Michael Doherty

Many thanks to the great turnout who came to my opening in the Engine Room Gallery last night. I'll be there tomorrow if anyone wants to pop in or send a friend (out for lunch 12-2.00pm).
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View through a doorway in a hallway, cluttered with unhung paintings, to a large blue abstract painting by Michael Doherty hanging on a wall beyond.

Nearly there with the great ER team install of my solo exhibition in the Engine Room Gallery Belfast. Opens this Thursday, 7 August, at 7.00pm and runs until 30 August.
#latenightart_belfast #abstractart #oilpainting #Irishart #Irishartists #cultureneedsdiversity #drawing #art #respectingdiversity

Computer generated image of an art gallery displayinging painti gs and drawings

Working towards my Solo Exhibition opening in the Engine Room Gallery Belfast on Thursday 7 August at 7.00pm and running until 30 August.

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Information on demonstration together with pictures of starving and starved children.

40 years ago with Live Aid we were proud to be a generation saying to our elders that hunger must end. Same generation 40 years later facilitating hunger as a weapon of war. Stand up, be counted. 6pm, this Friday, 25 July. Erskine House, UK Gov H.Q. Chichester Street, Belfast. 200m from City Hall.

Rectangular publicity cards stacked on a table. Invitation details on one side and an abstract painting on the other. Michael Doherty Pushing Boundaries Painting. Drawing. Opening Thursday 7 August 7.00 - 9.00pm. Continues until 30 August 2025. The Engine Room Gallery 59 North Street, Belfast. Www.michaeldohertyart.com

Just landed. Some publicity cards for my solo show in the Engine Room Gallery opening 7 August next month.
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ink drawing in black and white on paper of the Wilkinsons House on Inishlacken Island in Connemara. Hills in the backgrond and a rough laneway in the foreground. Drawn on A4 watercolour paper in about 20 minutes.

I had the inks out for a while on the Inishlacken Project artists residency this year. Had to go for it on this one after a couple of careful studies at the same location.
#inishlacken #connemara #theinishlackenproject #irishart #irishartists #inkdrawing #inks

Is suíomh stairiúil é Dún Aonghasa ar Inis Mór, amach ó chósta na Gaillimhe. Síltar gur tógadh é thart ar thrí mhíle bliain ó shin. Peann luaidhe ar pháipéar A4
#pencildrawing #irisharchaeology #inismor #irishart #irishartists

Section of an abstract painting in progress that will be on show in the 'Pushing Boundaries' exhibition. 120 x 100 in oil on canvas.

Great to get a mention in the Irish Arts Review for my upcoming solo Exhibition 'Pushing Boundaries' in the Engine Room Gallery, Belfast, opening 7.00pm on 7 August. All welcome.
#abstractart #oilpainting #Irishart #Irishartists #cultureneedsdiversity #drawing #art #respectingdiversity

Twelve head drawings on A2 paper in pencil on display in the foyer of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. Each drawing is of a member of the National Health Service team and is titled with their role and accompanied with their notes of what was happening in their head during the drawing process. All as a part of the Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival.

One of the pencil head drawings made in today's final session as a part of the project.

It's national drawing day and final day working with NHS staff on 'Healthy Headspace' as a part of the NIMHAF. My drawings with staff text will be on display daytime next week from Monday afternoon 19 -23 May, foyer RVH, Belfast. #nationaldrawingday #irishart #nimhaf #portraits #pencildrawing

Series of pencil head drawings of men and women. Staff jot down what's going on in their heads as they sit for an hour being drawn. Head drawings and their notes are exhibited together.

In progress: Day 2 of 'Healthy Headspace' exhibition at the Royal Victoria Hospital as a part of the Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival. Finishing up tomorrow afternoon, call if you can. #nimhaf #pencildrawing #portraits #irishart #irishartists #royalvictoriahospital #mentalhealth

Four pages of drawings and text on the Island of Symi. Ink sketched from 2024 and pencil from a few years earlier.

While my abstract work is my artistic struggle, I enjoy the relaxation of sketching while travelling. I've just had this article on the Greek island of Symi published in the Royal Society of Ulster Architects journal 'Perspective'. #sketching #symi #pencildrawing #indianink #irishartist #greece

Another great gig. Loved every minute. Generous supply of the classics even while promoting the new album.

Abstract painting with a vertical emphasis. Light coloured neutral ground with smaller areas of more saturated colour.

A section of a painting I've been struggling with for a few weeks now. I changed the ratio of dark and light areas which has set me off again.
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Bill Shaw Nazis behaving like… well Nazis 🤮

Morality
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An Phalaistín. Ag brath orainn.

Oil paint on oil primed linen. Burnt sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Yellow Ochre, a little Lemon Yellow and a little Alizarin Crimson. A mix of abstract linear marks at differing scales and lengths on a light orange ground.

A section of work in the studio at the moment. I'll be showing this as a part of a solo show in the Engine Room Gallery, Belfast in August 2025. More detail to follow. #abstractart #oilpainting #Irishart #Irishartists #cultureneedsdiversity #drawing #art #respectingdiversity

(The slender stones are on the other side but had to include the Mournes looking great)

Had a trip up to see the Legananny portal tomb near Dromara and looking towards the Mournes. This tomb type dates from around 2500 - 2000 b.c. A really special tomb given the slenerness of the portal stones that support the cap stone. #irisharchaeology #mournemountains #down #portaltombs

What a night at the Spirit Store in Dundalk to hear The 4 of Us in concert. All the classics, great acoustics and a great crowd. They're playing the Empire in Belfast on Sun 4 May, one not to miss.
#the4ofus #theempirebelfast

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Naked man lying face up with head to the right. Drawn in pencil with hatched tonal areas. About 50 minutes drawing time. Smooth paper allowed the 6b pencil to move fluidly across the surface. Holding the pencil well back from the tip (as usual) and allowing a flat area to develop on the lead to facilitate the soft hatched areas.

I was really happy with this sketch from last week. Getting close to the model and looking down creates a dynamic not normally seen in the life drawing room. 6b pencil on A2 paper. #lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #rhaschool #irishart #irishartists #pencil

Ink drawing on paper of side profile head of man scaled to larger than life size. Paper mounted on an easel with life drawing room in the background. Used ink brush and two smaller watercolour brushes and a bamboo pen. Ink pe mixed into 3 dilutions / greys plus some undiluted ink to get the deep blacks.

Going big today at the Royal Hibernian Academy life drawing with a full sheet of Fabriano paper. Pre mixed indian ink plus undiluted ink to get a deep black here and there.
#lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #irishart #irishartists

Portráid déanta le dúch ag taispeáint fear óg le féasóg agus gruaig shúgánach air.

Bím i mbun ag cleachtadh portráidí na laethanta seo le linn an ama beotharraingt ag an Acadamh Ibeirneacha Ríoga. Ag bhant triail as dúch nach raibh in úsáid agam le tamall anuas.
#lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #irishart #irishartists #pencil #indianink #headstudy

Ink life drawing on A2 cartridge paper of head of older thin kneeling man facing the viewer. Hands held in prayer. 12 minute drawing.

Conte pencil head study drawing on A2 cartridge paper of older thin bearded man. 5 minute study.

Ink life drawing on A2 cartridge paper of older thin kneeling man facing away from the viewer. 12 minute drawing.

Sometimes it's the shorter poses that give the best results. Yesterday at the Royal Hibernian Academy with Francis the model striking a praying pose. #lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #irishart #irishartists #pencil #indianink #contepencil #headstudy

Head study of woman in profile drawn with 6b pencil on A2 cartridge paper.

This week it was female models in the Royal Hibernian Academy life drawing studio. Week about male and female models. #lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #irishart #irishartists #pencil #6bpencil #headstudy

Looking back I self labelled and appealed the adult content label which they have now removed. All part of helping train the AI I suppose.

Happens with my life drawings too Dougal.

We'll be eating them next!

A useful one for Micheal Martin heading to an Teach Bán.

25 minute drawing with a 6B pencil on A2 cartridge paper. Rear view of a thin man with foot resting on a chair.

60 minute drawing with a 6B pencil on A2 cartridge paper. Head study of a young man facing forward.

75 minute drawing with a 6B pencil on A2 cartridge paper. Foreshortened pose of a younger man facing the head resting on this hand and elbow.

A couple of 5 minute sketches with a red pencil on A2 cartridge paper. Head study of a bearded older man with a full length study of the same man with arms outstretched.

Some more output from yesterday's life drawing in Dublin at the Royal Hibernian Academy. #lifedrawing #drawing #portrait #art #royalhibernianacademy #irishart #irishartists #pencil #6bpencil #headstudy

Warm painted ground with cooler overlays in muted cyan and darker lines. Oil on canvas.

Section of another hand movement painting I've been working on this past while. There's a struggle and a satisfaction with the actions, consideration and reactions involved in painting these. #abstractart #oilpainting #Irishart #Irishartists #cultureneedsdiversity #drawing #art #respectingdiversity