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Wax crayon on card, 45 x 36cm (17¾ x 14”)
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Although Conor was Presbyterian, this did not hinder him depicting Catholics either ‘’Going to Mass’’ in the countryside or
praying in church as is shown here. This is one of a series of church interiors that Conor painted others being “The Benedic-
tion”, an oil sold in these rooms in Oct 2006 and another crayon of the same title in May 2013 which feature the same cen-
tral figures. Conor captures the different generations always focusing on the matriarchal grandmother in the foreground.
Again he has successfully captured a way of life that is now but a memory in ‘Modern Ireland’.
€4,000 - 6,000