Phil McDarby exhibition at Copper House Gallery

13/04/12 by Jennie Stacey

Posted in Animators

Brown Bag artist Phil McDarby opens his first solo exhibition next Wednesday 18 April at 6:30-8pm, at the Copper House Gallery (off Synge Street), Dublin.

Titled ‘Into The Greenwood Deep’, the exhibition includes many of Phil’s beautiful artworks featuring a magical woodland populated by benevolent dragons and mythical spirits.

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The Wood Dragon and the Ladybird

Phil’s lifelong love of forests began as a young child, immersed in Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree series and exploring the wildwoods close to his home. For as long as he can remember, Phil McDarby’s drawing, painting and writing have all been inspired by these enchanted places.

Over a 14-year career Phil has worked across many visual media, from Web Design and Branding, Computer Game Design, 3D Modeling and Animation to Concept Art, Matte Painting, Illustration and Photography. In 1998, his work progressed from paper and paint into the world of digital image creation – an incredibly liberating platform which enables him to combine his skill as an artist with his love of photography and 3D. Impending fatherhood brought Phil’s sense of childhood wonder into focus and inspired the work on display at this exhibition at The Copper House Gallery.

Phil’s awards include four CG Choice Awards from the Computer Graphics Society of America, with work published twice in the prestigious Exposé, Ballistic Media’s annual collection of digital art. Having also exhibited his work in Amsterdam (2008) and Edinburgh (2009), he currently works at Brown Bag Films as a Matte Painter.

The exhibition will be opened by illustrator Niamh Sharkey.

Here is a sample of some of the works that will be on display:

The Amber Dragon’s Hoard

Magic

Greenspindle