Nobel Prize Winner Heinrich Böll (1917-1985) and his family visited Ireland first in 1954 and purchased a cottage on Achill Island.  His cottage there is now used as a guest house for international and Irish artists.

Robert Henri (1865-1929) was an American painter and teacher. Henri made several trips to Ireland's western coast and rented Corrymore House near Dooagh, on Achill Island, in 1913.  

Paul Henry (1877-1958) was the son of a Baptist minister, born in Belfast.  He studied art in Belfast before going to Paris in 1898 to study at the Académie Julian and at Whistler's studio.

I work in oils, using brushes and palette knives. For some paintings, particularly land and seascapes, I like to work quickly, always aiming to capture a spontaneity, a freshness in my work.  

Since the summer of 1997, I have felt and been subjected to the west coast of Ireland, it has become familiar to me: the light, the subtle fluctuations of its earth, the capricious changeability of its water. I want to penetrate its surface and explore the deeper layers within.

Pauline is a freelance Artist/ Writer living and working in Achill Island.  Her work is primarily based on adventuring through life, and what She is continually learning as a result of that. It is the expression of the joy Pauline finds in nature, with others, and in pursuit of happiness through ordinary circumstance. Therefore Pauline is a constant work in progress, so too are the fruits of Her labour and love!

Deborah has a Ba Diploma in Fine Art.  She has exhibited in South Wales, King St Gallery & Exposure Gallery. Deborah currently exhibit's work in The Sea Shore Gallery in Achill Island. She has completed commission work for Bigfish Entertainment.

A local freelance photographer.

Our Gallery on Achill is open again for the summer season.  From May 'till September.  We are open 7 days a week from 11.00am to 5.00pm.  If you're in the area call in for a look.

From 1978 – 1982 Ronan attended the National College of Art & Design in Dublin where he received an Honours Diploma in Sculpture in 1981 and the following year an Honours Degree Sculpture B.A.  From 1982 – 1984 Ronan attended Yale School of Art, New haven, Connecticut. USA. and received an Honours Degree Sculpture M.F.A.  In 1985 he returned to Dublin where he worked for a number of years before moving his studio to Drogheda and in 1998 he moved to Achill Island where he now lives.

Contemporary artist Camille Souter was born in Northampton, England, in 1929. Raised in Ireland she studied nursing in London.  In the mid-1950’s Souter spent some time in Italy in order to recuperate after a period of illness.  It was here that she discovered a love for painting.