Eamon Colman

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Eamon Colman
Born1957 (age 64–65)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materNational College of Art and Design
Known foroil painting
StyleLandscape painting
Spouse(s)Pauline O'Connell
Parent(s)Seámus Ó Colmáin (father)
ElectedAosdána (2007)
Websiteeamoncolman.com

Eamon Colman RHA (born 1957) is an Irish painter.[1][2] He is a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists.[3][4]

Early life[]

Colman was born in Dublin in 1957.[5] His father, Seámus Ó Colmáin, was an artist. Eamon Colman attended a Christian Brothers school; then Dalton School, a Jewish school in Rathmines; then a Protestant school. He worked as a labourer and studied landscape gardening.[6]

Career[]

Colman studied at Trinity Arts Workshop and the National College of Art and Design (NCAD, Dublin), beginning his professional career in 1979. He had a major retrospective exhibition at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1997 and was elected to Aosdána in 2007.[7] He was a member of the Toscaireacht, Aosdána's ten-member ruling committee, in 2020 and 2021.[8]

His paintings often depict the mountains of County Kilkenny and the nearby rivers, the Suir and Barrow.[9][10][11][12] According to critic Aidan Dunne, Colman "built his reputation and following as a painter of works that combine an evident delight in the lively play of colour and form with allusions to mythic or magical narratives. There was, in a great deal of his work, usually an interplay between the landscape per se and the inner, imaginative landscape."[6]

Personal life[]

Colman lives in the hills of northeast County Kilkenny.[13][14] His wife, Pauline O'Connell, is also an artist.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Books Ireland". J. Addis. 23 December 2006 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Auction Thursday 05 July 2012 at 7:00 pm" (PDF). Riverside Art Gallery. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Into The Mountain | Eamon Colman, coming to The Source Arts Centre, Thurles". www.tipperarylive.ie.
  4. ^ Kane, Conor (15 October 2021). "Kilkenny cats to encourage visitors to explore city" – via www.rte.ie.
  5. ^ Finlay, Sarah (23 December 1989). The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland: 1989-1999. University of Limerick Press. ISBN 9780946846337 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b Dunne, Aidan. "Art in Focus: Eamon Colman reaches artistic maturity". The Irish Times.
  7. ^ "About Eamon Colman – Eamon Colman".
  8. ^ "Aosdána". aosdana.artscouncil.ie.
  9. ^ "What lies beneath: The tantalising torment of luggage during lockdown". independent.
  10. ^ Borthwick, David; Marland, Pippa; Stenning, Anna (13 November 2019). Walking, Landscape and Environment. Routledge. ISBN 9781351807593 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Into The Mountain | Eamon Colman at The Source Arts Centre | Visual Artists Ireland". 6 August 2021.
  12. ^ "2000 – 2009 – Eamon Colman".
  13. ^ "Eamon Colman". Solomon Fine Art.
  14. ^ "Eamon Colman". ORIEL Q GALLERY.
  15. ^ "Structure and Imagery: Eamon Colman @ Oriel Queens Hall Gallery". 3 April 2014.

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