# Donald Teskey

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**Donald Teskey [RHA](/source/Royal_Hibernian_Academy)** (born 1956) is an Irish painter.[1] He is a member of [Aosdána](/source/Aosd%C3%A1na).[2]

## Early life

Teskey was born in [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick) in 1956. He grew up in [Rathkeale](/source/Rathkeale) and graduated from [Limerick School of Art and Design](/source/Limerick_School_of_Art_and_Design) in 1978.[3][4]

## Career

In 1981 he received a prize for drawing at [EVA International](/source/EVA_International), and in 1995 he was presented with the Fergus O'Ryan Award.[5] Originally he was a [draughtsman](/source/Drawing), only moving to painting in the 1990s, depicting [Dublin](/source/Dublin) city and later moving to rural landscapes.[6]

In 2003 he was elected a member of the [Royal Hibernian Academy](/source/Royal_Hibernian_Academy). In 2005, [Limerick City Gallery of Art](/source/Limerick_City_Gallery_of_Art) hosted *Tidal Narratives*, an exhibition of Teskey's paintings and drawings coinciding with the publication of a book by [Gandon Editions](/source/Gandon_Editions). In 2006 he was elected to [Aosdána](/source/Aosd%C3%A1na).[7]

According to deVeres Auctions, "His paintings depict gritty [urbanity](/source/Urbanity) through [thick applied paint](/source/Impasto) with [brushes](/source/Paintbrush) and [knives](/source/Painting_knife). The result is a painting with visceral physicality. At this time Teskey painted from photographs but after a prolonged trip to [Mayo](/source/County_Mayo) in 2000, he began painting landscapes from drawings. His subjects now lie predominantly in the landscape of the [Western seaboard](/source/West_Region,_Ireland), but his work has maintained its urban character."[8] Oliver Sears Gallery says that "Teskey’s works interpret the connection between prehistory and the land and man’s emergence from the sea."[9]

Donald Teskey has made [prints in carborundum](/source/Carborundum_printmaking) and [intaglio](/source/Intaglio_(printmaking)) with Stoney Road Press since 2009.[10]

## References

1. ["Oil paint can imitate anything but Donald Teskey pushes it beyond mimicry"](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/oil-paint-can-imitate-anything-but-john-noel-smith-pushes-it-beyond-mimicry-1.3255038). *The Irish Times*

1. ["Donald Teskey"](https://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/smith-2/). *Aosdána*

1. ["Donald Teskey RHA"](https://www.sofinearteditions.com/donald-teskey/). 16 November 2013.

1. *Irish Arts Review - Volume 24, Issues 1-2*. (2007:52). Ireland: Irish Arts Review.

1. ["Donald Teskey - Biography, Shows, Articles & More"](https://www.artsy.net/artist/donald-teskey). *Artsy*

1. ["Lot 11 - 'Fog Latitude' by Donald Teskey"](https://www.morganodriscoll.com/art/donald-teskey-fog-latitude/77185). *Morgan O'Driscoll*

1. ["Donald Teskey 1956 - , Irish Artist."](https://www.adams.ie/irish-artist-directory/donald-teskey-art-sold-at-auction). *adams.ie*

1. ["Donald Teskey auction results at deVeres"](https://www.deveres.ie/artist/donald-teskey/19533/#!)

1. ["Donald Teskey"](https://www.oliversearsgallery.com/donald-teskey). *oliversearsgallery*

1. ["Donald Teskey"](https://www.stoneyroadpress.com/artists/donald-teskey)

## External links

- [Official website](https://donaldteskey.com/)

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