Tony Oakey New Irish Art

You can bring a horse to water but you can't make it think, Oil, 36cm x 46cm

Between a rock and a hard place, Oil, 20cm x 50cm

The art of navigation, Oil, 20cm x 50cm

Out of this world, Oil, 40cm x 50cm

Sunsets burn my brain, Oil, 20cm x 50cm

Last dream before dawn, Oil, 40cm x 50cm

It's never too late to have a happy childhood, Oil, 25cm x 36cm

I think you're missing the point, Oil, 20cm x 50cm

Believe only in a god who knows how to dance, Oil, 40cm x 30cm

As darkness falls, the waves roll by, Oil, 30cm x 80cm

Float like a log with the tides of the night, Oil, 30cm x 80cm

Organic stuff, oil, 25cm x 25cm

Biography

Tony Oakey was born in 1959 and lives in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny. He studied for two years at Waterford College of Art & Design and began to exhibit his work in 1992. He had his first sell-out show in Kilkenny Arts Festival 1995. Such was the demand for his work that in 2000 he decided to give up his job to concentrate fully on his art. In 2003 he was awarded a two week residency at Cill Rialaig. Working mostly in oils and acrylics he continues to develop his work into a recognisable style of his own.

For Tony, painting is a mental voyage, a journey full of colour and surprise. He treats each day as a new canvas with new thoughts and dreams to influence him. His surroundings, his music and his mood will all sub-consciously contribute to the painting in progress. This way of painting opens his mind into a world of discovery, a less serious place where there are no boundaries between imagination and reality.

Tony's work can be seen throughout the year at his San-Pitz Studio in Piltown, Co. Kilkenny.

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