€45
Star Lot : A fantastic original oil on canvas painting by the esteemed Irish artist Tom Byrne, titled "Sarah Palin". Shows the titular portrait encased in a high gloss vignette balloon of yellow with a sharp needle poking through. All rendered on a textured white ground with contrasts with the smooth gloss of the vignette. Byrne has a long auction history selling in the high hundreds. Mm: 46 x 61 cm.
Tom Byrne was born in Dublin in the 60’s. During his college years, Tom was included in the Independent Artists group, headed by Michael Kane and Louis le Broquy as an associate member and exhibited regularly with them to critical acclaim. Tom was a founding member of the famous “Studio 16 “ Eustace st, Temple Bar, and he is also a member of the Artist Association of Ireland. On leaving college Tom found immediate success with exhibitions and TV appearances. His involvement in the punk movement lead to many album cover designs, along with punk fashion and street art murals in his very distinctive style. His client base includes Gerald Keane, Louis Walsh Dara O’Briain, Kerri Russell, Elizabeth Banks, Alden Erhenreich, Mathew Rhys, Patrick Bergin, The Happy Pear, Emily O Donnell Johnny McEvoy, and many more social luminaries and modern art enthusiasts. He also has painting commissions from the National Gallery of Vilnius Lithuania. And has been commissioned by the Luan Municipal Gallery in Athlone as part of their permanent collection as well as the Doyle Collection, Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo, The Lissadell House art collection, The Enniskerry Writers museum, The Seamus Heaney HomePlace permanent exhibition in Magherafelt and many many history commissions for example the I.C.T.W.U
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