€280
Star Lot: A fabulous original acrylic on canvas board painting titled "Working with Slesh Hook West of Ireland" by the artist John Francis Skelton. Depicts a peasant woman crouched over harvesting with her slash hook, transporting it in her large heavy wicker basket on her back. Rendered in cool stark tones of off whites, browns and deeps blues. Signed bottom right and housed in a silver toned frame. Skelton has a very strong auction history, with his work fetching €2300 at Whyte's.
MM: 50 x 59 cm in frame
John Francis Skelton was influenced at an early age by his father the renowned Irish artist John Skelton. He started painting at the age of eight and upon leaving school, studied at the National College of Art and Design, graduating with an honours Diploma in Fine Arts in 1976. He then travelled to Europe and Africa studying both their painting and culture, thus broadening his knowledge of art. Upon returning to Ireland, John Francis Skelton took a teaching position at the People’s College, Dun Laoghaire. He has also worked as a book illustrator and in his spare time became the Leinster Fencing Champion. His paintings have been accepted by the Hibernian Academy and are in many private collections around the world.
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