[Leica] IMG: Tony with Blue Hat X 2

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

The opening night of the Royal Hibernian Academy's Summer Exhibition was 
held on the 21st May at its impressive gallery in Ely Place, Dublin. The 
RHA has been established since 1823 to promote art in Ireland and was an 
offshoot of the British Royal Academy. Almost every artist - both 
amateur and professional - in Ireland tries to get into the Summer 
Exhibition, and this year, 1,400 artists submitted 2,600 entries which 
were eventually whittled down to 350 works to be shown to the Irish 
public over the summer.

Luckily enough for myself and my wife, we get an invitation to the 
opening which gives us a chance to get a work that might appeal before 
most. We don't necessarily buy every year, but it's nice to have the 
option of first dibs. I do always bring a camera, but the lighting is 
pitched for mood and ambiance, and not with the amateur photographer in 
mind. Here is one where the both painting and subject appear to be present.

Tony with blue hat attends the RHA's Summer Exhibition which happily has 
a painting of him wearing a blue hat by his brother - the artist Neil 
Shawcross.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/Interiors/RHA/RHA+Summer+Exhibition+2018/RHA+ON+2018+-+1+-+Tony+in+a+Blue+Hat+x+2.jpg.html

Fuji X100S. Can be seen LARGE.