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110 MICKY DONNELLY (B.1957) Donkey with Easter Lilies (1988)Oil on canvas, 122 x 122cm (48 x 48’’)
Signed, inscribed and dated verso
Mickey Donnelly is an artist, writer and teacher who was born in Belfast in 1957. He was on the editorial board of the magazine
Circa
and
involved with the Queen Street Studios in Belfast. His work of the late 1980s, when this picture was painted, was full of enigmatic images and
symbols such as Easter Lilies, orange lilies, Donkey’s feet, Carson’s statue etc.. As the artist said himself in the catalogue
On the balcony of the
nation
:- “My work during the last three years has dealt with Irish cultural signs and symbols, implying or challenging accepted myths”. His style
of painting has become more abstract in recent times.
€ 700 - 1,000