Kevin Sharkey 'Emeralds' estimated at 2,500-3,500. UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,100
Kevin Sharkey 'All Saints Night' (estimated at 600-1,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 180
A no reserve studio sale of 125 lots by artist Kevin Sharkey will be conducted by auctioneer Morgan O’Driscoll in Cork on May 29.
Sharkey, a self taught artist, was born in Dublin in 1962. He spent his formative years in Donegal and this is where he calls home. He began painting fifteen years ago. After a diverse career as a fisherman, television presenter, photographer and song-writer he now paints full time. Sharkey divides his time between Ireland and Spain.
The artist has accumulated paintings of the past 15 years for this sale. The work is in differing scales and estimates vary from a low of 600 to a high of 12,000.
The sale will be held at CIT Wandesford Quay Gallery, Wandesford Quay (formerly the Fenton Gallery) in Cork city centre at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 29.
UPDATE: All lots sold in an auction that brought in 80,000.
Kevin Sharkey 'Dream Scape' (Estimate 1,600-2,400) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 480
Kevin Sharkey 'Happy Days' (estimate 8,000-12,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 1,000