Thread Softly a solo exhibition by Daniel Chester opens Friday January 23rd at the Custom House Studios + Gallery Friday.
Thread Softly is a solo exhibition of paintings by Daniel Chester, focusing on the ecology of the rural Irish landscape. In this body of work, Chester delicately captures the subtle interplay between land, water, and sky, revealing the hidden networks and quiet vitality of Ireland’s countryside. His brushwork and palette evoke both the resilience and fragility of native flora, shifting weather, and the ever-present traces of human touch.
Chester invites viewers to consider the interconnectedness of all living things within these landscapes. “Thread Softly” becomes both a gentle admonition and an invitation: to look more closely, to tread with care, and to reflect on our relationship with the land that sustains us.
This exhibition offers a contemplative journey through fields, bogs, hedgerows, and meadows—spaces where art, ecology, and memory intertwine.
Daniel Chester is a visual artist living in County Leitrim. He obtained a Masters Degree in Visual Arts Practices from IADT in 2009, previous to that he obtained a Degree in Fine Art from Sligo IT in 2001. Chester has exhibited throughout Ireland and abroad, with a number of recent solo and group shows including Beyond the Stile, SolartGallery; The Land is Ours, Luan Gallery, Athlone; Beyond the Plains, Courthouse Gallery, Ennistymon; The Ethereal Space, Hamilton Gallery, Sligo; Identity, Westival Westport, Co Mayo and Seeing is Believing, Sol Art Gallery, Dublin.
Thread Softly will be officially launched on Friday January 23rd at 6pm in the Custom House Studios + Gallery. Exhibition continues to March 1st.
www.danielchesterartist.com
Upstairs Gallery | Carrowbeg Artists
The Carrowbeg Artists are a group of artists with intellectual disability who have been creating together for over 16 years in the Custom House Studios + Gallery facilitated by artists Breda Burns, Caroline Masterson, and Gráinne O’Reilly. The group has a remarkable legacy of projects already produced with the support of Mayo County Council Arts Service Upstart award, the MSLETB as well as the Arts Council and Pobal.
Exhibiting Artists Ellen Cafferkey | Sarah Kelly | Trish Kelly | Anna Rose Lowry | Máire Maguire | Gerry O’Malley | Elsa Jenny Rochford
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