Art demonstration by Hugh McIlfatrick

RENOWNED Ballymoney-based artist, Hugh McIlfatrick, will be holding an art demonstration on Monday 25th January, from 7pm - 8.30pm in Ballymoney Library.
By The Newsroom
Published 15th Jan 2010, 10:42 BST

You are invited to come along and meet Hugh, enjoy his demonstration and enter into a discussion with this acclaimed Irish landscape painter.

Hugh McIlfatrick was born in 1956 in Ballymoney and studied drama in England. He returned to Northern. Ireland and worked as a drama and English teacher at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen during the mid-eighties.

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He gave up his position there to concentrate on painting on a full-time basis. Since giving up teaching he has been part of several group exhibitions and his work can be found in many private collections throughout the whole of Ireland, or as far away as Canada and the United States. Hugh was runner up in The Bass Irish Art awards in 2002 and has had exhibitions in Belfast, Lurgan, Coleraine and Ballymoney.

Hugh is comfortable working in either oils or water colours and he specialises in Acrylic. Living close to the Giants Causeway at the northern tip of North Antrim coast, he is privy to some of the worlds most beautiful and awe inspiring landscape.

Hugh explains: "The majestic cliffs, inaccessible bays and isolated ruins all edged by Kelp walls, Harbours, slipways and Fisherman's cottages is overwhelming. Every day is a fresh challenge to say something interesting in paint about this fantastic kingdom, its weather, moods, people and its very special magic".

Leah Tweed, Ballymoney Branch Library Manager, explains: “You are invited to come along on Monday 25th January at 7pm to meet one of Ireland’s most respected and experienced landscape artists, Hugh McIlfatrick. Admission is free but booking is advisable.”

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For more information or to book a place at this event, please contact Ballymoney Library (Queen Street) on 028 2766 3589 or email [email protected]

This is one of a vast array of events being organised by Libraries NI, which is the new library service for Northern Ireland. To find out more about Libraries NI or for information on other events being held to celebrate culture and heritage, visit www.librariesni.org.uk

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