#marinewildlife – Daragh Muldowney of Dulra photography has recently returned to Ireland from a whirl wind six week tour of the USA, where he successfully exhibited his collection of photographs of rock pools called Jewellery Box – Ireland's Hidden Gems.
Travelling to both New York and Atlanta, Muldowney provided art and photography enthusiasts an opportunity to see Ireland's unique beauty and coast line in a multitude of diverse colours, textures and light.
The Consul General of Ireland in Atlanta, Paul Gleeson said, "Jewellery Box – Ireland's Hidden Gems is a superb exhibition, showcasing the beauty of the Irish coast and the richness of all that lies off them. Daragh's work is of the highest calibre and he is a superb ambassador for a new generation of creative Irish artists and photographers bringing our island to life in exciting ways for communities around the world."
Muldowney has also produced a hardback book called Jewellery Box – Ireland's Hidden Gems, which contains sixty five images taken during his trip around the seventeen coastal counties of Ireland in 2010. Pictures of anenomes, limpets, barnicles, seaweeds, shells and sand formations each bring the reader closer to nature.
Providing unique connections and revelations of the seashore, Muldowney tells stories of the "Gathering" of periwinkles in Mayo, "Floating Curves" in Kerry, "Inner Peace" in Cork to an "Eternal Song" where empty barnacle shells serenade to a lone limpet in Louth, to name a few. Every time the book is opened, a new story is told.
Jewellery Box – Ireland's Hidden Gems hardback book and photographs are available to purchase on line at: www.dulra.com. The book is also available at any good bookstore in Ireland. Muldowney will be exhibiting at the National Craft & Design Fair, RDS, Dublin 5th - 9th of December.
The exhibitions held in New York and Atlanta were supported by the Consulate General of Ireland, Fitzgerald & Co, Tourism Ireland, Aer Lingus, Kerrygold and The Irishman Brands and Culture Ireland. The Jewellery Box – Ireland's Hidden Gems exhibition will travel to nine cities next year (2013), including six cities in the USA (Birmingham, Boston, Washington, Dallas, Chicago & San Francisco) and three cities in Europe (Berlin, Stockholm & Brussels).
