€2,200
Star lot : A very large and impressive original oil on linen canvas painting titled "Summer Lily Bed" by the well known listed artist Vera Gaffney. Features an all over abstract composition of highly saturated dynamic forms blossoming throughout the work. Rendered in a variety of thick, dotted and sweeping brushstrokes creating dimension in the piece and enhancing the diversity of form displayed in the abstracted depiction of lily flowers. A bold and bright palette catches the eye with tones of magentas, golds, sky blues and lush greens. Signed bottom right and housed in a high quality white wooden frame. Titled with framer's sticker to verso. Vera Gaffney is a highly popular Irish artist who's work sells well in both the primary and secondary markets, regularly fetching prices into the mid hundreds.
MM: 116 x 116 cm in frame.
Provenance: From the residence of a prominent Irish art dealer
Very Gaffney, born in Wexford, has been shown in many exhibitions and has gained a huge following throughout Ireland. Vera has developed a distinctive painting style, her landscape painting based on days spent exploring the bogs and mountains of North Connaught, creating a sense of drama and passion. Her bold rillette work, working oil on linen, has been very popular with collectors and following Vera’s increasing reputation and limited output her work is only available in selected galleries. A trained traditional singer, it's not surprising that music is a recurring theme in many of Vera’s paintings. Her sell out “Jazz Windows” exhibition and more recent pieces “The Ladies of Palestine” and “Sligo Maid” based on traditional Irish airs find an artist steeped in time, attempting to capture the fleeting moment. Perhaps it is her experience as a traditional singer of some note that lends each painting a performance quality, dramatic, engaging and always with something to say. From her first featured piece in the 1999 Iontas Exhibition, Vera has been a multiple prize winner most notably at the Boyle Arts Festival (1999, 2000, 2001) . There Is a video of this lot on Facebook, instagram and tic Tok under South Dublin Auction.
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