Michael Gemmell (1950, Coleraine, Co. Derry). The Wicklow-based artist who studied in the Limerick College of Art is best known as a painter of the Burren, the Islands and the Irish Bogs. He works in oils, and his quest to capture colour and light led him to interpret bogland and mountain landscapes in varying atmospheric conditions. With high keyed colours, his work is unmistakable: Flashing yellows, deep saturated blues and vivid orange flow sensually together in his paintings. Michael's first show was in 1972 and he has continued to show his work in galleries throughout Ireland.

Recent exhibitions

Solo shows:
2004     Taylor Gallery, Belfast
2003     Dyehouse Gallery, Waterford
2003     Waldock Gallery, Blackrock, Co Dublin
2003     Metatron Gallery, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow

Group Shows:
2003     Davis Gallery, Dublin
2003     Eigse Show, selected artists group show, Carlow
2003     Barbara Stanley Gallery, London.
2003     Lead White Gallery, Dublin (two person show)

Collections:
Michael's work is included in many private and public collections: A.I.B, Bank of Ireland, City Bank, Dublin, Fyffes Group, Dublin, Fitzgerald Insurance, Waterford, Irish Times Collection, N.I.H.E. Limerick, Nenagh V.E.C, Matheson Ormsby & Prentice, Dublin, Office of Public Works (OPW), The Byrne Group, Greystones, among others.