Guest Artist: A visit from Margo Banks

Students of Dublin Art Classes had the wonderful opportunity to meet with Margo Banks for an insightful and inspiring demonstration. This is the second time we have had the pleasure of Margo Banks company in Dublin Art Classes but this time was a little different. Margo treated us to a full demonstration of her thought and work process., from start to finish.

it was really a unique experience as we got to experience an extinguished Artist create right in front of our eyes and watch an idea grow and be created in front of our very eyes.
Margo then donated the Painting to the students of Dublin Art Classes where one lucky student who attended the visit will be in with a chance to win it and bring it home with them ) after framing of course). Truly a wonderful experience and we are very grateful to Margo for giving us her time, attention and sharing her tips & tricks to students of Dublin Art Classes.

Hopefully we will all meet again soon.

Visit MARGO BANKS website  to view some of her amazing work.

“The role of drawing is fundamental to my work. These drawings of crows and animals are sometimes prefaces to paintings, and sometimes a relaxation from them. They are works in their own right.They are witnesses to the changes in the landscape of Teeromoyle in South West Kerry – my mother’s place.My mother died quite young but I was reared on her stories about her childhood in the mountains, so family and a sense of place haunts my work. My mother’s past is my past. Her parent’s house is long gone but the field where the house was remains unchanged and I have painted this field many times.Painting the field sometimes makes me feel snug, warm and sheltered and other times exposed, vulnerable and turbulent. I remove layers of earth while adding layers of paint.This is my subject matter, not the meaning of my paintings.” – Margo Banks