IRENE MCGRATH

Irene McGrath, born in Ireland, floated her way across the Atlantic 30 years ago and found herself in Yarmouth, MA. In her younger years, Irene studied and practiced painting with fierce academic fervor. Intensely dedicated to whatever is in front of her, she became a mother, and put painting aside to raise her son. When he came of age, Irene hurled herself back into the painting world, joining the Paul Schulenberg band of figurative studio painters, who continue to meet weekly and paint beautiful bodies, come hell or high Covid.

Irene first walked into Tanuki in the summer of 2021, and, speaking in her gentle Irish brogue, pulled out several large oil paintings and laid them in the parking lot in the glowing afternoon sun – landscapes, nudes, scenes of her world travels, and a few snarky and irreverent “fuck yous” to the uptight world of oil painting. We were instantly smitten! Tanuki currently represents a wide swath of Irene's large format works, from nudes to landscapes as well as unframed drawings and sketches.