Two artists to display works in upcoming ‘SODADE’ exhibition in Thomastown, County Kilkenny

The Berkeley Gallery in Thomastown is launching its first summer show this weekend with the exhibition ‘SODADE’, featuring works by Mary St Leger and Carole Fautrez Redmond.

‘SODADE’ is a Portuguese word that describes the melancholic yearning for people and places that no longer are.

Redmond is based in County Waterford and creates 2D and 3D pieces from copper, brass, steel, silver, and wood in her Youghal studio.

Having trained in Cork in 2016, Carole learned to cut, file and solder metal together. She has also become skilled at patination, hammering, annealing and etching.

Her first series - The Ardmore Collection - is a tribute to the village of Ardmore, in County Waterford, Ireland.

She is also influenced by the earth, the sea, the tides, the universe and the impact of mother nature on the soul.

Mary St Leger from County Cork is known for her paintings that often feature abstract spaces with random objects and human forms in peculiar costumes.

She completed her BA in Painting in the Limerick School of Art and Design and continued her studies to complete an MA in Fine Art in the University of Central England.

More recently she has introduced the human form to these spaces. These figures almost appear to have iconic qualities and yet when dressed in peculiar or theatrical costume that quality changes to one of disquiet.

The exhibition will be officially opened by independent art curator Tony Strickland on Sunday (June 2) 2024 at 3pm at The Berkeley Gallery at Grennan Mill, Thomastown.

It will run for three weeks and is open daily from 11am – 6pm. Contact 087 9238102 for enquiries and group bookings.

The Berkeley Gallery was founded in Grennan Mill, Thomastown in 1985 and will celebrate forty years next year in 2025.