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The title of this exhibition teases; the work transforms. ‘From Left Field’ aptly describes the life of the artist Mary Duffy. A life that is being lived off-centre, offbeat, surprising everyone, especially herself.  

Duffy is an artist who likes to employ all means available to her. Unafraid of change and willing to embrace all kinds of unusual media and subjects, her work is vibrant, energetic, colourful and in places highly textured. Some of her work uses acrylic and portrays a watery world where land  and sea meet near the rare fen habitat where she lives. Other piece are painted in a mixture of cold wax medium, oil paint and a variety of added substances, from ashes to aluminium, from beach sand to chalk and coffee grinds. 

A significant number of the pieces reflect the marine environment and visitors will not be surprised when they learn that this artist is a keen and competitive sailor.  Her fascination with painting the ocean and harbours demonstrate an intimate knowledge navigating  water.

Mary Duffy has mounted solo shows in Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, both in County Wicklow as well as Dungarvan Co Waterford, The Belltable in Limerick and the Bold Gallery in Galway.

Duffy’s work is represented in The National Self Portrait Collection and The Arts Council Collection, National University of Ireland, Galway, Wexford County Council, and is cherished in many private collections at home and abroad.  For more information, become a newsletter subscriber