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Majella O’Neill Collins – Sherkin Gust. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,300 AT HAMMER
This oil on canvas by Sherkin Island based artist Majella O’Neill Collins comes up as lot 24 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current off the wall online art auction. The estimate is 1,500-2,000. The auction runs until the evening of December 3 and includes work by Sean Scully, Arthur Maderson, Graham Knuttel, Markey Robinson, Damien Hirst, John Behan and many more artists.
MAJELLA O’NEILL COLLINS (B.1964) – TOWARDS THE WEST OF SHERKIN. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER
This 2023 oil on canvas by Majella O’Neill Collins comes up as lot 14 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current off the wall online auction of Irish art which runs until September 16. The estimate is 1,200-1,800. More than 450 lots are on offer in this sale and the catalogue is online.
A 21st Century ghost ship is the inspiration for an exhibition which opens today at Uilinn, the West Cork Arts Centre in Skibbereen. Artist and Sherkin Islander Majella O’Neill Collins became fascinated with the story of the MV Alta, the merchant vessel abandoned at sea 1,400 miles south of Bermuda in 2018 after engine failure when en route from Greece to Haiti. It drifted for 496 days over 2,300 nautical miles until washed ashore at Ballycotton during Storm Dennis in February 2020. Re-named 14 times with owners who are impossible to trace the ship remains unclaimed, unsalvaged and on the rocks. The sense of this vessel sailing along on relatively untroubled water, entering uncharted waters and eventually hitting a rock inspired the artist and led ultimately to the exhibition Allegory of the MV Alta. It continues until February 24.
Calm Seas, Sherkin by Majella O’Neill Collins comes up as lot 34 at Morgan O’Driscolls current off the wall online art auction. It is estimated at 2,000-3,000. The auction is on view in Skibbereen today and again on Monday, April 24, the day of sale. The catalogus is online and bidding starts to close from 6.30 pm.
