Sheila Gorman » Exhibitions http://sheilagorman.ie Artist and Creator of A Mythical Army Tue, 03 Jun 2014 10:18:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 Miniature portraits http://sheilagorman.ie/miniature-portraits/ http://sheilagorman.ie/miniature-portraits/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 13:08:18 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress-3.9/wordpress/?p=1 I saw the exhibition in the National Gallery of Ireland in 2010 of miniature portraits painted by various Irish and English artists. They are tiny, perhaps only 1.5 inches, in diameter. I wondered how they were made. What kind of brushes were used? I almost bought Paul Caffrey’s book ‘Treasures to Hold, Irish and English […]

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