Dympna Bonfield opens new exhibition at Limerick City Gallery

Artist and art therapist Dympna Bonfield will open a new solo exhibition at Limerick City Gallery on Thursday 15 October, with the show running until Sunday 1 November.

Bonfield, who was born and raised in West Clare and has exhibited nationally and internationally, returned to her native county after years living and working in Athlone and Dublin. The move has heavily influenced the latest body of work.

The paintings draw on the people and landscape of West Clare, though they are not literal representations. Bonfield says she paints what she feels rather than what she sees, describing the pieces as a “soul response” to the beauty, wildness and mystery of the surrounding area.

Visitors are invited to relax into an “inner landscape” and connect with the deeper promptings of their own being as they view the works.

Source: Limerick Post. Photo: Quang Nguyen Vinh / Pexels.