Lakes of Killarney in oil

New oil paintings available at The Back Lane Gallery, Scott's Street, Killarney

Opening Night At The Back Lane Pop Up Gallery

Culture Night Ireland

The Back Lane Artists are pulling out the stops on the 21st of September for Culture Night http://www.culturenight.ie/. 

The Gallery Space is huge so the is plenty of space showcase the beautiful art of Kerry.  19 artist from Kerry and Cork will have Landscapes,Portraits and contemporary art on show.

During the day we will have demonstrations from our artists.
Robin Alger will be doing a pottery exhibition from 4pm  until 5pm
Tina Reed will be showing us how to use a pallet knife from 5:30pn until 6:30 pm
We will have Live Tradition Music featuring on of our artists Ronnie Moore from 7pm until 10pm along with our wine reception.

Deborah O'Keeffe has been working on her exhibitions of Portraits. Titled:  People of Ireland. 

Deborah O'Keeff
http://deborahokeeffe.blogspot.ie/p/portraits-of-ireland.html
Passing Time
14" x18" Oil

There will be 25 portraits in this series.  10 have been completed and can be seen on the night before going to New York for her exhibition there.

Artist Ronnie Moore, Tina Reed, Terese O'Keeffe, Christoper O'Connor and Oliva O'Carra have all been painting and will have there new work on the night.  An exciting addition is artist  Elhaje Conde his work based on his his African roots are vibrant and textural.  They are a must see!  Roman Rocco Burgan, has 20 pastels in this show and his work it full of colour concentrating on the drama of the Kerry Landscape.

Roman Rocco Burgen

 Gearoid O'Duinnin has been working on his upcoming solo exhibition and will have  several of his new works on display.

                                                               Geroid O'Duinnin



This is an exciting exhibition of profecional artists from around Kerry and a must see!!

Please Join us for in celebration Culture in Killarney! 

For further information, Please contact Deborah O'Keeffe 0873212948
dpokeeffe3@yahoo.ie

The Gallery has moved to a new location

After a year and a half the Gallery on New Market Lane has closed.  We were unable to continue to pay the rent in an area with very little foot fall.  We have now opened a POP UP gallery and have relocated to Scotts Street off of Main in Killarney.  Art sales and many small business have suffered because of the recession.  There are many empty shops in Ireland.  Artist are taking them over and filling the ever increasing empty shops with art.  The space is free and the artist pay for insurance and electricity.  The gallery will close at the end of September and reopen in March next year.

Killarney Races

Deborah O'Keeffe has taken some time out from her landscapes to paint horses.  Just in time for the Killarney Races http://www.goracing.ie/hri/whats-on/festivals/killarney-august/

Oil on Canvas 12" x 14"

Oil on Canvas 12" x 14"

Snow White and the huntsman

Snow White and the Huntsman is the new block buster from Universal Pictures . This is a action packed adventure movie based on the fairy tale Snow White. http://www.snowwhiteandthehuntsman.com/

Killarney Artist Deborah O'Keeffe has had her own fairy tale. Universal pictures put out a world wide call to artist to submit works of art based on the movie. !0 artists were selected from hundreds of entries. The winning paintings will be exhibited along with costumes from the movie at The Pop up gallery at 7710 Melrose Place in LA from the 19th of May until the 3rd of June.

The painting was done as a story book page based on the movie. The movie is dark so the painting has a dark feel to it. The full moon highlights the Ravens who look like they are up to no good whispering of things to come. The oil painting is 20" x 22" . Deborah was delighted to be selected and represent Ireland in the exhibition. http://deborahokeeffe.blogspot.com

Deborah O'Keefe to exhibit in Cobh at the Quays Restaurant and Bar

Deborah O'Keeffe one of the Back Lane Artist will be exhibiting seascapes from around Cork and Kerry in remembrance of the Titanic 100 anniversary. The exhibition will be held at the Quays Restaurant and Bar in Cobh   http://thequays.ie/index.php?page=contac on the 14th and 15th of April.  Samples of her work are shown bellow.  To see more of Deborah paintings please click on link http://deborahokeeffe.blogspot.com/2012/03/he-titanics-100-anniversary.html