Super Star Lot: An amazing and very large Vera Gaffney oil o...

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€2,500 - €5,000

Super Star Lot: An amazing and very large Vera Gaffney oil on linen canvas diptych painting titled "Slgo My Africa Diptych" Features an all over abstract composition of highly saturated dynamic forms sweeping throughout the canvases. Rendered in a variety of thick, sweeping brushstrokes creating dimension in the piece and enhancing the sense of movement and energy in the composition. A bold and bright palette catches the eye with tones of magentas, golds, sky blues and lush greens. Housed in a high quality white wooden frame with Framework sticker to verso. Signed and titled to verso. Vera Gaffney is a highly popular Irish artist who's work sells very well, a similar piece and smaller size sold at our auction a few months ago for €2200 hammer
Provenance: purchased from the artist's exhibition at the RDS in 2008.
MM: 147 x 70 cm including frame

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 our social media pages, Facebook. Instagram and tic Tok, check that out if you can.