Cliona Doyle
, Irish, b.1968
Title
Mountain Avens with Speckled WoodDate2017
MediumEtching
Dimensions
Plate: 31.6 x 26.5 cm
Sheet: 46.6 x 38.1 cm
Signedlower right (in graphite): Cliona Doyle
Credit LinePurchased, 2018
Object numberNGI.2018.121.2
DescriptionGraphic Studio Dublin, Fine Art Printmakers, was founded in 1960 to teach traditional printmaking skills then unavailable in Irish art colleges, and to provide studios and technical assistance to artists to make fine art prints. Its founders were Patrick Hickey, Leslie MacWeeney, Liam Miller, Elizabeth Rivers and Anne Yeats. A gallery, known as Graphic Studio Gallery was established in 1988, to promote fine-art printmaking in Ireland and abroad, to educate the public about printmaking, and to exhibit and sell prints on behalf of member artists. It is located off Cope Street in Temple Bar while the Studio is based in an old warehouse building on the North Circular Road. Graphic Studio Dublin published sponsors’ portfolios from the 1960s to the 1980s. These portfolios consisted of six prints presented in a portfolio and in later publications a poem was also added. These works were produced to raise funds for the running of the studio and were a great success. In 2010 Graphic Studio relaunched the Sponsors' Portfolios as part of their 50th anniversary celebrations. Over ten years, they will publish 10 portfolios (one per year). Each year an edition of 75 bespoke folders is made, each of which contains four prints by Graphic Studio printmakers and invited artists and one piece of writing. Writers have included Jennifer Johnston, John Banville and Colm Toibín.
The commissioned artists and writer in 2017 are: Cliona Doyle, Gwen O'Dowd, Aoife Scott, Elke Thönnes and the writer Colm Toibín.
This etching is by Cliona Doyle. Born in 1968, Doyle attended the National College of Art and Design in Dublin from 1987 to 1991. She graduated with an Honours degree in Fine Art Printmaking. Since then she has devoted herself to making more prints, concentrating on carborundum prints and developing various flower themes. Cliona Doyle is a member of the Graphic Studio Dublin and was on the Board of Directors from 2005 until 2009. Her work has been exhibited in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, The Chester Beatty Library and the RHA, Dublin. Her work is in many public and private collections.
Inscriptionlower centre (in graphite): Mountain Avens with Speckled Wood
lower left (in graphite): 3/75