“Maybe” a new exhibition by Pat Harris at TaylorGalleries comprises haunting paintings of longing and uncertainty. Read more from the artist:
I am essentially a figurative painter. My paintings contain figurative motifs: flowers, landscape, the coastline of North Mayo. I need to reference something outside myself in order to explore the possibilities of paint. The language of paint and its ability to convey emotion, space, light, and all that that contains, is something that never ceases to engage me.
I met my wife and fellow artist Linda Ruttelynck in Antwerp. That was in 1981 and we decided to set up home in Antwerp. Later I was appointed professor of painting at the Academy in Antwerp and so our lives, home and studios were there. However, there was a longing to spend more time in Ireland. This came about through fellowships from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Co Mayo.
I chose the title “Maybe” because I found it the most apt word to describe the sense of longing and uncertainty that I, and many people, felt during the various lockdowns. It became increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to visit places and loved ones and they seemed to be slowly becoming vague and distant memories. I painted flower motifs, sunsets and rainbows, not as sort of escapism, rather as motifs of longing and time.
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