Aidan Butler is a mostly self taught artist from Dublin.  He mainly uses the medium of pastels in a painterly and textured way. He was invited to become a full member of the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club in 2021. He is a regular exhibitor at the Royal Ulster Academy, and various other Annual exhibitions in Ireland. He is also a full member of the Pastel Society of Ireland, a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, and a member of the Pastel Guild of Europe. Aidan has exhibited at the leading pastel exhibitions in the world, most recently in New York and Chicago, and his pastel paintings have won awards and commendations at national and international exhibitions. 

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Aidan’s exhibition “Winter Hush” is a celebration of the natural environment, and seeing the beauty in the everyday.  “Primarily I aim to create atmosphere and ambience in my landscape paintings. I have always loved the winter. As a painter, I am attracted to the muted colours and hushed quieter days. The skeletal leafless trees, the remains of the vivid autumn leaf colours carpeting the ground, the low angle of the sun, all inspire me to paint this season.  

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Due to our temperate climate the weather is rarely hash. here are bushes and shrubs and the rare winter flower which can help punctuate the browns, rusts and greens of the winter landscape to provide subtle visual interest. 

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It doesn’t snow very frequently in Ireland, but any hint of the white stuff has me scrambling for sketchbook and camera to record the effects of the only too rare snowfalls.  Sounds are really muted during and after a snowfall.  Shadow patterns provide interesting blues and violets in the sunlight.”   - Aidan Butler.

 

This exhibition will be on show in our Easter Snow Gallery from 1st October - 1st December.

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This exhibition can be viewed online or in our Easter Snow Gallery open daily from 10-4.00 p.m. To make an enquiry, please contact Colette on 087 9697054 or email: info@tseac.ie