If your idea of love – usually associated with flowers, food and wine – aligns with these suggestions, then a visit to your local gallery this weekend is on the cards …
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I would happily accept this dramatic monoprint at SO Fine Art Editions in lieu of a traditional Valentine card! @jordanmcquaid @sofinearteditions
I love this vibrant magenta silkscreen called, €460, at SO Fine Art Editions. He is a graphic design graduate of NCAD and the Royal College of Art, interested in process and materiality in printmaking. @sofinearteditions @alastairkeady
Songs of Spring, Grainne Cuffe
‘Songs of Spring’, €375, at SO Fine Art Editions captures Grainne’s awe and admiration of nature. She often depicts the raw energy and grace of a flower’s fragile and transient existence. @sofinearteditions @grainnecuffe
The Dance of The Red Mares of Áine, Yoko Akino
Yoko Akino’s piece, €380, at SO Fine Art Editions reflects her preference for dramatic shapes and vivid colours. @yoko_akino @sofinearteditions
Slip, Slip, Pink, Mary A Fitzgerald
This piece, €500, is part of the current group show “Contrasts” at Olivier Cornet Gallery. Mary’s work has been described as “encounters with external spaces … patches of colour, shifts in light, blurred shapes … like trying to catch butterflies.” @maryafitzgeraldd @olivier_cornet_gallery
Turning Points III, Hugh Cummins
Cummins is known for his striking three dimensional pieces made from sheets of different woods. In this work, €350, at Olivier Cornet Gallery he focuses on linear shapes and has added vibrant colours of dyed sycamore. @olivier_cornet_gallery @cumminshugh
Cléa van der Grijn’s ‘Love’ painting is from her upcoming exhibition at Solomon Fine Art, which opens in March. She is known for paintings that act as vessels of memory and transformation. @cleafilmproductions @solomonfineart
Lady Helen Vincent, detail (after J S Sargent), Helen O’Sullivan Tyrrell
Based in Belgium, O’Sullivan Tyrrell’s figurative works range from portraits to landscape and still-life with art-historical references, at Solomon Fine Art. @solomonfineart @helen_osullivan
Heart Spill, Julie Cusack
Waterford-based artist Julie Cusack creates vibrant abstract works rooted in drawing and the intuitive physicality of mark making. At Solomon Fine Art. @julie.cusack @solomonfineart
Serenity, Corine Ko
Ko’s artistic process fuses photography and painting. Her portraits are defined by colour and are often romantic in theme, such as this ‘Serenity’ painting, €3,500, at The Doorway Gallery. @thedoorwaygallery @corinekoart
Northern Irish artist Quinn Russell is known for her quirky paintings that feature her particular love of hares. ‘Love Blossoms’ features gold leaf and acrylic, €3,500, at The Doorway Gallery. @thedoorwaygallery @quinnrussellart
Heart, Francisco Bartus
Spanish artist Francisco Bartus cites the ideas of Carl Jung as a formative influence on the way his art has evolved to depict powerful techniques and the idea of collective humanity. This is one of his works from the ‘Heart’ series, €2,400, at The Doorway Gallery. @thedoorwaygallery
Peony, Samuel Laurence Cunnane
While Cunnane’s photographs usually deromanticise popularly sentimental subjects, their sensitivity to light and framing gives them a cinematic quality, such as this beautiful ‘Peony’ picture at Kerlin Gallery. @kerlingallery @samuel_laurence_cunnane
Marcel Vidal makes paintings and sculptures that are quietly disarming and unsettling in their minimalism and beauty, such as this rose study at Kerlin Gallery. @kerlingallery @_marcelvidal
Castle Queen, Diana Marshall
Based in Galway, Marshal says she loves to “let loose with the palette knife to create more impressionistic and textured work” as seen in this painting, €1,700, at Kilbaha Gallery. @kilbahagallery @di.anaom
Spring Begins Again, Helen Blake
Blake is a painter whose practice focuses on colour, as seen here with oil on linen panel, at Molesworth Gallery. @helen.g.blake @molesworthgallery
