Mary Reid

I have been pretty busy in the last couple of days, so I'm afraid this entry is going to appear too late to be effective. But on Thursday after the Christmas lights I was entranced by an art exhibition in the United Reformed Church in Eden Street.

Last year Fran O'Brien got 18 local artists together to put on an exhibition to raise money for local charities, and called themselves Arts4Cause. This year the show is better than ever, and I was very much taken with the exceptionally high quality of the work and the very wide range of media and styles.

Sadly the show has to be dismantled this evening, but there is a permanent exhibition of paintings in the foyer.

This picture shows Fran with the sculptor, Seamus Cuddihy.  Ian and I particularly liked his worked and treated ourselves to a slate resin cast of an old hand gently holding a younger one. We also bought a pot that exactly matched the colours in an abstract oil that we have at home.

So apologies to those of you who might have visited it, but you can always contact Fran directly through the website.