Eimhin Farrell
Tangled Branches with Hooded Crow
Etching, 38 x 33cm, €300
Black Island Stump
Etching, 28 x 36cm, €300
White Island Spirit
Etching, 38 x 26.5cm, €300
Biography
Eimhin Farrell is printmaker and art educator from Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan. He studied fine art and visual culture at NCAD from 2015-2018, where upon graduating he received the John Kelly Award from Black Church Print Studio, and has been a member of the studio ever since. Eimhin has participated in Black Church members shows, and had work first selected for the RHA Annual Exhibition in 2023. He also had work displayed in a three-person show titled Convergence in the spring of 2019 in Íontas Theatre and Arts Centre, Castleblayney, and will hold his first solo exhibition. Also at Íontas, from 12th June-30th July 2024.
Statement
Eimhin Farrell’s etchings aim to portray the natural world in a traditional intaglio printmaking style. His love for Irish landscape stems from having grown up in Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan along the shores of Lough Muckno, and frequenting adjacent forests. As a big fan of master prints, he tries to utilise a similar style when creating his etchings, while also trying to give the prints a contemporary dynamic through use of colour, etc. Eimhin believes primary resources are a crucial and exciting part of research, and taking photos and spending time in nature is vital to his practice.