Senior Pupils visit Highlanes Gallery

January 16th, 2010

Mrs Hilary Kelly welcomed the senior class in our school to the Highlanes Gallery in January. We were invited to the gallery to see a special exhibition of the paintings of renowned local artist Nano Reid and her friend Gerard Dillon. Many of Nano Reid’s paintings are inspired by the environment around Drogheda. We can see scenes from Mellifont, Monasterboice and other places in the Boyne valley. Nano also liked to paint scenes from the town of Drogheda.
Gerard Dillon was from the north of Ireland and many of his paintings show scenes from Connemara in Galway.
Mrs Kelly talked to us about the paintings on display and she also explained their styles and influences. Before we returned to school we had an opportunity to do some artwork of our own.