Summer Breeze marries two important components in Tony O’Malley’s oeuvre, the influence of his native Callan in County Kilkenny and the light and palette of the Bahamas where he visited with his wife Jane O’Malley from the mid-1970’s. The oil on board evokes a strong sense of flowing water. It comes up as lot 55 at Whyte’s sale of Irish and International Art in Dublin on May 29 with an estimate of €15,000-20,000. In 1960 O’Malley s settled at the artist’s hub St Ives in Cornwall, where he had first visited in 1955, in the company of fellow abstract artists Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon and Bryan Wynter. It was here he met his future wife the Canadian artist Jane Harris. The auction of 122 lots will be held at Freemasons Hall on Molesworth St. in Dublin and online. Viewing gets underway on May 22 at Whyte’s Galleries. The catalogue is online now