Featured artist: Tom O'Rourke

Tom O'Rourke was born in Sligo Ireland. He moved to England in 1962 and taught art and exhibited in London. O'Rourke returned to Ireland in 1997 to pursue his art work on a full time basis. His work has been selected for the RHA Annual and Iontas small works exhibitions and he has been the recipient of an Arts Council Award. Tom O'Rourke's work is inspired by landscape music and colour. The images below reflect the musical inspiration of both Irish traditional music and jazz. The colour pallette for traditional music in the top row being more muted than the chromatic colour of the jazz influenced pieces on the bottom which are also more abstract. You can find more of Tom's work on Galleries-online.