Mary Donnelly
Mary Donnelly is originally from Dundalk, Co Louth, Mary has been living and working in Connemara since 1991 where she finds her inspiration. Credited with having a unique vision in which her work celebrates the beauty of rural Ireland in a very different way, going beyond a painted exploration of what can be seen by the naked eye, Mary received the Oriel Gallery Award for “Landscape of Distinction” at the Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Group Exhibition, Dublin in 2004.
She also had a very successful solo exhibition in the Hallward Gallery, Dublin, which received critical acclaim in the Irish Times. In 2003 Mary exhibited at the University of Virginia Art Museum in “Re-Imagining Ireland: Irish Art Today” and at the Christa Faut Gallery in North Carolina. She is the recipient of many bursaries and awards and is a contributor to The Great Book of Ireland.
