Susan Early is a visual artist, printmaker and architect. Her practice considers coastal transitions from sea to land, including built structures in the landscape. Lighthouses, towers and homes nestled into hills and sited along the coast feature in her prints and drawings. She creates etchings, using aquatint on a single copper plate to produce subtle fine-art prints of tone and colour, hand-printed at Graphic Studio Dublin.

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A long-term exploration of Ireland's lighthouses charting a journey around the Irish coastline and beyond has developed into a significant body of etchings; these coastal encounters are also recorded as maps. A curated selection of these prints will be exhibited at the Seamus Ennis Arts Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin in October-November 2026.

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Through these prints, Susan examines lighthouses and martello towers as enduring maritime landmarks, structures shaped by their landscapes, responsive to the elements and emblematic of protection, navigation and resilience at the meeting point of land and sea. Shaped by both geography and climate, these landmarks were conceived not only as navigational beacons but also as protective refuges, living homes and workplaces. Through their enduring presence, they reveal a dialogue between land and sea, permanence and change, architecture and the elemental forces that continue to shape the Irish coast.

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Susan is an artist member of Graphic Studio Dublin and has worked in administration, education and as Company Secretary  with the Studio. She has curated and managed exhibitions for GSD members and co-manages Print Network Ireland, promoting printmaking and supporting printmakers.

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She is a member of The Watercolour Society of Ireland, Dublin Painting and Sketching Club and VAI. Her work has been exhibited in Ireland, UK, Europe, Canada, USA and Japan and is in many private and public collections, including The OPW and NI Civil Service Collection.

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These original fine-art prints are made by etching an image onto a copper plate, which is then inked up and printed through a traditional printing press by the artist at Graphic Studio Dublin.

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Each work is printed in editions of up to 50, so multiple prints are available for sale. Each is hand printed by the artist.

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This exhibition will be on show in our Easter Snow Gallery from 5th October – 30th November 2026, open daily from 10:00am-4.00 p.m.

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To make an enquiry, please contact Colette on: 087 9697054 or email: info@tseac.ie​​​​