About The Artist

Margaret Kent WCSI, UWS, IPAP

Painting and Drawing Diploma (Distinction)

My paintings are an emotional response to the way I see my subject and I portray them as such. I invite you to experience the connection and emotion that has inspired me to paint what I do.

For many years I painted en plein air but currently, I am enjoying pushing the boundaries to slightly less representational paintings and more contemporary work.

Awards

• 2019 Winner of The Irish Arts Review Award at the Watercolour Society of Ireland annual exhibition at Farmleigh Gallery.
• 2018 Bronze Award winner at the Art in the open festival & competition
• 2017 Third prize winner at the Daler Rownay Artist Info Artist of the year International awards in the UK
• 2017 Prizewinner in the Totally Abstract Contest at Artist Info UK
• 2013 Elected as Signature member of international plein air painters
• 2012 Prizewinner at the Virginia 400 Plein air festival
• 2010 Winner of the FB Stevens Award at the UWS exhibition in Belfast
• 2009 Winner of the Watercolour and Oil categories in the Burren Outdoor Landscape Painting Competition.
• 2008 Peoples choice prize winner at the Plein Air Festival Painting, Wexford
• 2007 Oil category & overall winner of the Burren Outdoor Painting Competition
• 2006 Highly commended in the Artist Magazine Painting Exhibition in England
• 2001 A prize winner in The Schoellershammer London Graphic Art Competition

Exhibitions

• The Watercolour Society of Ireland annually
• Wexford Festival of Opera at the Talbot Hotel annually
• The Dublin Painting & Sketching Club annually

Collections

• The University of Limerick
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Hertz Ireland
• The Newpark Hotel Kilkenny
• New Ross Town Council
• His Excellency the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland
• HSE Wexford General Hospital
• The Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire
• Kilmokea House & Gardens
• NVD Hew Ross
• Wexford County Council