Fine Arts
Meet the artist: painter Laurence Riddell on the unreality of experience
The Dublin-based artist’s work is informed by a lifelong association with horses, focusing on their relationship to us as sentient beings
Belfast born and Dublin based artist Laurence Riddell graduated from University of Ulster with a BA degree in Fine Art Painting. He currently lectures in drawing and painting at the Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT).
His work is informed by a lifelong association with the horse. In his painting and drawing, the image of the horse never dominates. Through a combination of staged and ambiguous imagery, much more human complexity than equine mystery ...
