| My
main interest lies in the native birds of my home country, but also
extends to all aspects of wildlife both in Ireland and abroad.
I
can be contacted by:
Email: moclery@tinet.ie
Telephone +353-66-7130005
Major
Publications
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New
Finding
Birds in Ireland - The Complete Guide
By
Eric Dempsey and Michael O'Clery.
Published
by Gill & Macmillan in September 2007, containing 60 paintings
of Irish birds.
For
full details on this book, see here.
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The
Heritage Council
2007,
11 outdoor display boards, depicting birds of the Dingle Peninsula.
RTE
Guide Shorebirds Poster
RTE,
2006, 25 paintings and CD cover for the 21st January 2006 issue.
RTE
Guide Dawn Chorus Poster
RTE, 2005, 40 paintings and CD cover for the
May 14th 2005 issue.
Complete
Guide to Ireland's Birds
Gill & Macmillan, 1994, updated and reprinted,
2002.
The
Pocket Guide to the Common Birds of Ireland
Gill & Macmillan, 1995.
Many
of the plates from these two books are still available. Several
are shown on the Complete Guide to Ireland's Birds
page on this website.
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Exhibitions
Art
Exhibition Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, November 2007.
Some paintiings from the exhibition
here
Art
Exhibition Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, March 2005.
Some paintiings from the exhibition here
Feile
na Casca - Easter Art Exhibition
Maimin, Ballyferriter, Co.Kerry, April 2004, April 2005,
April 2007.
Group
Art Exhibition - Cappagh
Hospital
Cappagh, Dublin, August 2003.
Solo
Exhibition - Celtic
Ross Hotel Rosscarberry,
Co.Cork, June 2003.
Solo
Exhibition - Wexford Wildfowl Reserve April 2003.
Feile
na Casca - Easter Art Exhibition
Maimin,
Ballyferriter, Co.Kerry, April 2001.
North-West
Artists Exhibition Sligo Art Gallery, November 1998.
Artist
for Nature Foundation, Guinness
Hop Store, Dublin, April,1996.
Artist
for Nature Foundation, Wexford
Wildfowl Reserve. Wexford, October 1995.
Bank
of Ireland 'European Bird Artists'. Dublin
1993.
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Works
in Private Collections
My paintings are now in over fifty private
collections in Ireland, Europe, Australia and the United States.
Recent acquisitions are now in the collections of:
Maeve Binchy, novelist.
Albert Reynolds, Ireland's former Taoiseach (Prime Minister).
Mary Banotti, Member of the European Parliament, Irish Presidential
Candidate 1998.
The Office of the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Major
Commissions and Illustrations
Heritage
Council 2007
8 Outdoor display boards, on the
Birds of the Dingle Peninsula, at Slea Head, Brandon Point, Smerwick
Harbour, Burnham Lagoon, Lough Gill and Trabeg.
Dingle
Harbour Commissioners 2007
Outdoor display board, on the Birds
of Dingle Harbour.
Brian
De Staic 2007
Outdoor display board, on the Birds
of Dingle Harbour.
Irish
Whale & Dolphin Group 2005
Series of murals of dolphins in
Kilrush, Co. Clare, and outdoor display board on the Wildlife of
the Shannon Estuary.
BirdWatch
Ireland, Ireland's
largest conservation organisation. 1994 to present. Wildlife posters,
magazine illustrations and several paintings used on corporate Xmas
cards.
Wild
Ireland magazine
Illustration of Isabelline
Shrike,
Illustration
of Waxwing,
Esso
Schools project
Large format detailed wildlife poster for
distribution in all Irish schools.
Oriental
Bird Club
Cover painting of Green Munias, June 1998
Bulletin, Number 27.
Millstreet
Country Park, Co. Cork.
1995 to present.
Park mural, paintings and outdoor panels showing all aspects of
the park's natural and geological history.
Irish
Birdwatching & Irish Birdwatching News
Many colour cover paintings and illustrations,
1991 to 1996.
Multimedia
technologies
100 paintings of native Irish birds, plants
and animals for an interactive CD-ROM presentation. |
