The exhibition”Strumpet City”,a group show of original prints inspired by the city of Dublin, is now on in the Graphic Studio Gallery ,Through the Arch ,Cope Street, Dublin 2, running until the 24th August. My piece in the exhibition is called Rooftops and is a screen print on fabriano paper.

I have curated this exhibition for  Gormley`s Fine Art………. hope to see you there

My screen print ,Sailing Home, has been selected for the Limerick Printmakers` Open Submission Print Show 2013. Twenty-six printmakers were chosen for the exhibition by this year`s selector Charles Harper RHA, from work submitted by artists from Ireland, Europe and Australia.  The exhibition,which is in the Limerick Printmakers Studio and Gallery , 5a Sarsfield  Street, Limerick ,opens on Thursday 6th June and runs until Saturday 29th June

My batik on linen, “Curved Trees”,  has been accepted  by the Royal Hibernian Academy for their Annual Exhibition . This opens on Tuesday, May 28th in the RHA Gallagher Gallery, 15 Ely Place , Dublin 2 and continues until August 17th. There are 489  works in the exhibition, by RHA members, invited artists and artists whose work was accepted through open submission . Among the pieces on show are paintings , drawings, prints, sculptures and mixed media.

I will be giving a lecture on my work, entitled Light and Dark / Sunlight and Shadows, as part of the Friends of the National Gallery Lecture Series , on Tuesday 14 May at 7.30 pm. The venue is No. 5,  South Leinster Street, Dublin 2.  The talk will show how my practice, both in batik and in  screen printing,  has developed  and evolved over the years and will be about an hour long.  Friends of the National Gallery  and non-members are welcome to attend. Contact the Friends` desk for details, by email        friends@ngi.ie      or by phone on (01) 6619877. The cost is €12  per person and includes a wine reception from 7 .00 pm.

“The Irish Scene”, an exhibition which I have curated for Gormley`s Fine Art , is now on in their Dublin gallery and will run until April 4th.In it, a group of artists interpret the changing landscape of modern Ireland in drawing and painting. The artists featured are : Campbell Bruce HRHA, Carey Clarke PPRHA, Eugene Conway, Sean Cotter, James English RHA, Charles Harper RHA, Myra Jago, Patricia Lambert, Paul Mac Cormaic, Bernadette Madden, Jacqueline Stanley and Niall Wright

Charles Harper RHA   Found Landscape

Myra Jago  All this has happened before and it will happen again

Paul Mac Cormaic   A kite`s eye view of Wicklow

Two of my batiks, “Watery Light” and “Shady Bank” are on exhibition in the All Ireland Group Show, in the gordon gallery, Derry until Feb. 23rd. The exhibition is one of the events in the Derry-Londonderry City of Culture calendar

My Christmas Exhibition opens on the 10th December and runs until the 15th, in my studio in Haddington Road , Dublin 4. The show is open every day from 12 noon till 5 pm , other times by appointment.On display are batiks on linen , both framed and as wall hangings, screenprints on paper and  crepe de chine silk scarves. I also have a large range of Christmas cards, printed and hand made. For directions to the studio call me on 01 6686874 or have a look at the map on my website`s contact page.

WISHING YOU A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Bernadette

Our Lady`s Hospice &  Care Services in Dublin  have used my work on their fund raising Christmas  Cards this year. The cards (6″ X 8″ / 15 X 21 cm)  come  in packs , each pack contains 12 cards with 4 images  and costs € 10 .  There are four different images: “Christmas Eve”  “Magi”  “It was twenty-two below” and “Christmas Star”

All the proceeds from the sales of the cards will go towards the ongoing provision of patient comfort and care in both the Harold’s Cross Hospice and the one in Blackrock. If you need any information contact the fundraising team:

Phone:1850660606

Email: fundraising@olh.ie

Website: www.lightupalife.ie   ( click on Christmas Shop )

Or ring me on 00353 1 6686874

The Hamilton Gallery, 4 Castle St. Sligo, Ireland,  is presenting my exhibition “Sunny Spaces, Shady Places”, off site, in the Sligo Park Hotel, Pearse Road ,Sligo . There are 11 pieces (all batik on linen) in the show , which runs until November 29th.