Loop Head has a wealth of talented artists located in the area and many others in different parts of the county, country and the world, who use the beauty and wildness of the peninsula as inspiration for their art.
Carsten Krieger, who took the photographs for this website, is one of Ireland’s most acclaimed landscape photographers. He has published and contributed to seven books on Ireland’s landscape, nature and heritage. Fine art prints, posters and postcards are available from his studio gallery in Kilbaha and various outlets around the peninsula. He is also available for nature & photo walks, and day-long photography workshops.
Loophead Studio in Carrigaholt produces a diversity of work including film, photography, painting, soundscapes, music and pageantry. Much of the work is a response to the atmosphere, mythology and wildlife of Loop Head.
The studio has produced several animated films – screened internationally – using sand animation, object pixilation, time lapse, and puppets. A compilation DVD of the films is available for sale, as are photographic prints.
Seamus Connolly is one of Ireland’s leading bronze sculptors, best known for his life-size portraits including that of the late actor Richard Harris as a young man, which can be seen at Kilkee’s West End.
Unusually among sculptors, Seamus casts all of his statues himself at his bronze art foundry in Kilbaha, where he also runs an annual sculpture summer school.
Based in Dough, Kilkee, Maureen Glynn is an artist working in pen and watercolour and oil. She held solo exhibitions in 2010 and 2012.
A former teacher of art in UK mainstream and special needs schools, Maureen has been tutoring children and adults in Kilkee since 2009. She runs classes in drawing and painting, lino-cut printing, stained glass, and painting on silk.
Artist Carmel Madigan grew up on Loop Head, and her work reflects those formative early influences. She paints the ocean, the rocks and the flowers, and in 2012 published The Wild Flowers of Loop Head, a collection of paintings and poetry. Carmel’s work has been collected nationally and internationally, and she has exhibited throughout Ireland. She also runs the Loop Head Summer Hedge School.
Thank you to all our supporters out there who contribute to the development of the Loop Head Peninsula. These supporters help each year with many events including beach clean ups, heritage and food events and much more. Most of all they contribute by being ambassadors for the peninsula and what it has to offer.
If you would like to be a “Friend” of Loop Head Tourism, please contact the Chairman, Ian Glendinning. There is a nominal fee attached which helps to support the group financially.
