This painting is depicting Belfast Zoo, but not as you know it. Using my imagination I’ve created a collective of images that the zoo represents to me.
I have painted many 'still life' paintings over the years, but never taking the abstract approach and painting the snails onto the plants, and let’s face it, the two definitely go together. As Henry David Thoreau, the american poet and philosopher once said “the world is but a canvas to our imagination”. This seems a fitting quote when looking at this new piece.
Top local artist hosts fascinating Rathlin Island inspired Art Exhibition Dawn Crothers has been a staple in the Northern Ireland art scene for the past 12 years and has been working on her next compelling exhibition entitled ‘Clowns of the Sea, Rathlin’ which will take place at her gallery and studio on Friday 15th November from 7pm.