Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 29th April 2019

I rish & I nternational A rt M onday 29 th A pril 2019 at 6.00 pm 137 117 Philip Flanagan (b.1960) The Strand by the Yellow House, Brandon, Co Kerry (from the Tuam na Farraige Series No.1) (2017) signed, titled and dated 2017 verso with artist’s archive no. 22217 oil and acrylic on linen 80 x 100.5cm (31.5 x 39.5in) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner €1,500-€2,500 ($1,685-$2,808) (£1,271-£2,118) In his paintings Flanagan likes to superimpose layer upon layer of colour so as to produce a surface replete with activity and the act of construction. For example, he says, “I might include a red layer to create an emotional charge, and if I’m putting black over that, the red will vibrate the black, animate it. I want to convey the landscape but I want to convey it in an abstract sense. I don’t want to paint and draw the topography. I want to see how far you can push the thing - abstract it - and still maintain its character.” He draws upon what might term the ‘psyche’ of the landscape. While his paintings are based on the Irish landscape, they can also be read in the abstract, as exercises in the juxtaposition of shapes and tones, he brings a new and distinctly per- sonal interpretation to it. Dr. S.B. Kennedy, March 2019