‘Welcome to the Green Hen’
This illustration is packed with detail, unique charm, atmosphere and dialogue that sits backlit facing onto the street from the entrance of The Green Hen Restaurant, Dublin. The Lightbox Artwork features characters based on a mixture of regulars, staff and cultural icons featured in the restaurant's photos.
Illustration: Alan Dunne
Art Direction & Layout: Paul Gibney
Client: The Green Hen
Awards: Selected 100 Archive
This print was made in response to the events surrounding 1916 Easter Rising.
Hahnemühle Fine Art Print
20” x 16” on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, edition of 20, signed and numbered by artist.
Printed in Ireland.
"The Easter Rising was a significant moment in Irish history that would eventually lead to events that brought about the formation of the Irish State. I created this artwork to identify the various stakeholders, all those who were directly affected by the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin City. It consists of a wide range of diverse groups that made up the brigades and factions of the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizens Army, and Cumann na mBan, as well as those involved in the British administration such as the Dublin Metropolitan Police. Various Irish regiments of the British Army were stationed back in Ireland from the Great War during that time, many of whom were Irish themselves. But also amidst the badges are the civilians of Dublin, the business owners, families and children of the inner city who suffered more casualties than the combatants and whose lives were most deeply affected by those events. ”
Alan is an Irish visual artist and author who works mostly in illustration, comics, graphic printmaking, paper craft, and motion graphics. He is passionate about all aspects of the graphic arts and is hugely interested in vernacular design and uncovering stories through cultural historical archives. This is reflected in his heavily researched and considered comics, heritage-based commissions and through re-appropriation of vernacular typography and graphic aesthetics in his work.
The Stakeholders of History series is an historic themed art project by Alan Dunne that identifies main stakeholder groups involved in significant events of the past.
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Hahnemühle Fine-Art Print.
12” x 10” on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist.
Printed in Ireland.
“‘Junction’ is an allegorical depiction of the progression of political and societal change in Ireland brought about by social movements throughout the last two centuries.
References to the British administration, and symbols of the dominance of the Catholic Church, gives way to the arrival of the Irish Republic and a new era through successive referendums.
The mass movement of the green crowd is crossing a traffic light junction - from a conservative past to a liberal future, led by a female character.”
Alan is an Irish visual artist and author who works mostly in illustration, comics, graphic printmaking, papercraft, and motion graphics. He is passionate about all aspects of the graphic arts and is hugely interested in vernacular design and uncovering stories through cultural-historical archives. This is reflected in his heavily researched and considered comics, heritage-based commissions and re-appropriation of vernacular typography and graphic aesthetics in his work.
Please note that this artwork is sold unframed. We endeavour to get it to you in the best possible condition. It is securely posted packaged in a cardboard box tube. For best framing results, please consider supporting your local framer.
Hahnemühle Fine-Art Print
12” x 10” on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist.
Printed in Ireland.
“I created this artwork inspired by a line from Emily Dickinson's well-loved poem: ‘“Hope” is the thing with feathers’. It is an allegorical piece that suggests hope and possibility.”
"Hope" is the thing with
feathers -
That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without
the words -
And never stops - at all -
And sweetest - in the Gale -
is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the
little Bird
That kept so many warm -
I've heard it in the chillest
land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.
Alan is an Irish visual artist and author who works mostly in illustration, comics, graphic printmaking, papercraft, and motion graphics. He is passionate about all aspects of the graphic arts and is hugely interested in vernacular design and uncovering stories through cultural-historical archives. This is reflected in his heavily researched and considered comics, heritage-based commissions and re-appropriation of vernacular typography and graphic aesthetics in his work.
Please note that this artwork is sold unframed. We endeavour to get it to you in the best possible condition. It is securely posted packaged in a cardboard box tube. For best framing results, please consider supporting your local framer.
Hahnemühle Fine-Art Print
9” x 9” on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag, edition of 5, signed and numbered by the artist.
Printed in Ireland.
“The piece ‘Merlin’ is of a merlin hawk flying over the Sheeffry Mountains in Co Mayo. It is inspired by the poem A Merlin in the Sheffrys by Irish poet Martin Dyar. The colour palette is limited to earthy shades of green and grey, and the bird is a focal point in the image against an aerial view of the Sherries as a backdrop. The textures are rugged like the terrain. I created a variety of textures and combined them digitally to create this illustration.
I drew on influences from some of my favourite 20th-century English artists Eric Ravilious and Bernard Cheese who often depicted rural-themed scenes.”
Alan is an Irish visual artist and author who works mostly in illustration, comics, graphic printmaking, papercraft, and motion graphics. He is passionate about all aspects of the graphic arts and is hugely interested in vernacular design and uncovering stories through cultural-historical archives. This is reflected in his heavily researched and considered comics, heritage-based commissions and re-appropriation of vernacular typography and graphic aesthetics in his work.
Please note that this artwork is sold unframed. We endeavour to get it to you in the best possible condition. It is securely posted packaged in a cardboard box tube. For best framing results, please consider supporting your local framer.
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