In the light of Triskel Christchurch

MICKY Donnelly’s new exhibition at Triskel Christchuch — Notes on a Minor Scale — has its roots in a concert he attended at the venue last year.

“I was visiting the Jazz Festival,” say Donnelly, “and there was an acoustic gig in the Triskel. I had never seen the Christchurch space before.

“As soon as I walked in, I was very impressed. There was a lovely light in the windows and on the decorative panels on stage. The whole thing had a warm light about it and I thought, that’s what my paintings are about. These little diptyches I do are about a warm feeling, a kind of warm light caught on the canvas.”