Doghouse Gallery

It’s Creative Peninsula Week!

Doghouse Gallery — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:34:20 +0000

The tour enjoying exploring all corners of the new Doghouse Gallery.

We are always delighted to welcome the Creative Peninsula bus tour. This year we had 2 buses full of craft/applied art fans.

Ards Borough Council promote local crafts people and visual artists living and working in the Ards Peninsula. There is a series of exhibitions, events, workshop visits and the Craft in the Square day. We provided the cold refreshments and a warm welcome, hopefully everyone who visited will return soon.

The Creative Peninsula runs from 6th – 15 August, for more information visit www.creativepeninsula.info

Patrick Colhoun Ceramic Sculpture

Doghouse Gallery — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:43:19 +0000

We are please to show two pieces from up and coming ceramic sculptor Patrick Colhoun. Call in and have a look.

New from Kevin McAleenan – oil on canvas

Doghouse Gallery — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:43:24 +0000

'Ploughed' £595 (oil on canvas size 31cm x 25cm)

Just in is this new painting in oils on canvas from Kevin McAleenan. If your a fan of Kevin’s work you will have noticed how his work has been progressing and here in his latest piece he has begun to work in oils. He really has been able to build up the paint on this and the oils give the painting a whole new direction and feel to his work.

Con Campbell – new work arriving!

Doghouse Gallery — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:50:46 +0000

oil on canvas - £675

We are very pleased to be able to offer new work from Belfast artist Con Campbell. Con’s first love has always been painting animals, particularly horses and dogs. His paintings can be loose and expressive or detailed and formal, but all are finished to an incredible level. You really need to see these in the flesh to appreciate the technique and colour palette.

New work from Ray Duncan

Doghouse Gallery — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:02:33 +0000

We’re very glad to show a small collection of work from Ray Duncan. Ray has produced abstraction, landscape and figurative work and exhibited not only here but in galleries further afield in London and New York. We are pleased to show a small selection of his abstract work, drop in and have a look!

Barbara Allen at the Doghouse!

Doghouse Gallery — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:04:27 +0000

We are very pleased to show some new work by Barbara Allen. Barbara is a respected local artist perhaps best known for her fabulous watercolours with architectural subjects. Her work is collected locally and internationally and can be found in the collections of the White House, Washington D.C., Bass Ireland, Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, Royal Norwegian Embassy, London, Tele (Norwegian Telecom), Ulster Television, and Armagh, Down, Fermanagh and Monaghan County Museums.

It’s a delight to show these acrylic paintings of dogs, iconic, minimal and stylish, almost pop art! Why now pop in and see the work for yourself.

Acrylic on canvas, £145 each

Exhibition Opening Night!

Doghouse Gallery — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:41:38 +0000

And what a night! Must have been the worst weather all year – hail, rain, snow, floods, sleet, it was all there.

We want to thank all our clients for coming, it took an extra effort to leave the house last night. We appreciate you all getting here and hope you got back home safely. Hopefully it was a good night all round, it was difficult to get a good look at all the pieces with the crowds, but reason enough to come back and have a second look. That’s us opened now for the ‘Summer’. Thursday, Friday and Saturdays 10am – 5pm.

Artists, Esther Brimage and Helen Hanse

Artist, Kevin McAleenan (left)

A good turn out in the Gallery

Interesting items!

One of our younger fans!

Opening Exhibition

Doghouse Gallery — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:11:41 +0000

We are very pleased to launch our new gallery with an exhibition entitled ‘Heads [recent works], featuring Esther Brimage, Helen Hanse and Kevin McAleenan.

Esther is a print maker from Belfast, her work is very special, distinctive and collectable. She has exhibited with the Royal Ulster Academy.

Helen, a native of Holywood, has been working in the art industry for quite a while – however her move into stone carving is relatively new. The pieces are remarkable, possessing a softness than belies their medium. She has exhibited with the Royal Ulster Academy.

Kevin is a rising star in the fine art scene. Hailing from Banbridge, his style is unique, his colour choice impeccable. He has exhibited with the Royal Ulster Academy.

We are excited to be able to share this collection of new work with you.

The exhibition opens on 1st April and runs Thursday, Friday and Saturdays until 28th August.

Progress Report

Doghouse Gallery — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:57:24 +0000

Well it’s now February! Time is flying along. We’re happy to report our building works are making good progress. Tony the spark now installing the lights and putting finishing touched to his 2nd fix. Davy has been plastering away and now has covered nearly all the bits he needs to get done. Seems a shame to paint over his beautiful work. The new phone line is in – new number to try and remember!

Things are really starting to move at a pace. Our floor arrives tomorrow, hopefully fitting in the next couple of days. Then we ready for the painters! better pick some colours…

Early days

Doghouse Gallery — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:15:38 +0000

Well it’s the new year and a new website for us. This is the first entry into out blog!

It’s an exciting and slightly scarey time for the doghouse gallery. We have taken the plunge and are moving to a fantastic new building not far from our old one. After months of work and a complete refit we will have the building ready for you to come and visit. It is almost twice the size of the last place, so more room to display even more our usual mix of high quality craft and applied art. We hope you will like it!

Keep watching the progress and we’ll let you know when we expect to open.