ANEYEFULOF SKY

Drawings and etchings by Niall Naessens An Cuileann, Etching 135x135mm Nightwalking, Etching 135x135mm Briars and Crows, Etching 135x135mmA Gust of Wind and Hail. Drawing, detail

Quink,1,2&3. Fountain Pen and Graph Paper 200x200mm Crepuscular Rays. Drawing detail

Eyeful of Sky is a series of drawings portraying theunpredictability of the weather. The arduous

procedure of making the drawings isdisproportionate to the brief moment of the eventthe drawings are about. Movements and rhythmscontrast the mechanical and deliberate drawingmethod. Paradoxically I draw the sky with a rulerand I enjoy part obscuring the image with rain on

glass or blowing leaves.

The large Chiaroscuro drawings are complementedby landmarks, a series of small four plate colouretchings. Both etchings and drawings depict the

landscape around Brandon in West Kerry where I live.

Niall Naessens is an artist printmaker who hassettled in Lios na Caolbhaí in Brandon, Co Kerry.Niall is an accomplished etcher and has shown his

work extensively in Ireland and abroad. Recent soloshows include Graphic Studio Dublin 2010 and TheInk Shop, Ithica ,N.Y. 2012. He won the Norman

Acroyd prize for etching at Impressions, print showGalway in 2011. Niall is completing a Masters of Fine

Art at NCAD at the moment.

Previews from Friday 29th June 2012

Official Opening – Friday 6th July 2012 6pm

Artist Talk at Siamsa GallerySat 14th July 2012 2pm

Introduction to Print Making Demonstration atStiúideo Lios na Caolbhaí, Brandon, Co. Kerry

Sat 18th August 2012 2-5pm