Northern Ireland
Browse ArchiveArtist of the Month, July 2021 - Neal Greig
Friday 9th July 2021 at 11am
Image: Neal Greig 'Through The Floody Pines', Oil on Canvas (2019, 150 x 150 cm)
Neal Greig was born in Belfast in 1965. He studied Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art, and was awarded The Andrew Grant Scholarship for his post graduate study.
Neal has exhibited extensively throughout Ireland and has undertaken numerous prestigious international residencies. He has previously been the Artist in Residence at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and in 2011 received the Pollock Krasner Award from the Foundation in New York. Neal was elected to the Royal Ulster Academy in in 2018.
‘Through The Floody Pines’ is part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s collection. The painting was inspired by a visit to the Cairngorms National Park in June 2019. It beautifully captures the light and shade falling on the trees, and their reflections in the still flood water below.
Further information about Neal’s work can be found at www.nealgreig.com