The Lavit honours Walter Verling

THE LAVIT GALLERY honours

Walter Verling HRHA

To honour Walter Verling’s 85th birthday which he celebrated last month, and to coincide with a major exhibition of Walter’s work at the Town Hall, and at 84 North Main Street,

Youghal, County Cork, The Lavit Gallery are delighted to exhibit his oeuvre in an intimate Showcase exhibition.

Walter’s connection with the gallery goes back to the very foundation of the Cork Arts Society, having had his first solo show at its gallery at 16 Lavitts Quay, in 1964, and he has continued to show with us on a regular basis.

Whilst Walter has painted many still life pieces and some portraiture, he is mainly interested in the colour of landscape, the shape of that landscape, and the meaning of landscape.

When I look at his landscapes I cannot but think of the words of the late John O’Donohue: ‘Landscape ‘has a soul and a presence, ‘and landscape – living ‘in the mode of silence – ‘is always wrapped ‘in seamless prayer.’

Charles Lamb, whom he painted with in the 1960s, has been his greatest influence, and his choice of working has faithfully being en plain air throughout his painting career.

Some of my most enjoyable times have being in Walter’s company listening to him just talk about his love of painting.

Joe Burns, chairman

Evening Blackwater oil on canvas 41 by 51 cm Signed, lower left:VERLING â‚Ź1,450

Lismore oil on canvas 56 by 46 cm Signed twice lower right: VERLING â‚Ź1,000

The Shannon Limerick oil on paper 50 x 60 cm Unsigned â‚Ź1,500

The Noire Valley oil on board 53 by 63 cm Signed, middle right: VERLING and W. VERLING HRHA Signed, verso: W. VERLING HRHA €1,500

Coral Strand oil on board 45 by 35 cm Unsigned â‚Ź1,000

Loch a’ Mhuillin Carraroe Connemara oil on board 46 by 56 cm Signed, lower right: W. Verling €1,450

Connemara watercolour 35 x 37 cm Signed, lower right: W. K. VERLING â‚Ź 400

Near Aix en Provence watercolour 48 by 54 cm Signed, lower right: W. K. VERLING HRHA Aix â‚Ź850

Monatrea, Trees oil on board 52 by 57 cm Signed, lower right: VERLING â‚Ź2,000

Walter K Verling

Biographical note 1930 Born in New Ross, County Wexford 1948–52 Crawford School of Art, Cork 1953 Teaching diploma 1970-90 Lectured on art at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick 1994 Elected HRHA by the Royal Hibernian Academy Lives and works in Youghal Solo Exhibitions 2015 Walter K Verling, Youghal Town Hall & 84 North Main Street Showcase, The Lavit Gallery 2008 Walter Verling — A Sixty-year Restrospective, Limerick City Gallery of Art 2006 Glór, Ennis 2005 Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 2001 Newscapes, D+L Gallery, Limerick 1994 Walter Verling HRHA, Gorry Gallery, Dublin Grainstone Gallery, Galway 1993 Watercolours, Riverrun Gallery, Limerick Oil Paintings, Limerick City Gallery of Art 1988 Farmgate Gallery, Micleton 1982 Paintings, Cork Arts Society 1981 Kenny Gallery, Galway 1979 Barren Hill Gallery, Howth, CountyDublin 1964 Cork Arts Society

Selected Group Exhibitions Exhibits regularly at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, since 1978 2005 Art Now, Hunt Museum, Limerick 1998 EV+A 98, Limerick 1996 National Collection of Contempory Drawing, Limerick City Gallery of Art 1995 Art for Film, Irish Life Exhibition Centre, Dublin 1989 Cork Arts Society 1981 Kenny Gallery, Galway 1977 EV+A 77, Limerick 1964 Cork Arts Society Collections Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork Limerick City Gallery of Art Mary Immaculate College, Limerick National Collection of Contemporary Drawing, LCGA University of Limerick Many private collections throughout Ireland