Artists Showcase
We are proud to help promote local art and talent through Art on A Tin.
Our featured artists share considerable talent and of course a love of ‘Our wee country”.
Jim McDonald
Jim McDonald was born in Belfast and is a third-generation Harland and Wolff employee. He is renowned for his depiction of shipyard workers and the Titanic. His Titanic paintings have been reproduced on Royal Mail stamps and his works are in collections worldwide.
Mitchell Mc Dade
Mitchell McDade was born and lives in Northern Ireland. He is an architect now in retirement who paints as a hobby. He is well known for his formal portraitures as well as images of local characters in settings very typical of this part of the world with a humorous theme.
Gerry Coe
Gerry Coe – Gerry Coe is an internationally recognised Fine Art photographer. His work is now mostly on his iPhone, for which he has received many awards, including the first Fellowship in the world for a panel of mobile photography images.
His work has been accepted into the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts in Belfast, and his images are in many private collections.
Ken Lucas
Ken Lucas considers himself fortunate that his love of nature and outdoor life sit so comfortably with his main interests of digital art and photography. Through his work he endeavours not only to capture an image but also to recreate the atmosphere of the scene.
Ken personally carries out every step in the production of each image. In his artwork Ken uses only high quality fade resistant inks and fine art paper.
Keith Drury
Keith Drury is an Irish artist whose work is published in London. He is also a cover artist for Innova Fine art papers and Gibson Games. His art seeks to re-imagine cities by inviting viewers to enter dreamlike scenes which are both imaginary and real at the same time. One of Keith’s oul paintings can be viewed as part of the parliament art collection at the Belfast City Hall.
