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Mike Fitzharris

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MIKE FITZHARRIS (1952 - )

Born in Limerick in 1952, Mike Fitzharris studied at the School of Art in the city, graduating in 1973. He did post-graduate studies in Berlin from 1973-76. He taught art in Kerry and Dublin before becoming a full-time painter.

He has had a number of solo shows in Ireland, including at the Vanguard in Cork and Jorgensen in Dublin, and has exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Iontas and the Oireachtas. He has represented Ireland in exhibitions in Canada, France, Slovenia, Wales, Belgium, Northern Ireland and England.

There are Mike Fitzharris works in the collections of AIB, the Office of Public Works and Guinness Mahon bankers.

Samuel Walsh has commented - “His work is grounded in landscape. The pictorial perspective is invariably aerial which creates a tunnel view that the audience enters into visually. Paint is usually scratched into the surface and lines and shapes swirl as if controlled by natural forces. The colour is often Mediterranean in hue and he favours rich yellows, orange, vibrant greens and blues. Occasionally industrial or sensitive environmental circumstances are chosen as subject matter”.