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Queer Hawks, Oul Birds

Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture
by John Coll
15th November - 1st December 2002

Opening Night

Sculpture - Welded Bronze, Brass & Copper

An Bunnan Buí - John Coll

#8 An Bunnan Buí
Unique
135x35x35cm
€5500

Flamingo Poise - John Coll

#11 Flamingo Poise
Unique
98x34x28cm
€5500

When Winter Comes... - John Coll

#12 When Winter Comes...
Unique
136x50x30cm
€5500

Beckett Birds - John Coll

#9 Beckett Birds
Unique
34x36x18cm
€2300

Shawlie - John Coll

#13 Shawlie
Unique
40x15x15cm
€2750

Mr. & Mrs. Gull - John Coll

#15 Mr. & Mrs. Gull
Unique
25x35x35cm
€2300

Plummer Birds - John Coll

#10 Plummer Birds
Unique
50x28x22cm
€2300

Grec-Grec - John Coll

#16 Grec-Grec
Unique
50x25x25cm
€1850

Corncrake Man - John Coll

#14 Corncrake Man
Unique
94x30x23cm
€2750

Sculpture - Bronze

Snowy Owl - John Coll

#6 Snowy Owl
(Ed. of 9)
30x10x15cm
€3750

John Montague - John Coll

#2 John Montague
(Ed. of 5)
38x25x19cm
€6500

Study Of Dina - John Coll

#5 Study Of Dina
Unique
167x62x80cm
€5500

The Marina Venus - John Coll

#4 The Marina Venus
(Ed. of 9)
25x14x19cm
€3750

Maolíosa Stafford - John Coll

#3 Maolíosa Stafford
(Ed. of 3)
30x23x18cm
€6500

Slices Of Francis Bacon - John Coll

#1 Slices Of Francis Bacon
Unique
22x20x15cm
€3750

Shore Bird #1 - John Coll

#7 Shore Bird #1
(Ed. of 5)
55x25x15cm
€5500

Paintings

Head Study - John Coll

#26 Head Study
40x50cm
€750

Corncraked (Self Portrait) - John Coll

#17 Corncraked (Self Portrait)
60x80cm
€2750

Study Of Marilyn - John Coll

#23 Study Of Marilyn
36x46cm
€1400

Nude Study #1 - John Coll

#24 Nude Study #1
56x41cm
€1100

Snipe Study - John Coll

#21 Snipe Study
30x40cm
€1400

Grec-Grec - John Coll

#19 Grec-Grec
60x80cm
€3750

Cornered Crake - John Coll

#18 Cornered Crake
60x80cm
€2750

Errisbeg Sentinel - John Coll

#20 Errisbeg Sentinel
60x80cm
€2750

Study of Veronica Guerin - John Coll

#22 Study of Veronica Guerin
30x25cm
€1400

Nude Study #2 - John Coll

#25 Nude Study #2
40x28cm
€650


"Birds have existed in some form for 150 million years. They are now considered to have evolved from dinosaurs, which is some pedigree! They have exploited every environment on earth from the desert to the Antarctic, and are the top predators, with the exception of humans, in many ecosystems. They travel faster (the Peregrine falcon) and farther (the Arctic tern) than any other animal.
Like humans, they are warm-blooded, bipedal, highly visual and vocal. Perhaps because of these attributes, they have entered our consciousness in the form of symbols. Symbols vary from the morphing "Morrigan" of Celtic mythology, to the symbols for the Saints in the Book of Kells, from the "wise old owl" to the maternal hen, from the altruistic pelican to the soaring strength of the eagle, from the death-knell raven to the born-again phoenix, from the solitary Bonnán Buí (the bittern) to the uplifting lark.
But perhaps it is as a symbol for the unfettered "flight of the imagination", that birds remind us of the enormous potential for freedom and joy we each hold within our minds.
This exhibition is dedicated to my mother Ann, and my late father Frank, who allowed their home to become an avian menagerie for an inquiring mind."

John Coll


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