exhibition title

± A Dark Light

The Normoyle Frawley Gallery is pleased to present this exhibition by Michael Delohery. Michael grew up in Clare but has been living and working in Limerick, for the past 12 years.

His work is concerned with observations of human emotions, the social and psychological problems that each of us can experience from day to day. Before he begins painting Michael writes some text, with glue, which is to act as a reactionary element, to the image he will then overlay. The text can vary from personal writings to quotations from his favourite books. Each one is carefully chosen to accompany the overlaid images, some to act in harmony, some to act as an aggressive opposite.

The writing is also a clever ploy to draw the viewer close to the paining as they try and decipher the clues written under the image, then up close the viewer is compelled to see the large variety of mark making abilities that Michael possesses.