\u00a0CELEBRATED portrait artist Salvatore of Lucan is set to deliver the 2026 Adult Summer Artist Programme in Stradbally; the four-day programme will run from 16-19 June in the Malthouse, Stradbally.<\/p>\n
Limited to 18 participants, the course is centred around the concept of \u2018composing a double portrait,\u2019 where Salvatore will bring the participants on a journey through composition and painting techniques across different media.<\/p>\n
Salvatore of Lucan is a contemporary Irish artist whose work focuses on the surreal, often delving into a diary he keeps that chronicles his own life to inspire new works. Born Salvatore Fullam, he adopted the moniker to honour his hometown of Lucan, Dublin, while also giving a nod to the tradition of Renaissance masters. His work is characterised by a \u2018magical realist\u2019 approach, where ordinary domestic scenes are infused with a sense of the uncanny, psychological depth and imbued with vibrant, saturated colour.<\/p>\n
Salvatore is perhaps most celebrated for his portraiture, which explores the complexities of identity, heritage and family.<\/p>\n
He is the winner of the prestigious Zurich Portrait Prize and recently received a National Gallery commission for his portrait of Irish football legend Paul McGrath.<\/p>\n
The cost is \u20ac130, with four concession places of \u20ac80 available; two places for job seekers\/unwaged participants and two for recent third-level graduates.<\/p>\n
To book, contact Laois Arts Council at arts@laoiscoco.ie.<\/p>\n
Each participant is required to have their own materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0CELEBRATED portrait artist Salvatore of Lucan is set to deliver the 2026 Adult Summer Artist Programme in Stradbally;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466554,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-466553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}