Pictures from an exhibition.

On Saturday evening we set up The Ever-Living Ones exhibition at The French ¼ Café
as part of The Festival Francais de Portarlington.
The café was decked in blue, white and red proclaiming Liberté, Égalité & Fraternité.

Interior of The French ¼ Café

As soon the paintings were hung...

the display of cards and posters arranged....

and the Visitors Book opened...

the first guests began to arrive.

Amongst the gathering were old friends, models...

Fiona, the model for Boann

Fred, the model for Dian Cécht.

and new friends who had travelled from north and south.

As people departed, others arrived.

The night wore on and the exhibition became a party as, camera forgotten, goodwill 

and conversation flowed.  

All too soon it was time to close and turn the space into a café again.

Watched over by The Ever-Living Ones it really was an evening of Liberté, Égalité & Fraternité.

My thanks to all at The French ¼ Café especially Eamon, Richard & the wonderful Éoin.

Weeks 2 & 3 at Brú na Bóinne

The exhibition at Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre is finally over and I wanted to update this blog but problems with broadband put a stop to that. 
Today we are back online so here are photos of the models, visitors and friends.
As always a big 'thank you' to everyone who found time to talk, bought cards and signed the visitor's book. 
We had a wonderful exhibition, the feedback was great and yes, if I can find an interested publisher I would love to write a book to include the pictures and the research.
(I will post some of the research here as promised so please keep checking for new posts.)

I also want to thank Clare Tuffy and all the staff at the Visitor Centre, shop and Brambles Café - who made sure there was strong coffee brewed early each morning so we could start the day.

'The Ever - Living Ones' exhibition has now moved to the library at Birr, 
Co. Offaly and is housed in a beautiful converted cloister which is filled with light.
The official opening takes place on Wednesday 11th July at 3pm with 
John Feehan saying a few words. 
If you are reading this and are able to get there please come and say 'hello'.
Broadband permitting I will post pictures of the Birr exhibition soon.

Finally to the people who have sponsored my exhibitions I owe a big 'thank you'!
They are:
Fred Mathews
Michael Collins
Trish Keating
Joe O'Sullivan Photography, Tullamore
Midland Framing, Tullamore
Crann-Óg Eco Farm - http://www.crann-og.net/ and 
http://crann-og.blogspot.ie/
Mochua Print - http://www.mochuaprint.ie/
The Drive-On School of Motoring - http://www.drive-on.ie/
The Tara Skryne Preservation Group - http://www.taraskryne.com/

And Anne-Marie, Simon, Aírmid & Miach for putting us up and putting up with us.

That's it for now & thanks for reading. 
Jane 

Week 2:

Jack Roberts of Sheela-na Gig fame

Rita

Flor - Manannán Mac Lír

Fred - Dian Cécht

Marie - Éiru, Banba & Fótla

Final week:

Adam

Pat

Áine-Máire

Carmel

Chrissie & Mike

Gaynor

Gina 

Siobhán - An Cailleach

Tony - Goibniu

If you are interested in visiting Brú na Bóinne you'll find out more at:

Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre - http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlandseastcoast/brunaboinnevisitorcentrenewgrangeandknowth/

Info on sacred sites & tours of the Boyne Valley from Michael Fox - http://www.newgrange.com/

Week One at Brú na Bóinne

My thanks to everyone who came to see 'The Ever-Living Ones', left comments in my visitors' book and bought cards and prints. It was a treat for me to talk with people who have such a great interest in Irish mythology. I wish we could have sat down together with a cup of tea and talked for longer.

Some of my brave models also visited and you can see them below next to their paintings.
We are returning to Brú na Bóinne soon and I hope to put up another post next week.

                                                                 Carmel - MÓR-RÍOGHAIN

                                                                       Fiona - BOANN

                                                                       Mel - AN DAGDHA

                                                                 Charles & Seámus - DONN

                                                                   
                                                                             Miranda

                                                                            Lucy

   Came as strangers, left as friends

                                                              Vinnie, Antonia, Ian & visitors

Without the following people this exhibition would not have been possible:

Mel Llwyd, Fred Mathews, Michael Collins, Seán Gilmartin, 

Flor Burke, Áine-Máire Ní Mhurchú, Fiona Young, 

Carmel ní Dhuibheanaigh, Shirley Swan, Trish Keating,  

Siobhán ní Ghabhann, Marie O'Dwyer, Seámus Ó Ceallaháin, Æ, Antoine O'Lochlainn, Carole Larkin, Michael Maguire,

Gearóid Ó Crualaoich, Eoghan Mac Connell, Seanie Larkin, 

Bill & Peggy Sinnott, James Crowley, Jenny Butler, 

Colm Mac Con Iomaire, John Feehan, Nollaig Macraghnaill, 

Fr. Seán O'Duinn, Anthony Murphy, Richard Moore, 

Jack Roberts, the late Dáithí Ó hÓgain, Suzanne Power, 

Pat Geoghegan, the contributors to "On Crow Road", 

Clare Tuffy at Brú na Bóinne, Crann Óg Ecofarm, 

Joan & Des at Midland Framing, Mochua Print & Design, 

Joe & Staff at O'Sullivan Photography, 

Billy at the Drive-On School of Motoring,

The Tara-Skryne Protection Group, 

The National Museum of Ireland 

& Staff at Tullamore & Birr Libraries. 

Thank you!