Adam's IMPORTANT IRISH ART 9th December 2020

www.adams.ie Important Irish Art | 9 th December 2020 149 145 BERNADETTE KIELY RHA Flood I Oil on canvas 40.5 x 50.5cm (16 x 20”) Signed, inscribed and dated 2006/07 verso € 800 - 1,200 Born in 1958 in Clonmel, Bernadette Kiely stud- ied graphic design at Waterford School of Art. Despite not being formally trained as a painter, she was encouraged by her one-time neigh- bour in Thomastown, the painter Barrie Cooke and has since developed a significant reputa- tion in the medium. The environment and the impact of climate change on the landscape feature consistently in her work. Her paintings are to be found in many private collections and in the collections of The Arts Council, OPW and AIB. She is a member of the Royal Hiberni- an Academy and Aosdána.