Mavis Thompson

Enniskillen

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Born in Omagh, Mavis lives and works from her home studio in Enniskillen. She is mainly self taught and works mostly in watercolour although she also makes sculptural constructions and assemblages using driftwood and materials yielded from the sea. These are often accompanied by narrative text or poetry; words being supported by two and three dimensional works. Mavis is a member of the Ulster Society of Women Artists, The Turner Society, London, The Watercolour Society of Ireland and is an Associate Academician of the Royal Ulster Academy. She has exhibited widely, including Tokyo, Japan and the Le Moyne Foundation, Florida, USA. Her work is in collections worldwide, including the Derek Hill Collection, and the Permanent Collection of Fermanagh County Museum.

 

1999 - Sculpture Award IONTAS
1998 - Sculpture Award IONTAS
1986 - Arts Council NI Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
1984 - Arts Council NI Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre
1979 - Shortlisted for Alice Berger Hammerschlag Scholarship

IMAGES OF CALDRAGH
IN THE TOWNLAND OF DREENAN
BOA ISLAND - COUNTY FERMANAGH

Warm autumn day - late September
Bright Sunshine - Heavy drops of rain
An ancient place of mystery exudes peace to those who come - in wonder - to touch the Janus face in Stone
With staring eyes and large carved head emanating power to life above the sleeping dead
One side facing east - in shadow
The other westward to the sun warm and glowing red

Gold tipped clouds in deepest blue and lavender
Rise and float above this hallowed ground
Festooned with briar and bramble moss and ivy leaf
Embedded headstones weathered in relief
Enclosed by black iron fence - with swinging gate - and perching robin