oil on panel 30 x 21cm
Frame size 40 x 31
Roger O Reilly studied Art at COMAD, Dublin pursuing a career in commercial art. His
work has received numerous awards including the Illustrator of the year 2004, and
appeared in publications worldwide.
In 2005 he took time off to concentrate full time on painting, building on a
reputation already established through exhibitions over the previous six years.
His work has been exhibited in Switzerland, Ireland, Holland and France where he
is represented in the permanent collection of the Musee D’histoire Contemporaine
in Paris.
In recent years he returned to the world of commercial illustration painting the
lighthouses around our shores, which he collected into the bestselling book,
“Lighthouses of Ireland” and which won the An Post Irish Published book of the year
award in 2018.
In 2024 He published “Legendary lighthouses of Britain”, a compendium of over 100
illustrated lighthouses around the shores of Scotland, England and Wales.
The project of painting all thing maritime brought him back to his roots near the tidal
River Boyne and the next project is to explore works on canvas, with a special focus
on the estuarine landscapes of shifting ground, uncovered memories and embracing
of change.
Exhibitions :
2023 Chead Tine Gallery exhibition, Kilkenny
2019 Christmas show, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
2014 “ The Pool” Exhibition of painting with Ale Mercado and Julie Cusack at
Kilkenny Arts Festival
2011 Solo exhibition. Balckbird Gallery, Kilkenny
2008 Re-interpretation - Group Exhibition- Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2007 Time and Tide- Exhibition of new paintings at the Kilkenny Arts Festival
2006 Two Ring Circus - Solo Exhibition of paintings at the Blackbird Gallery,
Kilkenny
2005 “La Belle Dame sans Merci” Exhibition of Paintings and drawings
from Dublin Theatre Festival at St John’s Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin
2004 “River” - Exhibition of paintings at the Blue Leaf Gallery, Dublin
Mixed exhibition at the United Arts Club, Dublin
2003 Exhibition of new paintings “Dublin Stories” at the
101 Gallery, Dublin.
2002 “ The rural race”. Sketches from small country race meetings.
Art Select, Templebar, Dublin
“Indian Pilgrimage”. Paintings from travels in India.
Art Select, Templebar, Dublin