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FLUTTER BY JOHN HOGAN

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THE TREE OF BUTTERFLIES AT THE LIDL PLAZA IN CASTLEKNOCK

In March 2022 Castleknock Tidy Towns welcomed the installation of a public art piece sculpture by Ballina blacksmith/artist John Hogan.

The Tree of Butterflies entitled ‘Flutter’ was installed in the Lidl plaza in Castleknock village. CTT was part of the consultation process with Lidl and Fingal County Council. The over two metre high sculpture is made of iron which is fixed directly onto a plinth into the paving. An accompanying planter containing evergreen perennial grass is due to be placed nearby soon.

SAWFISH BY FRANK HALLINAN FLOOD

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Frank’s sculpture, DRAGONFLY won The Goodbody Award for a work of distinction in any medium at the Sculpture in Context exhibition 2021 in the National Botanic Gardens of Ireland.

Frank was born in Dublin. Leaving school at 14 he worked in a sheet metal factory for two years. Having been temporarily blinded while welding he became a clerical officer in the Civil Service.

Meanwhile Frank studied painting under John Skelton at the Peoples College, Dublin.

He was awarded a four year, full time scholarship to the National College of Art & Design. While there he was Awarded the DiMarco Touring Bursary and travelled in Europe.

CORROSION BY JEN DONNERY

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I decided to check the meaning of corrosion – “Corrosion is a natural process that converts a refined metal into a more chemically stable oxide. It is the gradual deterioration of materials (usually a metal) by chemical or electrochemical reaction with their environment. Corrosion engineering is the field dedicated to controlling and preventing corrosion.”

Her 2020 solo show Mater Materia took place in the Dunamaise Arts Centre; she was shortlisted for the DCCI Future Makers Awards in the same year. Her drawings, paintings and ceramic sculptures engage with themes of maternity, femininity, and the capacity of a woman’s body to produce and nurture human life. Donnery’s work has been selected for the 2019 Ceramics Ireland Selected Members Exhibition at Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin, and Sculpture in Context, 2019, 2020 and 2021 in the National Botanic Gardens. In 2017, she was awarded a residency at the Laois Arthouse for her work in the Dunamaise Open Submission Exhibition.

MOTHER EARTH WITH SUN MOON AND STARS BY BETTY NEWMAN MAGUIRE

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I already photographed this early in September but no details were available at the time.

Betty Newman-Maguire was born in Kells, Co. Meath in 1952. She is a practising artist who graduated with a First Class Hons B.A. Degree in Sculpture from the National College of Art and Design, Dublin in 1988 and was awarded a Master of Fine Art from the University of Ulster, Belfast in 1998. She has exhibited widely and is the recipient of many awards, public commissions and residencies in Ireland, France, Germany and America. Newman-Maguire has mounted 16 solo exhibitions in Ireland, Germany and America. Her work is in numerous private and public collections worldwide.

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BIRD OF PARADISE BY BRIAN O’LOUGHLAIN

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Brian has been a full time sculptor for over 20 years. His work is characterised by a warmth and softness in a medium that is hard and dark, often embellished with paint or gold leaf. Each piece is individually, carefully and sympathetically handcrafted to accentuate the natural flow and form of the wood hidden from our eyes for thousands of years. Each piece of art is carved, pared and whittled to release its hidden beauty from below the dark, damp, husky exterior.

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