A weekend of plein-air painting will take place in Kinvara in early June. The not-for-profit community arts event is being organised by members of the Kinvara Area Visual Artists (KAVA) group and will be led by experienced artists and teachers

Over the Bank Holiday weekend, participants will gather to explore  the beauty and culture of the village and surrounding areas, including Thoor Ballylee and the Burren.

The tutors are Steve Browning, Geraldine Walsh, Róisín Curé and Mavis Gormally,  who will provide seven full-day workshops in three different locations.

These are suitable for artists who work in oil, acrylic or watercolour.  There will also be an exhibition space where participants can show work completed over the weekend.  People can also engage in informal paint-outs and enjoy social activities and local attractions.

Steve Browning’s workshops in oils and acrylics will take place in Kinvara Village and the Burren. Steve, who is originally from the UK, initially worked as an art director in London and Dublin. He began painting at weekends, before becoming a fulltime artist.  His work has been shown in London, at the Royal Hibernian Academy, and the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts in Belfast. It’s in collections in the UK, USA and Ireland.  He has won prizes at the Dublin Plein Air Festival and Wexford’s Art in the Open Festival and has also been a finalist in the prestigious Plein Air Magazine of America’s annual art competition for three years in a row, winning the best acrylic painting award in 2022.

For more, read this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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