ArtNetdlr is pleased to present ‘…..on the edge’ , an exhibition of work by Angela Anderson and Fidelma O’Neill, selected by Olivier Cornet.

26 September – 6 November

Upstairs @Walters Bar, 68 George’s St. Upper
Dún Laoghaire

The exhibition is opened by Anne Haverty, Writer and Chair of Aosdana, on Thursday, 6 October at 6pm

Fidelma O’Neill

Fidelma O’Neill 

This body of work explores the often subtle fragments and traces embedded  in the landscape which resonate with lives gone past. Hints of previous  inhabitants or human intervention are evoked by shifts in scale in the work  and seek to convey a sense of “trying to find one’s bearings”. 

Remains of tracks, ancient field systems and detritus are reminders of the  tenacity of life. These “relics” speak of survival in spite of a sense of loss. The  Artist aims to imbue the work with the spirit of these journeys. 

The medium of oil/cold wax with pigment and sand is worked in several layers  to resonate with the marks and textures of landscape. The language of symbols as code is also incorporated into the work  

“…..every form retains life…” 

from “The Poetics of Space” by Gaston Bachelard. 

Fidelma has exhibited widely in Ireland and internationally  including group shows EV+A, RHA Summer Show, A.I.R. Gallery  New York and solo show Rocca Fiore in Todi, Umbria, Italy.

BA Hons in Fine Art Painting NCAD 

MA Fine Arts NCAD

Angela Anderson

Angela Anderson

Angela gained a First-Class Honours Degree in Visual Art Practices from Dun
Laoghaire Institute of Art in 2007 and completed her MA in 2016.
She has received several awards from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County
Council and Create Ireland. In 2011, she was a winner in the international
competition organised by Europol, the European Law Enforcement Agency,
and her work is exhibited in their HQ in the The Hague. Her work has been
purchased by OPW and she has been successful in several open competitions
including: 2019- Goma Open, Waterford; Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown Open,
Utopia/Dystopia curated by Aoife Ruane, Director of Highlands Gallery,
Drogheda; Cairde Open, Model Arts, Sligo.2017-Arrival, Dun Laoghaire Open,
curated by Gemma Tipton; 2016 – Art in the EastSide, Belfast. N.I. The final
exhibition from her MA was long listed for the RDS Awards curated by Ruth
Carroll in 2016.

Concepts of ‘home,’ ‘place,’ and ‘locality’ are frequently referenced in her art.
This has been expressed in her earlier work through the collection and
presentation of valued objects and more recently in a response to landscape
and location.

The works in this exhibition reflect the West of Ireland in winter. She has tried
to capture the mood and emotions of this largely rural area which lies on the
edge of the Atlantic, with its preponderance of stone and blanket bog.
She begins each piece with mark making using charcoal, graphite, and oil stick.
Thin layers of oil paint and cold wax are built up by scraping, mono-printing,
masking, covering and continually exposing layers, to reveal a history of
colours, marks, and textures.

Angela Anderson

Homeland 1, 2021

oil, cold wax on board

30 x 30 cm

Angela Anderson

Homeland 2, 2021

oil, cold wax on board

30 x 30 cm

Angela Anderson

Homeland 3, 2021

oil, cold wax on board

30 x 30 cm

Angela Anderson

Turbulence

oil, cold wax, pastels on wood panel

30 x 40 cm

Angela Anderson

Displacement

oil, cold wax on wood panel

30 x 40 cms

Angela Anderson

Peat Lines

oil, cold wax, graphite on wood

50 x 60 cms

Angela Anderson

Boglands 1, 2021

0il, cold wax on paper

27 x 16 cm

Angela Anderson

Boglands 3, 2021

0il, cold wax on paper

17 x 27 cm

Strata 111, 2022

oil cold wax on paper

33 x 28 cm

Angela Anderson

Boglands 2, 2021

0il, cold wax on paper

27 x 16 cm

Angela Anderson

Bog Pool, 2022

oil, cold wax, graphite on wood panel

50 x 60 cm

Angela Anderson

Chasm

oil, cold wax on media board

30 x 30 cms

Angela Anderson

Field Edges 1V

oil, cold wax on wood panel

20 x 28 cm

Angela Anderson

Field Edges 11

oil cold wax on wood panel

25 x 35 cm

Angela Anderson

Field Edges, 2022

oil cold wax on wood panel

30 x 40 cm

Angela Anderson

Fissure, 2022

oil cold wax on wood

60x70cm

Angela Anderson

Nightshade, 2018

oil cold wax charcoal  on hard board

50 x 30cm

Angela Anderson

Strata 1, 2022

oil cold wax on paper

20×27 cm

Angela Anderson

Strata 2, 2022

oil cold wax on paper

20 x 27 cm

Fidelma O’Neill

Probe II

43 x 35

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Bloom Above II

31 x 35

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Beyond Here

19 x 19

oil/cwm on board

Fidelma O’Neill

Beyond There

19 x 19

oil/cwm on board

Fidelma O’Neill

A Break In The Journey

32 x 37

oil/cwm on board

RESERVED

Fidelma O’Neill

Cairnfield III

43 x 43

oil/cwm on media board

RESERVED

Fidelma O’Neill

Cipher

40 x 31

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Form Retained

39 x 29

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Cutting I

30 x 34

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

The Other Story

34 x 34

oil/cwm on board

Fidelma O’Neill

Probe III

34 x 34

oil/cwm on board

RESERVED

Fidelma O’Neill

Where To Now 1

38 x 32

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

First Level

43 x 43

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

Cairnfield II

44 x 35

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Shifting Boundaries

34 x 34

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

The Upland Field

34 x 34

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

Cairnfield 1

43 x 43

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

The Old Ways Now

43 x 43

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

Probe IV

34 x 34

oil/cwm on media board

Fidelma O’Neill

Bloom Above III

31 x 34

oil/cwm on oil paper

RESERVED

Fidelma O’Neill

Storehouse

34 x 27

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Where To Now II

37 x 36

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Where To Now III

34 x 36

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Cutting II

31 x 33

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

Where To Now IV

32 x 36

oil/cwm on oil paper

Fidelma O’Neill

New Level

33 x 39

oil/cwm on board

RESERVED

Fidelma O’Neill

The Old Ways Now

oil/cwm on board

Fidelma O’Neill

Probe 1

79x60cm

oil/cwm on board