Earthly Delights: New exhibition opens at University Hospital Waterford
Earthly Delights is a new exhibition by artist Paul McCloskey at University Hospital Waterford. Vibrant and full of colour, this collection of paintings is already lifting spirits and bringing a smile to the faces of patients, staff and visitors to the hospital. On display on the corridor leading to the Outpatients Department at UHW, the exhibition runs until 5 January 2025.
The exhibition programme at UHW is part of the Waterford Healing Arts programme, which is managed by Réalta, the national resource organisation for arts + health in Ireland.
Drawing on the artist’s surroundings, spiritual beliefs, imagination, memory and emotion, the vivid paintings in the Earthly Delights collection are also deeply influenced by the unique Irish landscape. As Paul McCloskey explains “the varied and stunning Irish landscape, coupled with our unsettled weather and often fleeting and mottled light, inspire me greatly.”
The collection is also enriched by the artist’s process of artistic creation, which allows him to remain in the moment as he paints, offering a cathartic pause from the day-to-day realities of life.
For further details about the exhibition, contact Aisling Kennedy, Réalta:
aisling.kennedy@realta.ie /051-842664