Máirín Lannin's first solo exhibition entitled ‘Reminders’ officially opened in Galway City Library on March 9th and continues until March 25th.Máirín’s work is in oil on canvas and features a range of vibrant close-ups of tulips and irises. Máirín describes her inspiration for the paintings in the exhibition in the following terms:
“In the past, tulips have inspired men to do great and foolish things. Today we are still susceptible to their charms. Tulips and irises are dramatic and glamorous flowers often with complex blooms producing an extraordinary array of colours and patterns.”
While studying art at the GMIT, a project involving colour, structure and form guided Máirín towards tulips - a natural choice for her given that she is a keen gardener and has been a frequent visitor to the Dutch tulip gardens in Keukenhof.
Máirín Lannin is living in Corcullen, co. Galway.
Visitors to the exhibition may wish to browse among the following two books which will be available for reference throughout the exhibition:
Tulipomania: The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused, by the historian Mike Dash
and
Tulip: The Story of the Flower That Has Made Men Mad, by Anna Pavord
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