Kestrel by Mary McGrath, Oil on canvas, 12" x 16", ‘QUARTET’ at Castlewarren Village Studio, Co Kilkenny from 10th August 2025
Recent Exhibitions
- CASTLEWARREN VILLAGE STUDIO, CO. KILKENNY -
QUARTET
10th - 17th August 2025
Part of Kilkenny Arts Week, this vibrant group show featured:
Mary McGrath – Paintings & Prints
Margaret Becker – Stained Glass
Michele Sweetman – Screen Prints
Amelia Peart – Paintings
QUARTET: Artist Talks & Demos:
Mary McGrath - 'History of Printmaking' | Sat, 10th Aug at 5.30pm.
Margaret Becker – Stained Glass: Beginnings, Deterioration & Revival | Sat, 16th Aug @ 3.30pm
Michele Sweetman – Screen Printing on Fabric Workshops | 15th - 17th Aug, 2 to 6pm (€80 – Call 086 3094520 to book)
Mary McGrath – Art Conservation: Restoring a Painting | Sat, 16th Aug @ 5.30pm
Castlewarren Village Studios, Co. Kilkenny, R95 AK8
Opening Hours: Saturday 10am - 5pm.
'QUARTET' - works by Mary McGrath
For information or to enquire about purchasing any of the works below, please contact Mary McGrath
Goat, Oil on Canvas, 60 X 80cms
Natterjack Toad, Watercolour
Fantail Pigeon, Oil on Board,45 x 56cms
Monday, Etching
Kestrel, Oil on Canvas, 40 X 50cms
Otter, Watercolour
Puffin, Oil on Canvas, 60 X 50cms
Echo Location
Kerry Bog Pony, Etching, 51 X 40cms
Pine Marten, Hand Coloured Etching, 30 x 37cms
Passing the Time of Day, Oil on canvas, 60 x 80cms
Echos
Toad's Face,Etching
Kingfisher, Oil on canvas
Squirrel, Watercolour
Barn Owl, Oil on canvas, 40cms x 50cms
Lament For Art O'Leary, Etching
The Road Less Travelled, Watercolour
Past Exhibitions
- KILCOCK ART GALLERY -
"Endangered!"
30th September - 21st October 2023
Kilcock Art Gallery is delighted to host Mary McGrath's solo exhibition entitled "Endangered!", which ran from the 30th September to the 21st October 2023.
"My passion for biodiversity and conservation of our natural world continues to imbue my work. My art is an attempt to highlight nature’s beauty, the importance of retaining and encouraging wildlife habitats and what can be lost if we don’t."
Mary McGrath
For more information on "Endangered!" and to view the full catalogue of works for sale, please visit the Kilcock Art Gallery website and follow us on Instagram
Kilcock Art Gallery, School St. Kilcock, Co. Kildare, W23E5R5
Squirrel, Watercolour, 21x29.5cms by Mary McGrath, for the forthcoming solo exhibition "Endangered" at the Kilcock Art Gallery from 30th September 2023.
Hear the call of the corncrake, curlew and puffin
Corncrake
Corncrake (detail), Watercolour, 42X30cms
Curlew
Curlew (detail), Oil on Canvas, 50X60cms
Puffin
Puffin (detail), Oil on Canvas, 60X50cms
Exhibitions
‘The Heart of Me Goes Thinking Long’. An exhibition of paintings, ceramics, original prints and sculpture by SULT artists Collective, Ardclough Village Centre, Straffan, Co. Kildare
18th October - 24th December 2024
'Pathways'. A group show by Sult Artists, Cahir Arts, Tipperary.
5th June - 14th July 2024
'Bullet Points: Who, What, How We Commemorate', McKenna Gallery, Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Co. Kildare
2nd April - 25th May 2024
'Echos’, Leinster Printmaking Studio 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Naas Library Cultural Centre, Naas, Co Kildare
15th - 26th April 2024
"Unravelling an Icon, Celebrating and Remembering Brigid and her Legacy", Brigid 1500 Art Trail, Kildare Town
27th January - 18th February 2024
PROJECT BABEL, An International Collaborative Project - 329 Printmakers 40 Printmaking Studios 19 Countries. Galleria Ratamo, Veturitallinkatu 6, 40100 Jyväskylä, Finland
14th December 2023 - 14th January 2024
ENDANGERED! Solo Exhibition, Kilcock Art Gallery, School St. Kilcock, Co. Kildare, W23E5R5
30 September 2023 - 20 October 2023
SULT Artists Collective Summer Show, Irish National Stud & Gardens, Brallistown Little, Tully, Co. Kildare, R51 KX25
25th July - 7th August 2023
ECHOS: An exhibition celebrating 25 years of the Leinster Printmaking Studio, Esker Arts Centre, High St, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, R35 NY50, Ireland
8th July - 26th August 2023
SULT Artists at No. 8 Gallery, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare:
September 2022 - June 2023
Life Goes On, Phoenix Park Visitor Centre, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8:
29th October - 29th November 2022
Solas Bhride, Kildare: 26th January - 9th February 2022
Boland’s Gallery, Kildare: June - December 2021
GRA Gallery, Naas, Co Kildare: December 2020
Collections
Mary McGrath's work is held in:
The OPW (Office of Public Works) Collection
The Irish Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria
Kildare County Council
Private collections in Ireland, the USA, Italy, Luxembourg and Bulgaria.