Artist talk with David Fox at Esker Arts Centre

Tullamore artist, David Fox, will talk guests through his current exhibition in Esker Arts Centre, 'Marked Lands' on Sunday, August 23 next.

Although now living and working as a visual artist in Dublin city centre, David is very proud of his Offaly roots and he paints site-specific landscapes that capture moments of everyday life, taking much of his inspiration from excursions taken during his leisure time.

He paints settings and locations of his current surroundings at any given period of timne, including those of his native Tullamore where he spent some time during lockdown, and also his current surroundings in Dublin.

His artistic practice is routed primarily within contemporary landscape painting. These depictions are often of mundane and overlooked everyday spaces. What is recorded is an uncanny sense of place and time and there is an obvious connection between the artist and the landscape itself. The locations are often known which evokes a nostalgic sense of familiarity.

David Fox is a graduate of GMIT in 2011, followed by Belfast School of Art in 2013, where he graduated from the MFA course at Ulster University.

The artist talk with David is free to attend, but booking is essential. Bookings can be made at www.eskerarts.ie