Kenneth Webb exhibition

The launch of an exhibition by the well known artist Kenneth Webb of the Irish School of Landscape Painting will take place in the Market House Gallery in the Market Square, Mullingar on Wednesday, March 25.And on Thursday, March 26, his daughter Susan Webb will give a demonstration between 12.30 and 2.30pm on oil painting, while on Saturday, April 4, a texture and acrylic demonstration will be given by one of the school"s tutors, Sue McNeill between 2 o"clock and 4pm.The Irish School of Landscape Painting was founded by Kenneth and Joan Webb in 1957 and over the past 52 years, Kenneth has taught in many centres across Ireland and England, and occasionally he lectured and gave painting demonstrations in London, at the Tate Gallery, in the V&A and at the Mall Galleries.Closer to home, the Irish School of Landscape Painting also held exhibitions in the RDS during the Holiday World Show in the 1970s and 1980s. Kenneth used to give painting demonstrations at these. A funny coincidence to this is that Susan Webb, Kenneth"s daughter, who took over the Irish School of Landscape Painting in 1995, just gave an oil painting demonstration at this year"s Holiday World Show for the Wicklow Tourism stand at the RDS, completely unaware that her father had demonstrated at the same show before.This current exhibition is the largest of the School"s work that has been held for many years.Susan says, 'Teaching by demonstration is still at the core of our work. We believe that since most people coming to learn to paint are already more visually aware, then it follows that the easiest way for them to learn new skills is to see the theory put into practice in front of them. They have the opportunity to learn by example as well as by theory.'The exhibition runs until Saturday, April 11.