1 hr 20 min
Eamon Colman painter - 'all paintings are political and autobiographical' [11] The Warrior Artist
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- Visual Arts
Eamon Colman grew up in Dublin, Ireland in a family of painters. He left school and starting painting in a spare room in his parents house, he took art classes by night at National College or Art and Design and studying horticulture by day. He has had a professional art career since 1979. Eamon was only 19 when he had his first solo show. Since then he's had over 40 solo shows in Ireland and internationally.
He was chair of the The Artists' Association of Ireland and president of the the European council of artists. He was elected a member of Aosdana in 2009 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland. He has won many awards and his work is in many major collections.
Eamon is represented by the Solmon Fine Art Gallery, Dublin, Hambly & Hambly in the UK and the Stern Gallery in Vienna. He lives in rural Kilkenny where he has converted an old barn into a studio.
Eamon chats to Éadaoin about :
How he views himself as a worker who happens to be a painter
The importance of tenacity
The challenge of making a living as a creative person
The gallery system
His studio practice and the importance of privacy in the studio
Planning, balance and composition
The rare magic when paintings happen
Overworking paintings
Editing his work
His love for paper
Storing works in progress
Writing and painting titles
Sculpture helps his painting practice
The importance of colour
Having an art career
Upcoming solo exhibition in the Butler Gallery
How paintings are political and autobiographical
His love of abstraction
The importance of his garden
Concern of climate change and the change he's seen in the environment in Kilkenny
Beauty in his paintings
The best advice he received
His advice for emerging artists
Mentoring as communication
Instagram as a community
His plans for an open call to his followers on Instagram
Full show notes are available
See more of Eamon's work:www.eamoncolman.com
Instagram: @eamon_colman
His galleries:
www.solomonfineart.ie
www.hamblyandhambly.com
www.sternstudio.at
Teaching:Eamon teaches at www.artform.ie
Contact Éadaoin on Instagram @eadaoin_glynn and her website www.eadaoinglynn.com
Eamon Colman grew up in Dublin, Ireland in a family of painters. He left school and starting painting in a spare room in his parents house, he took art classes by night at National College or Art and Design and studying horticulture by day. He has had a professional art career since 1979. Eamon was only 19 when he had his first solo show. Since then he's had over 40 solo shows in Ireland and internationally.
He was chair of the The Artists' Association of Ireland and president of the the European council of artists. He was elected a member of Aosdana in 2009 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the arts in Ireland. He has won many awards and his work is in many major collections.
Eamon is represented by the Solmon Fine Art Gallery, Dublin, Hambly & Hambly in the UK and the Stern Gallery in Vienna. He lives in rural Kilkenny where he has converted an old barn into a studio.
Eamon chats to Éadaoin about :
How he views himself as a worker who happens to be a painter
The importance of tenacity
The challenge of making a living as a creative person
The gallery system
His studio practice and the importance of privacy in the studio
Planning, balance and composition
The rare magic when paintings happen
Overworking paintings
Editing his work
His love for paper
Storing works in progress
Writing and painting titles
Sculpture helps his painting practice
The importance of colour
Having an art career
Upcoming solo exhibition in the Butler Gallery
How paintings are political and autobiographical
His love of abstraction
The importance of his garden
Concern of climate change and the change he's seen in the environment in Kilkenny
Beauty in his paintings
The best advice he received
His advice for emerging artists
Mentoring as communication
Instagram as a community
His plans for an open call to his followers on Instagram
Full show notes are available
See more of Eamon's work:www.eamoncolman.com
Instagram: @eamon_colman
His galleries:
www.solomonfineart.ie
www.hamblyandhambly.com
www.sternstudio.at
Teaching:Eamon teaches at www.artform.ie
Contact Éadaoin on Instagram @eadaoin_glynn and her website www.eadaoinglynn.com
1 hr 20 min