IRISH ARTISTS
The walls at Dead Rabbit have become a bit of a trademark.
Adorned with images of Ireland, they’re our ode to home. That will never change, but the artwork has. Over the last few months we’ve filled the walls with a wide range of contemporary Irish creatives. Below is an overview of those artists & photographers.
David is an illustrator and mural artist from County Down, now based in Bristol, England. His work focuses on the interactions between bold, silly, and colourful characters.
Marie Varley is a designer creating gorgeous wall art inspired by retro stamps and matchstick boxes from the 1950s onwards.
Andrew Gault paints the local Irish landscapes capturing the interplay between water, land and weather.
In 1997 Kevin moved from London to Connemara, Co. Galway. His photographs capture the detail and richness of life on Ireland’s West Coast.
A Quiet Life is the creative project of Rachel Worthington McQueen. Through the creation of original paintings, photography and handmade goods she aims to share with others her own desire for a more intentional, less distracted way of living.
Born in Cork, Ireland, Shane hand pulls striking graphic silkscreen prints which record his travels and paint a unique contemporary picture of the world today.
Award winning Irish photographer Linda Brownlee is well known for her documentary approach to portraiture and fashion.
Fuchsia is an illustrator based in Dublin who has designed covers for The Stinging Fly and is a regular in the pages of Totally Dublin.
Living and working in Dublin, Kurt Oppermann is a painter of abstract and colourful landscape scenes which evoke many feelings in his viewers.
From Co. Tyrone, but based in Belfast, Deci and Brideen are two Irish photographers who capture the wild and wonderful landscapes of Ireland
From America, Lauren is a self-taught artist and illustrator based in Ireland. She is inspired by the natural world and landscapes of Ireland.
A documentary lifestyle and portrait photographer based in Belfast, Rachel is inspired by the vulnerability of human connection, the seasons and how they shift.
Jayne is a self taught landscape artist living and working in County Down, Northern Ireland. Through paint she captures the healing warmth the Irish landscape provides both physically and mentally.
Based in Belfast, Anna is predominantly a palette knife painter. She is inspired by both urban and rural Ireland; and her work is a celebration of the spirit and warmth of the Irish landscape and its people.
County Down artist Kevin responds to Ireland and beyond in beautifully balanced blocks of colour. Paintings actively shift between realism and abstraction — bringing fresh appreciation with each viewing.
Irish photographer Issy Gould has a style focussed on accommodating her subjects, while playing with her creative process.
Robyn Carey is a printmaker, painter, and curator from Dublin. She creates primarily abstract expressionist silk screen prints and acrylic paintings.
Neil is an artist based out of Dublin, exploring the significance of the urban landscape on personal experience, creating work that responds to the inner city environments of Dublin.
Based in Dublin, Ruth is a commerical and fine art photographer specialising in natural light photography and portraiture.
Established in 2013 Camán and Co., inspired by the colour, energy and passion for Irish sport reinterpret Irish sporting memorabilia in a distinctly bold, graphic and modernist style.
From Corofin, Co. Clare, Sorrell is an Irish artist and printmaker. Her work combines both traditional and modern printing techniques, inspired by poetry and the beauty of the Irish landscape.
From County Offaly but based in Dublin, Emily is a Freelance artist currently in her final year at TUDublin, studying Visual Communication.
Elaine Hill is a commercial photographer based in Belfast creating images for marketing, editorial and advertising throughout Ireland and the UK.
Al Higgins is a photographer based in Dublin, Ireland. Born in Cork, Al was raised in Mitchelstown before moving to Waterford, where he learned how to develop film.
Originally from Dublin, Leah is an abstract landscape painter now based in Connemara, Co Galway. Her large-scale paintings are an emotive response to the rugged beauty of her surrounding landscape. Her work is held in many public and private collections both in Ireland and abroad.
Paul is an award winning fine art landscape photographer from Belfast. His passion is to capture ethereal beauty in his work, often driven by mood and emotion to create something beautiful. His work has been featured in various landscape photography magazine publications and World Landscape Photographer 2022 – Overall winner.
Based in Kenmare, Co. Kerry, Norman has spent over 30 years photographing the natural beauty of the Emerald Isle.