Donald Teskey
Born in Co. Limerick, he graduated from Limerick College of Art and Design with a Diploma in Fine Art in 1978. Since 1992 he has crafted out a substantial body of work as a painter of the urban landscape and more recently the rugged landscape of the western seaboard. Sometimes working on a very large scale, his images reflect his response to the formal elements of composition; shape, form and fall of light. The result: powerful images of instantly recognisable parts of the Irish landscape with large abstract passages and surfaces which articulate the relentless energetic and elemental force of nature.
He is represented in major collections including the Arts Council, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Limerick City Gallery of Art, the Butler Gallery, AIB, Ulster Bank, KPMG, the Office of Public Works and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation. In 2003 he was elected a member of the RHA. In 2006 he was elected a member of Aosdána. He lives and works in Dublin.
