Artform School of Art
Artform is a contemporary school of art based in the beautiful coastal village of Dunmore East. We offer artist-led open air and studio based workshops and painting holidays as well as online courses with Artform tutors. Our courses cover a wide variety of styles and media catering to guest-artists of varying levels of skill and experience.
The Artform School is located in a modern building by the beach containing an ample light-filled studio with 24hr access for all visiting artists, a small art library, easels and drawing boards for indoor and outdoor painting, WIFI access and audio/visual equipment.
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ARTISTS
Aidan Crotty
Aidan currently lives and works in rural west Sligo where he focuses primarily on observational painting
Brenda Malley
Brenda divides her time between her studio in Glendarragh in the Wicklow countryside, teaching workshops around Ireland, and conducting painting…
Brian Smyth
Alumnus of The Angel Academy, trained extensively in the art of figurative and portrait painting.
Bridget Flannery
A regular exhibitor with the RHA Open Exhibition, Flannery has exhibited nationally and internationally since 1981.
Daniel Lipstein
Daniel Lipstein is a printmaker and painter, member of The Graphic Studio Dublin since 2002.
Dave Duffy
Dave comes from Enniscorthy, County Wexford and has gained critical acclaim worldwide for his hyper-realistic portraits & online viral videos.
Dave West
Dave West is a full time artist and art tutor originally from South Wales and now living in North County…
David Begley
David Begley lives and works on the Wexford coast. David is an Irish artist, writer, and arts educator, currently working…
Fionn McCann
Fionn is a Dublin based photographer. He divides his time between commissioned work and fine art photography.
Frances Ryan
Ryan graduated from IADT Dubllin (1997) and has won numerous awards, including the Paul Henry Landscape Prize at the RUA…
Gabhann Dunne
Gabhann Dunne is a Dublin-based painter. He is also a former winner of the RDS Taylor Art Award (2011) and…
Hanneke van Ryswyk
Hanneke is a Welsh-Dutch artist. She has held six solo exhibitions since moving to Ireland in 2011 and has been…
Helen Comerford
Helen studied sculpture in NCAD, Belfast college of art and design and Artibus Utrecht, Netherlands. For the last 20 years…
John Short
John Short is represented by The Solomon Fine Art Gallery in Dublin. He has been the recipient of many awards…
Julie Cusack
Julie has been practicing drawing and painting for 15 years and has exhibited extensively within Ireland and abroad including the…
Mary O’Connor
A member of Black Church Print Studio. Mary has been selected for many group exhibitions and has completed residencies in…
Michael Wann
Michael Wann is a Sligo-based charcoal artist. He has been awarded the AXA Insurance Drawing Prize (2010)...
Mick O’Dea
Mick O’Dea was elected President of the RHA in 2014 and he is an elected member of Aosdána since 1996.
Neal Greig
Neal’s inspiration comes from the quiet corners of woodlands and lakes of Tyrone, Fermanagh, Armagh and Monaghan as well as…
PJ Lynch
P. J. Lynch has won many awards for his work as a book illustrator including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal…
Shevaun Doherty
My art is inspired by the natural world, using watercolour paints to capture light, colour and texture on paper and…
Steve Browning
Steve uses acrylics and paints on location (plein air). Steve finds the forgiving nature and flexibility of acrylic paints are…
Thomas King
I have had numerous solo exhibitions of my work in England, Ireland and France, participated in many mixed exhibitions including…
Tony Robinson
A passionate outdoor oil painter, Tony has travelled to paint in several European countries and in the USA with overseas…
William A. Nathans
My training and work process is based on working from life. I studied in NY and in Canada and have…
Renate Holzner
Renate Holzner, born 1959 lives and works close to Regensburg in the southern part of Germany. She began her carrier…
Justin Laffan
Justin Laffan, born1952, son of George Laffan sculptor and art dealer. He was exposed to art from an early age…
Michael Mulcahy
Michael Mulcahy is a renowned expressionist artist who has represented Ireland all over the world. He holds the highest Irish…
Sheila Naughton
A native of Dublin, Sheila Naughton is an Honours graduate of NCAD and Ecole Cantonale des Beaux Arts et d'Arts…