For any enquiries, including buying and commissioning work, contact: irene@irenelafferty.com

Prices start at £50 for an unframed watercolour and from £300 for an unframed oil painting.  I am also represented by Singulart, an online gallery. Please note that the works for sale on Singulart have a higher price tag than on my personal website to factor in the % commission that goes to Singulart.

Biography

I am a Scottish artist, and a graduate of the University of Glasgow where I obtained a First Class degree in the history of art.  I then trained in life painting at Heatherley School of Art and received instruction in old master painting techniques in the Studio of Rosa Branson MBE. 

Currently based in London, much of my focus is  deeply rooted within the realm of the nude and landscape. The observed subject becomes a mirror for my innermost yearnings and emotions.  

Studies in art history and traditional painting from observation have enabled me to infuse the techniques of the old masters within my work. Influences as varied as nineteenth century romantic and symbolist art, contemporary classical realism and Scottish colourists inspire my approach. 

I am also a member of the Federation of British Artists and the Hesketh Hubbard Art Society which specialises in life drawing and painting.

I work in both oil and watercolour, finding the versatility, subtlety and unpredictable nature of these mediums ideal for evoking colour, light and atmosphere.

Awards: 

2017: Selected for Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017

2011: Highly commended Lancelot Andrewes Art Award, Southwark Cathedral

Exhibitions

2022

17 October - 23 October 2022: Terra, Espacio Gallery, London, 2022

28 May - 19 June 2022: Spring salon, Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford, 2022

2021

9-17 December 2021: Notting Hill Visual Arts Christmas Show, Harris Arcade, Portobello Road London W11

7-17 October 2021: Utopia: eco-feminism exhibition and festival, Mile End Art Pavilion, London 

2019

1-10 October 2019: Notting Hill Visual Arts Exhibition, The Art Space Gallery W10

12-18 August 2019: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition

14-24 March 2019: We grow into the forest, Mile End Art Pavilion

2018

7-9 December 2018: Angel Christmas Fair, Islington

November 2018: Iona Craft Gallery Postcard Art Auction

20-30 September 2018: Portobello Society of Artists, West 11 Gallery

14-19 August 2018: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition

27 June-8 July 2018: Notting Hill Visual Arts Festival

9-26 March 2018: Wanderlust, Candid Arts Gallery

2017

25 November - 5 January 2018. Stables in Exile group show, St. Catherine's Church, Neasden

6 - 12 November 2017 Notting Hill Visual Arts Festival Exhibition, The Tabernacle

19-23 September 2017: Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2017,  Mall Galleries; touring to Trowbridge Arts, Wiltshire, 11 November - 23 December 2017 and Guildford House Gallery, 13 January - 10 March 2018

31 July - 5 August 2017: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

1-29 July 2017: Fresh Paint, Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales

23 February - 5 March 2017 : Portrait Exhibition, Candid Arts Gallery, London

2011-2016

19 August - 30 October 2016: Exquisite Bodies, An Talla Solais (Ullapool Visual Arts), 2016

25 - 30 July 2016: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

20 - 26 June 2016: Notting Hill Visual Arts Festival Exhibition, The Tabernacle

24 - 29 August 2015: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

22 February - 16 May 2015: Metamorphosis, Riverside Gallery, Richmond

9 August - 30 August 2014: BAR Gallery 30th Birthday Exhibition, Willesden Green

10 July - 26 July 2014: Inspire, BAR Gallery, Willesden Green

23 June - 28 June 2014: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society, Mall Galleries

4 June - 8 June 2014: Artists Culture Zone, Tabernacle, Notting Hill

3 May - 27 July 2014: The New Georgians, Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham

6 December - 23 January 2014: Brent Art Fair

17 October - 9 November 2013: BAR Gallery, Willesden Green, Transformations Group Show

4-28 September 2013: BAR Gallery, Willesden Green, Stables in Exile Group Show

4-11 August 2013: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

5 June - 28 June 2013: BAR Gallery, Willesden Green, Chrysalis Group Show

9 February - 28 April 2013: Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, Noah's Art

November - December 2012: Wilesden Green Gallery, Brent Art Fair

November 2012: Cafe Gallery Open Exhibition

23 September 2012: London Open House Weekend, Toynbee Hall

August 2012: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

August- September 2012: Willesden Green Gallery Brent Salon des Arts

May 2012: Willesden Green Gallery Brent Artists' Resource Group Show

August 2011: Cafe Gallery Open Exhibition

July 2011: Heatherley School of Art Summer Exhibition

July 2011: Hesketh Hubbard Art Society Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries

June & July 2011: Willesden Green Gallery Brent Artists' Resource Group Shows

Exhibitions 2005-2010

Heatherley School of Art, Cafe Gallery Southwark, Willesden Green Gallery, Waterloo Gallery group shows

2006: 'Tiny Books', National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum

2005-2006: 'Librarian's Books', Bristol Public Library, University of Chicago, Royal College of Art, London College of Communications