The Secret of Colour and Light

ArtNetdlr delighted to present the exhibition ‘the Secret of Colour and Light’ opening on Tuesday 8 July 2025.

The exhibition reflects the Artnetdlr (Artist Network Dun Laoghaire – Rathdown) commitment to creating, exhibiting and celebrating contemporary art in Dun Laoghaire. It’s an opportunity to see bold and bright new forms and ideas by ArtNetdlr members.

Explore over 100 fabulous pieces by local artists, famous names and emerging talents, selected by Sahoko Blake and curated by Louise Neiland. Displayed throughout Walters bar, Dun Laoghaire, the exhibition presents a wide range of practises from painting and sculpture to photography, textile, and print. Most are available to buy through ArtNetdlr website and sales directly support the exhibiting artists and the future of ArtNetdlr.

Exhibition launch also brings live performance by the exciting emerging soulful voice of Anna Hoffman.

Works are displayed in random order with each page load.

Bright Blue Trees

By May Silvertsen

Acrylic on Canvas

45cm x 55cm

€580

'Fotusaka Creature'

By Niki Collier

Comb Felt

30cm x 60cm

€700

Shadowy Field

By Helen Magee

Watercolour

52cm x 38cm

€350

Drawing Room, Russborough House

By Sylvia Hill

Oil on Board

29cm x 20cm

€425

Ephemeral

By Fionnuala Lanigan

Acrylic on Canvas

100cm x 70cm

€1600

The Dissection of Light at Dawn

By Paul Hughes

Acrylic

40cm x 40cm

€1500

Detonate

By Wendy Doyle

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

62cm x 90cm

€2400

Sunlight Refraction

By Doreen Kennedy

Pigment Print on Archival Paper

50cm x 50cm

€450

50.000 By Susanne O’ Reilly

Acrylic, Pastel, paper

51cm x 61cm

€365

Howth Harbour

By Patrick Howard

Oil on Linen

46cm x 50cm

€450

Into the Blue

By Helen Morelli

Oil on Plywood

20cm x 25cm

€250

Diving

By Margaret Tuffy

Copper Etching on Fabriano

23cm x 29cm

€275

Breaking Through

By Catherine Taaffe Haughton

Acrylic and Mixed \media on Canvas

50cm x 50cm

€400

'After Brigid '

By A collaboration by Erika Tyner and Anne Martin Walsh

Acrylic and collage on canvas

90cm x 90cm

€2950

Shy

By Emily Sweeney

Watercolour

58cm x 20cm

€180

Orbital

By Linda Uhlemann

Etching-Carborundum

18cm x 18cm

€100

Valentine’s Day in Lullabelle’s

By Kate Kavanagh

Watercolour and Ink

20cm x 14cm

€450

Rose Madder

By Padraic O’Regan

Oil on Board

30cm x 40cm

€425

Coliemore Harbour

By Ruth Molony

Oil on Canvas

60cm x 80cm

€1600

Carpenter’s Home by the Sea, Morocco

By Kevin Sharkey

Photography Archival Print, Edition of 10

44cm x 62cm

€500

After the Gig

By Patricia Nixon

Acrylic on Wood Panel

50cm x 40cm

€400

Cupid’s Bow

By Rachel Kenny

Handmade Artisanal Paper, Cyanotype, handmade Pigment Dye

51cm x 60cm

€400

Gloaming, Sliabh Bloom Mountains

By Mary White

Oil on Canvas

40cm x 50cm

€500

Borderlands

By Cecilia Lopez Naughton

Acrylic and Ink on Packaging Paper and Cardboard

40cm x 44cm

€350

Passage, Carlisle Pier

By Judy Carroll Deely

Oil on Canvas

30cm x 30cm

€500

Beneath the Surface Colours Play

By Glynis Robins

Oil on Canvas

20cm x 20cm

€225

Light Oils

By Simon Robinson

Fine Art Print on Photo Rag Metallic Paper, (frame unglazed, dark stained walnut)

41cm x 61cm Framed, Edition of 5

€585

Lizeth Abstract

By Michael Duggan

Oil pastels on paper

25cm x 25cm

€240

Wild II

By Ciara Bourke

Watercolour on Watercolour Paper

40cm x 30cm

€350

Eau de Nil Bedroom

By Sylvia Hill

Oil on Board

27cm x 20cm

€475

'Earth Water'

By Gaynor Darby

Ceramic

30cm x 25cm x 25cm

€450

Evening Light, Annaghmakerrig

By Eugene Worrall

Ink on Fabriano Paper

64cm x 54cm

€950

Forest Walk

By Rosemary Thompson

Acrylic on Board

56cm x 66cm

€460

Vico Jumper

By Stephen Turner

Photograph, Edition of 25 (24 available)

42cm x 30cm

€500

Sweet Nightmares

By Lorcan Cassidy

Ink on Paper

50cm x 40cm

€750

The Green Shed

By Rosemary Thompson

Acrylic

20cm x 20cm

€265

Shadow Play, Jardin de Tuilleroes

By Grainne Carvill

Acrylic on Board

26cm x 20cm

€195

Cooney’s Treats

By Joanne Betty Conlon

Photograph printed on aluminium Aluminium Box Frame

30cm x 20cm

€255

Boho Waxwing

By Rachel Mc Dermott

Oil on Board

12’’ x 12’’

€250

Colour and Light

By Sandi Brennan

Oil on Canvas Board

30cm x 26cm

€300

Seapoint

By Ruth Molony

Oil on Canvas

60cm x 80cm

€1600

Enlightenment at Edward Worth Library

By Therese Dunne

Oil on Canvas Panel

32cm x 38cm

€150

Autumn in Glendalough

By Stephen Turner

Photograph Giclee Print on Cotton Rag Edition of 10 (6 available)

48cm x 60cm

€900

Middle Aged Couple

By Annette Smyth

Acrylic on Linen

20cm x 25cm

€300

Coffeepep

By Dylan Ryan

Photomontage on Photo rag

A4 Edition of 5

€120

Summer at Seapoint

By Susan Early

Etching and Aquatint

30cm x 43cm

€450

Morning Swim at Coliemore

By Maria Quigley

Photography, Edition of 5, Framed (Unframed €35 - email to request)

24cm x 24cm

€100

Fragments of a Life

By Jane Ellis

Linocut on Fabriano Paper Diptych, Edition of 25

64cm x 48cm

€280

Floating Sara

By Annemarie Stanley

Oil on Canvas

44cm x 62cm

€1495

Spice Seller, Marrakesh

By Kevin Sharkey

Photography Archival Print, Edition of 10

44cm x 62cm

€500

Guadalupe

By Michael Duggan

Oil Pastel on Tan Paper

21cm x 30cm

€240

Sisters

By Josephine Mannion

Oil on Linen

47cm x 47cm

€450

Ice Cream Castles

By Marie -Helene Brohan Delhaye

Watercolour

36cm x 26cm

€300

Blue Door

By Ann Murphy

Oil and Mixed Media on Fabriano Paper on Panel

30cm x 40cm

€450

Coast of Dun Laoghaire

By Maria Makrai

Acrylic on Wood Panel

43cm x 43cm

€400

Guided Light

By Iseult Mc Cormack

Mixed Media

40cm x 40cm

€325

Down Under

By Maureen Carroll Mc Cormack

Oil on Canvas

51cm x 40cm | NFS

Florence Road, Holly

By Sonny Condell

Digital Collage on Canvas

20cm x 21cm

€250

Castle Ruins

By John Brennan

Watercolour on Paper

31cm x 41cm

€275

Afternoon Light , King’s Garden II

By Sharon Hogan

Photograph, Framed (Unframed €200 - email to request)

41cm x 48cm, Edition of 10 (5 available)

€295

Walking in Light

By Denise Kevany

Oil on Canvas

25cm x 30cm

€325

Arrivals-Poolbeg, Dublin

By Jan O’ Sullivan

Acrylic on Canvas

50cm x 60cm x 4cm

€550

Lakeshore Stillness

By Irene O’ Neill

Acrylic on Canvas

30cm x 30cm x 4cm

€390

Light Blocks

By Simon Robinson

Fine Art Print on Photo Rag Metallic Paper, frame unglazed, dark stained walnut

44cm x 61cm (Framed), Edition of 5

€585

'Heather Alight I'

By Derval Freeman

Acrylic on Canvas

30cm x 30cm

€400

Blue Girl

By Lenore Collins

Oil on Board

20cm x 20cm

€300

Abel Tasman- Afternoon Glow

By Brigitte Mc Govern

Oil on Canvas

60cm x 90cm

€1190

Inis Mhic Neasain - Ireland’s Eye

By Pamela de Bri

Oil on Board

64cm x 64cm

€1400

Hide and Seek

By Padraic O’Regan

Oil on Canvas

40cm x 50cm

€530

The Tall Window

By Avril Murphy Allen

Oil on Board

25cm x 20cm

€650

Touched by the fiery gold light

By Lorna Smyth

Oil on Linen

30cm x 40cm

€850

Sea

By John Brennan

Watercolour on Paper

31cm x 41cm

€275

Harbour

By John Brennan

Watercolour on Paper

31cm x 41cm

€275

Urban Botany III

By Derval Carroll

Acrylic Painting with Screenprint

30cm x 30cm

€545

Where There is Light

By Maria Ginnity

Oil on Canvas

30cm x 20cm

€350

Glimpse of a Journey

By Linda Marshall

Mixed Media on Canvas

50cm x 40cm

€750

Twilight

By Stefanie Bruening

Diptych-Photo Print on Brushed Alu-Dibon and Polishes, Sanded Zinc

30cm x 63cm

€670

Lightness of Being

By Leslie O‘Hanlon

Watercolour

20cm x 15cm

€195

Jacaranda Tree

By David Goldberg

Oil on Canvas

70cm x 50cm

€960

Evanescence I

By Yvonne Molony O’ Caoimh

Print Transfer

30cm x 10cm

€475

Gatelodge

By Annmarie Greevy

Oil on Board

30cm x 30cm

€390

The Secret of Colour and Highlights

By Shannon O’ Rourke

Gouache on Wood Panel

25.5cm x 25.5cm

€400

Almost Free

By Deirdre Quigley

Acrylic on Canvas

40cm x 40cm

€395

Starlings at Dun Laoghaire Pier

By Maria Quigley

Photography Edition of 5, Framed (€35 Unframed - email to request)

26cm x 21cm

€100

Drummin Pines

By Adrienne Michel Long

Acrylic on Canvas

25cm x 30cm

€300

A Winter’s Journey

By Anne Augusta

Oil on Canvas

50cm x 70cm

€700

Mad about the Furl

By Maria Quigley

Photography, Edition of 5 Framed (Unframed €35 - email to request)

38cm x 53cm

€100

Floating Shapes

By Anna Hryniewicz

Acrylic on Canvas

80cm x 80cm

€1700

Summer Light

By Maria Ginnity

Oil on Canvas

40cm x 40cm

€430

Tension

By James Rooney

Oil and Cold Wax on Board

60cm x 60cm

€750

Birdbath

By Padraic O’Regan

Oil on Board

30cm x 40cm

€425

Hidden Depths

By Roxanna Allen

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

70cm x 70cm

€695

Elliot

By Ugne Trib Murphy

Gypsum - NFS - Available for commissions

29cm x 32cm x 35cm

Family Secrets

By Sorca O’ Farrell

Charcoal. Indian Ink and Pastel

40cm x 50cm

€800

Then the Sun Came Out

By Paula O’ Riordan

Oil on Canvas

15cm x 15cm

€400

Towards Valentia Island (A Study)

By Emma Fitzpatrick

Mixed Media

13cm x 13cm

€145

'Strange Rocks, Cill Rialaig'

By Stella Gilmartin

Mixed Media on Board

30cm x 30cm

€450

View of Scotsman’s Bay

By Maria Makrai

Acrylic on Wood Panel

35cm x 19cm

€300

Flux

By Catherine Taaffe Haughton

Acrylic and Mixed Media on Canvas

60cm x 60cm

€500

HY Brasil

By Ann Murphy

Oil and Mixed Media on Fabriano on Panel

30cm x 40cm

€474