Gordon Harris

Irish contemporary artist Gordon Harris is regarded as one of Ireland's most accomplished figurative painters. Harris is recognised for his meticulously detailed, richly coloured and translucently layered paintings. He primarily uses the medium of oil paint, finished delicately with gold & silver leaf, which spectacularly captures and changes with light.

Harris’ main objective is to render the soul within. He studies his subjects with enormous intensity giving each portrait a strong, intimate closeness. He seeks harmony between the natural and conceptual to create provocative and dramatic paintings. Through his work, Harris invites us to look deeper, as he tries to hypnotize viewers with the emotion and humanity of his subject.

Harris has won numerous awards and has exhibited at The National Gallery of Ireland and the Royal Hibernian Academy. In 2017 & 2019, he was shortlisted for the Hennessy Portrait Prize at the National Gallery. His works are held in public & private collections in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, the USA and Monaco.