gorry gallery71. ‘sheelin, sleeping’ (the painter’s daughter) 12 x 16 72. ‘the painter’s...
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Gorry Gallery
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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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
Illustratedbelow
8. Johnny, The Lighthouse Keeper
3. ‘Towards Lambay’ 63/4x10
Illustratedpage5
4. ‘Field, North Co. Dublin’ 63/4x10
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5. ‘Spring Afternoon, Ireland’s Eye’ 18x24
Illustratedpage2
2. The Guitarist, (Henry McCullough)
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6. ‘October Hillside’ 63/4x10
7. ‘Passing Clouds’ 7x10
Illustratedpage10
8. ‘Johnny, The Lighthouse Keeper’ 171/2x12
Illustratedpage12
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
Illustratedpage11
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
Illustratedpage13
22. ‘Apple Tree’ 12x81/2
Illustratedpage3
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
Illustratedpage14
28. ‘Study of Van Morrison’ 12x9
29. ‘The Three Pines, Early Autumn’ 17x8
30. ‘Afternoon Sun, White rocks’ 6x9
Illustratedbelow
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
Illustratedabove
34. ‘Autumn Landscape’ 6x8
35. ‘Twilight Over The Lough, Islandmagee, Co. Antrim’
15x11
Illustratedpage9
36. ‘Green Apples’ 8x113/4
30. Afternoon Sun, White rocks
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37. ‘Bedtime’ (The Painter’s Daughter) 18x12
Illustratedbelow
38. ‘Little Oranges’ 8x12
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38. Little Oranges
Gallery III (downstaIrs)
39. ‘Venetian Doorway’ 12x9
40. ‘Venetian Canal’ 12x9
Illustratedpage21
41. ‘Gilded Head From The Quadriga Basilica San Marco’
12x9
42. ‘A Lemon’ 9x9
43. ‘roy Gaston’ (Painter) 17x12
Illustratedpage17
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
Illustratedpage22
54. ‘Landscape Co. Antrim’ 9x6
55. Henry, “Still “Plucking The Silver Strings” 191/2x14
Illustratedpage24
56. ‘Carlingford Lough’ 6x9
57. ‘Sunrise’ 61/4x81/2
58. ‘White rocks, Co. Antrim’ 17x12
Illustratedpage19
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”