Artist of the Month, July 2025 – Philip Flanagan

Philip Flanagan was born in Belfast in 1960 and graduated from Camberwell College in London in 1985. In the last twenty years he has gained a reputation as a painter and sculptor, with works in major collections in Ireland, Britain and America.

Baltic Theme, Rosevia, Poland is part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland art collection. It is an abstract composition based upon landscape, inspired by a visit to the North coast of Poland in 2019. It is part of a series of works painted in 2020, in which the artist suggests rather than describes the topography of a landscape. The paintings are a contour of his feelings or response to the setting, using colour as a means of expression. Form and light are achieved by working over coloured grounds, patterns of colour creating energy. The strength of the colours is held in balance by structure, which emphasises their vibrancy, but resolves it into an overall calm.

Further information about Philip and his work can be found at www.philipflanagan.com