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BORN IN LIMERICK, HE GRADUATED FROM LIMERICK SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN IN 1987. HE WENT ON TO WORK IN LONDON AND COPENHAGEN BEFORE RETURNING TO IRELAND IN 1994.

OVER THE YEARS ROBERT HAS TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY IN EUROPE, AFRICA, ASIA THE AMERICANS AND MOST RECENTLY AUSTRALIA. HE HAS BEEN INTRIGUED BYTHE MANY DIFFERENT ECO-SYSTEMS HE HAS ENCOUNTERED.

THE WAY IN WHICH ALL LIVING THINGS INTERACT, AND HOW WE VALUE THAT FACT. HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AND OTHER EVOLUTIONARY GROUPS.

ROBERT HAS HAD MANY SOLO SHOWS. HE AS REGULARLY SHOWN IN MAJOR ANNUAL EXHIBITIONS LIMKE THE OIREACHTAIS, R.H.A..R.U.A., IONTAS, E.V.A. AND EIGSHE. HE HAS EXHIBITIED IN SEVERAL COUNTRIES ABROAD HIS WORK IS IN MANY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

ROBERT NOW LIVES IN HISTORIC LOUGH GUR, CO. LIMERICK WHERE HE GREW UP: A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS A CONSTANT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR HIS EVOCATIVE IMAGES.

HIS WORK IS REPRESENTED BY THE HALLWARD GALLERY, DUBLIN,CHERRYLANE GALLERY,CO.WICKLOW AND THE JOHN MARTIN GALLERY LONDON.

Artist’s Statement
I sometimes work till the break of dawn. The hours of darkness, silence and stillness almost feel timeless, infinite.
My images are of a darkened empty place where creatures (as if in limbo) wander aimlessly in isolation, like lost souls.