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Derek Culley

Self-taught artist, born and educated in Dublin, with an Irish father and English mother.
Culley did his masters degree in marketing through Brunel University, 1992-94, his dissertation subject being “Marketing of the visual arts in Britain – are there lessons to be learned from Europe?”

Culley was a founder member and chairman of Celtic Vision with the painters John Bellany and Denis Bowen, and participated in the group’s exhibition tour in 1986-7. He took part in many other group shows including The London Group tour 1987; Knapp Gallery, 1988: 2000 Years Celebration, Customs House Dublin, 1991; Modern Irish Painting, Dillon Gallery, 1995; and Skopje Museum of Contemporary Art, Republic of Macedonia, 1996.

Solo shows include “Five Years of Culley” The Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin Ireland, 1989, and The Irish Club, London 1996.
Strong chiaroscuro, heavy impasto, vigorous brushwork and direct, expressive handling were characteristics of Culley’s work, in which Celtic imagery and associations were important.
Lived in Windsor, Berkshire.”

The Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945.
By David Buckman
Art Dictionaries Limited, Bristol 1998

Angels and Trinity

2004
Acrylic on Canvas
32x40inch's

Coady's Wall

2003
Acrylic on canvas
32"x12"

Windows 2004

2004
Acrylic on Canvas
24x24inch's

BLIXED

2003
Acrylic on Canvas
100x80cms

In the name of Science

2003
Acrylic on Canvas
100x80cms

Orange plus Order

2003
Charcoal and Acrylic on Paper
20x16inch's

Twisted Catholicism

1991
Oil/Acrylic on Canavas
16"x12"

Golgotha

2006
Acrylic
30ft x59