Welcome
Welcome to my website and I hope you enjoy the images of my recent work. Please feel free to comment, ask a question, or make a suggestion by emailing me at the address below.
I have exhibited in a group shows in Ireland and the UK, including Oireachtas, Kenny’s in Galway, the Brendan Kennelly Festival, as well as a number of shows with my mother Anna Marie in Dublin, Galway and Mullingar.
I am thrilled that people enjoy my work and I'm fortunate that people have chosen to hang my work in their homes, offices and other spaces. I also have had work acquired by the Office of Public Works here in Ireland.
'Inner Light'
I have really enjoyed developing the 'Inner Light' series of watercolours where I have attempted to use colour, forms, energy, movement, contrasts of fuzziness and sharpness, layers of residual patterns and markings, depth, emerging light and space, to explore and express a range of positive emotions, feelings and states of mind.
I am a constantly experimenting artist, continually testing my knowledge and technique. The sharply defined brushstrokes and markings associated with my previous and quite unique paintings in oil on plaster have made way for pure colour and a newfound freedom of movement.
Colour is everywhere, creating new territories which I feel reflect the awakening, and the release, of a hugely satisfying creative and exuberant force inside me. To me each piece is a world in itself, an explosion of colour, a mental landscape and each capturing moments of ‘positivity’. Please take a few minutes to look at and absorb these pieces, and create your own narratives. Let your mind take you on a journey and tap into, or recharge, your own reserves of positivity ...!!
and finally ...
I was born in Dumfries, Scotland in 1965 but grew up in Mullingar. Life has taken me to fascinating parts of the world and I'm now living in the village of Stamullen, Co. Meath, with Cécile, Antoine (8), Clodagh (7) and Tristan (4).
You will see from my LinkedIn profile (http://ie.linkedin.com/pub/niall-leavy/5/999/817/) that I have built, and continue to build on, over 20 years of occupational psychology and public service HR experience in Ireland and the UK. Over the last number of years executive coaching has captured my passion and energy and I get huge satisfaction from working closely with managers and executives to help them reach their potential and move towards achieving real personal fulfilment.
If you would like to commission a piece of artwork or you have a general query, please email me at info@niallleavy.com or call me at +353 1 841 3560.