalUlsterAcademy,Belfast ‘InterpretationsofIrishLandscape’ElaineSomers ‘ChristmasExhibition’,ElaineSomers2002 ‘SideBySide’,ElaineSomers ‘PeopleandPlaces’,ElaineSomers2003 ‘ASomersEvening’ElaineSomers MallGallery,London RoyalUlsterAcademy,Belfast2005 RoyalUlsterAcademy,Belfast2006 RoyalUlsterAcademy,Belfast

Solo Exhibitions2001 ‘ObservationsInColourAndLight’,ElaineSomersGallery

Selected Commissions1991 JohnSteinbeck,‘CanneryRow’(MandarinBooks) JohnSteinbeck,‘OfMiceAndMen’(MandarinBooks) JohnSteinbeck,‘LogFromSeaofCortez’(MandarinBooks) SimonNye,‘MenBehavingBadly’(PenguinBooks)1992 MordeciaRichler,‘ApprenticeshipofDuddyKravitz’(PenguinBooks)1994 LouisaM.Alcott,‘LittleWomen’(PenguinBooks)1995 EmmaTennant,‘Pemberley’(SceptreBooks)1999 PortraitofProf.GeoffreyHallC.B.E.2000 PortraitofProf.JohnVernonLord2002 Portraitof‘Galileo’,CoolmoreStud2005 PortraitofSirDavidWatson2006 PortraitofSirMichaelCheckland

Collections DepartmentofEnvironmentofN.Ireland ArtsCouncilofN.Ireland LagansideHighCourt,Belfast UniversityofBrighton TheAldrichCollection,Brighton PrivateCollections

Kennyisavailabletoundertakeportraitcommissions

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17. In My Studio

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50. Sunset, Donabate

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35. Twilight Over The Lough, Islandmagee, Co.Antrim

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7. Passing Clouds

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18. Henry McCullough

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CatalogueMeasurementsininches,heightprecedeswidth.Allpaintingsaresigned.Oilonboardunlessotherwisestated.

GALLEry I1. ‘Self Portrait’ 12x81/2

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2. ‘The Guitarist’ (Henry McCullough) 16x113/4

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8. Johnny, The Lighthouse Keeper

3. ‘Towards Lambay’ 63/4x10

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4. ‘Field, North Co. Dublin’ 63/4x10

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5. ‘Spring Afternoon, Ireland’s Eye’ 18x24

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2. The Guitarist, (Henry McCullough)

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6. ‘October Hillside’ 63/4x10

7. ‘Passing Clouds’ 7x10

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8. ‘Johnny, The Lighthouse Keeper’ 171/2x12

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9. ‘James McKendry’ (Painter) 161/2x12

Illustratedbelow 21. Where The river Bush Meets the Sea, North Antrim

10. ‘Little Blue Bottle’ 6x4

11. ‘Primulas’ 6x4

12. ‘yellow rose’ 6x4

13. ‘Horse and Cart, Dublin’ 313/4x42

14. ‘Daisies’ 6x4

15. ‘Poppies’ 6x4

16. ‘Wild roses’ 6x4

17. ‘In My Studio’ 36x24

Illustratedpage79. James McKendry (Painter)

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18. ‘Henry McCullough’ 30x22

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19. ‘The Photographer’ (Dermot) 12x81/2

20. ‘New years Day, Killinchy, Co. Down’ 121/2x83/4

27. An Irish Exile

21. ‘Where the river Bush Meets The Sea, North Antrim’

17x24

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22. ‘Apple Tree’ 12x81/2

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23. ‘The Poet’ (Pip) 12x81/2

Illustratedleft23. The Poet (Pip)

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Gallery II24. ‘Katie, the Painter’s Daughter’ 18x24

25. ‘Bap Kennedy, sound check, Belfast’ 171/2x12

26. ‘Liz O’Hara’ 201/4x17

27. ‘An Irish Exile’ 30x21

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28. ‘Study of Van Morrison’ 12x9

29. ‘The Three Pines, Early Autumn’ 17x8

30. ‘Afternoon Sun, White rocks’ 6x9

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33. The Minnowburn river, Co. Antrim

31. ‘Evening Glow, By The Lakes, Enniskillen’ 7x10

32. ‘Six Mile Water, Antrim’ 15x24

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33. ‘The Minnowburn river, Co. Antrim’ 6x8

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34. ‘Autumn Landscape’ 6x8

35. ‘Twilight Over The Lough, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim’

15x11

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36. ‘Green Apples’ 8x113/4

30. Afternoon Sun, White rocks

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37. ‘Bedtime’ (The Painter’s Daughter) 18x12

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38. ‘Little Oranges’ 8x12

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38. Little Oranges

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39. ‘Venetian Doorway’ 12x9

40. ‘Venetian Canal’ 12x9

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41. ‘Gilded Head From The Quadriga Basilica San Marco’

12x9

42. ‘A Lemon’ 9x9

43. ‘roy Gaston’ (Painter) 17x12

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44. ‘Whitehead, Co. Antrim’ 14x7

Illustratedpage1737. Bedtime (The Painter’s Daughter)

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45. ‘Soft rain, Lough Gartan, Donegal’ 18x12

46. ‘Winter Landscape’ 8x6

47. ‘The Strand, Ardara, Donegal’ 7x10

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48. ‘Light After rain, Connemara’ 8x12

49. ‘Near Drogheda’ 121/4x16

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44. ‘Whitehead, Co. Antrim’

50. ‘Sunset, Donabate’ 12x16

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51. ‘The Tree Pines, Winter’ 13x18

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52. ‘Country Lane, Spring’ 9x12

43. roy Gaston (Painter)

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66. ‘The Museum receptionist’ 163/4x12

67. ‘Donegal Landscape’ 7x10

68. ‘Flooded Field and Bonfire’ 12x18

69. ‘Near Dunfanaghy, Donegal’ 7x93/4

70. ‘Evening’ 51/2x81/2

71. ‘Sheelin, Sleeping’ (The Painter’s Daughter) 12x16

72. ‘The Painter’s Father’ (John) 12x9

73. ‘In The Firelight’ 30x24

53. ‘November Evening’ 8x11

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54. ‘Landscape Co. Antrim’ 9x6

55. Henry, “Still “Plucking The Silver Strings” 191/2x14

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56. ‘Carlingford Lough’ 6x9

57. ‘Sunrise’ 61/4x81/2

58. ‘White rocks, Co. Antrim’ 17x12

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59. ‘Port Ballintrae’ 9x12

60. ‘red Currants’ 61/2x81/2

61. ‘Lagan Banks’ 81/4x12

62. ‘Cottage Interior’ 18x24

63. ‘Hot Afternoon, Lido Di Jesolo’ 9x12

64. ‘Interior, John Hewitt Bar, Belfast’ 161/2x12

65. ‘Michael’s Horse, Dublin’ 32x44 47. The Strand, Ardara, Donegal

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58. White rocks, Co. Antrim

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51. The Three Pines, Winter

32. Six Mile Water, Antrim

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40. Venetian Canal

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53. November Evening

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4. Field, North Co. Dublin

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55. Henry, “Still Plucking The Silver Strings”