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28 Donald Teskey RHA (b.1956) GARAGE (2012)signed lower left
acrylic on paper
76.5 x 100.5cm (30 x 39in)
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Private Collection
€12,000-16,000 (£10,434-13,913)
Donald Teskey was born in County Limerick in 1956. He graduated from Limerick College of Art and Design with a Diploma in
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the recipient of awards in EVA and the Claremorris Open Exhibition. In 2003 he was elected a member of the Royal Hibernian
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tion; shape, form and the fall of light. Works are made in his studio but based on extensive studies and detailed notes. The result
is powerful images of instantly recognisable parts of the Irish landscape with large abstract passages and surfaces which articulate
the relentless energetic and elemental force of nature.