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Alex McKenna
  Balbriggan Harbour - Oil on Board
 
Alex McKenna was born in North Dublin but has taken the rural life of the West of Ireland as his main theme.

 

McKenna’s paintings are always based on his own experience and his paintings reflect man’s relationship with nature, whether it is in harmony or in conflict.  McKenna has a deep love of land, sea, and wilderness, in particular, the labour of men both on land and at sea.  This personal affiliation may be due to his family background and heredity.  McKenna's grandfather and great-grandfather were both boats men. Alex himself worked on boats and also worked farming the land - digging potatoes,  making hay and cutting turf. It is boat and land labourers, like himself, that feature in many of his landscapes. 
 
McKenna’s works can be described as Impressionistic and indeed the artist himself names the French Impressionists as his main influence and above all Camille Pissarro. He is also inspired by the Irish artist Paul Henry’s views of the west of Ireland which he vividly recalls seeing in the G.N.R posters which adorned Irish railway stations in the fifties. The gentle brushstrokes and lively composition of that other great Irish artist Maurice MacGonigal have also been assimilated into McKenna’s works.

 

These influences combine with McKenna’s love for the rural West and his experience as a labourer on both land and sea to create captivating landscapes bathed in light, a light which diffuses the canvas through his use of impressionistic brushstrokes and the golden tones which contrast dramatically with the reds and blues that dominate his palette. In his works the figures are often as important as the landscape and he gives each figure an individual personality through a certain stance or gesture.

 
In recent years, McKenna has been exhibited at Art Expo New York, Art Sydney Australia and the Beijing Art Salon China.
 
 
 
 

39 products in this category, displaying products 1 to 39.

  ARTIST/TITLE PRICE  
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Balbriggan Harbour,Wild Wave
Oil On Canvas, framed
71cm x 51cm (28" x 20")
SOLD		 €1,200.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Men at Work,Poirtin Harbour
Oil on Board, Framed
87cm x 59cm (34" x 23")
SOLD		 €1,900.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Balbriggan
Oil On Canvas, framed
61cm x 51cm ( 24'' x 20'')
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Little Bridge, Dooagh, Achill
Oil on Board
42cm x 62cm (16.5" x 24.5")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Red Boat,Poirtin Harbour
Oil on Board
56cm x 51cm ( 22'' x 20'')
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Boats in the Harbour
Oil on Board
61cm x 51cm ( 24'' x 20'')
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Out for a walk,Dooagh,Achill
Oil on Board
81cm x 66cm (32" x 26")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Cruise Ship at the Liffey
Oil on canvas
36cm x 46cm (14" x 18")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Picking Potatoes, Rush
Oil on canvas
51cm x 41cm (20" x 16")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Poirtin Harbour, Achill
Oil on canvas
46cm x 38cm (18" x 15")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
By the Shore
Oil on Board
48cm x 59cm (19" x 23")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Mountmorillon
Oil on Board
81cm x 66cm (32" x 26")
€1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
The Pier, Poirtin, Achill
Oil on Board
76cm x 61cm (20" x 30" )
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Along the Canal, Carcasanne
Oil on Board
51cm x 61cm (20" x 24" )
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Coasters in for Shelter, Louth
Oil on Board
51cm x 61cm (20" x 24" )
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
An Caladh Beag, Achill '94
Oil on Board
71cm x 47cm (24" x 18.5")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Waterford, Gdansk
Oil on Board
61cm x 56cm (24" x 22")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Mother-in-law meeting,Achill
Oil on Board, Framed
45cm x 62cm (18" x 24")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Mending the Nets, Balbriggan
Oil on Board, Framed
97cm x 81cm (38" x 32")
€1,900.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Razor Boats,Balbriggan Evening
Oil on Board, Framed
61cm x 52cm (24" x 20")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Painting Johns Boat,Balbriggan
Oil on Board, Framed
51cm x 41cm (20" x 16")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
A Summer's Day, Howth
Oil on Board, Framed
61cm x 45cm (24" x 18")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Marking the Ropes, Balbriggan
Oil on Board, Framed
77cm x 81cm (30" x 32")
SOLD		 €1,900.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Southern Harbour
Oil on Board, Framed
65cm x 52cm (25" x 20.5")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Balbriggan Harbour
Oil on canvas
70cm x 50cm (27.5" x 20")
€950.00
€690.00
You Save: 27%   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Evening light, Achill Island
Oil on Board, Framed
50cm x 41cm (20" x 16")
SOLD		 €950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Dooagh, Achill
Oil On Canvas, framed
50cm x 70cm (20" x 28")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Poirtin Harbour, Achill
Oil on Board, Framed
59cm x 75cm (23" x 29.5")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Sunlight, Balbriggan Harbour
Oil on Board, Framed
53cm x 65cm (21" x 25")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex Mc Kenna Alex Mc Kenna
Storm Cloud, Carlingford Lough
Oil on Board
86.5cm x 61.5cm
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Summer, Balbriggan Harbour
Oil on Board, Framed
61cm x 84cm
SOLD		 €1,900.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Fanad Head, Donegal
Oil on Board, Framed
61cm x 76cm
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Checking the Catch, Achill
Oil on Board, Framed
58cm x 52cm (23" x 20.5")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
The Harbour, Balbriggan
Oil on Board, Framed
70cm x 50cm (27.5" x 20")
€1,500.00
€990.00
You Save: 34%   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Evening lights, Gdansk
Oil on Board, Framed
60cm x 51cm (23.5" x 20")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Ben Head, The Head Strand
Oil on Board, Framed
60cm x 48cm (23.5" x 19.5")
€950.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Watching the Harbour
Oil on Board, Framed
72cm x 55cm (28.5" x 21.5")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
In the Rise Valley, Achill
Oil on Board, Framed
70cm x 50cm (27.5" x 20")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
Alex McKenna Alex McKenna
Beach, Balbriggan
Oil on Board, Framed
55cm x 70cm (27.5" x 21")
SOLD		 €1,500.00   
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