Morgan O'Driscoll Irish & International Art Auction 30th April 2018 at 6pm

I RISH & I NTERNATIONAL A RT A UCTION M ONDAY 30 TH A PRIL 2018 AT 6.00 PM 95 Seán McSweeney HRHA (b. ) SHORELINE BOG POOL signed and titled on reverse oil on board 25 x 35.5cm (9.84 x 13.98in) Provenance: Nicholas Gallery, Belfast (label verso); Private Collection In the mid-1980s, Seán McSweeney moved to coastal Co Sligo with his family. In his case, he was returning to the place where he had grown up. The building where he’d gone to school became, and remains, his studio. Close to Lissadell, Ballyconnell is a beautiful shoreline realm. Between McSweeney’s home and studio, and the rocky coast, there is a generous expanse of coastline bog, rich in vegetation and punctuated by cuttings which carve out remarkably geometric pools in the wild landscape. McSweeney has made much of his finest work - that is, much of the finest Irish landscape paintings - in this familiar terrain. €2,500-3,500 (£2,173-3,043)