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Title: African Landscape
Artist: JB
Medium: oil
Size: 30 x 40 cm
Prison: Dócas Centre

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Title: Dolphin
Artist: EC
Medium: oil on board
Size: 40 x 50 cm
Prison: Mountjoy

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Title: Road to Nowhere
Artist: PO'C
Medium: watercolour
Size: 28 x 40 cm
Prison: Clover Hill

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Title: Pastel Drawing
Artist: LB
Medium: pastels
Size: 40 x 46 cm
Prison: Dóchas Centre

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Title: Portrait
Artist: NT
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 50 x 60 cm
Prison: Mountjoy

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Title: WarZone
Artist: JS
Medium: watercolour
Size: 30 x 42 cm
Prison: Clover Hill

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Title: Gentle Wander
Artist: PF
Medium: acrylic on paper
Size: 35 x 25 cm
Prison: Wheatfield

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Title: Ceramic Plate
Artist: JB
Medium: ceramics
Size: 40 cm (diameter)
Prison: Dóchas Centre

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Title: The Cycle of Life
Artist: AM
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 52 x 52 cm
Prison: Training Unit

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Title: Slea Head, Co. Kerry
Artist: MC
Medium: oil on board
Size: 36 x 30 cm
Prison: Training Unit

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Title: Lion and Lioness
Artist: DM
Medium: oil
Size: 80 x 80 cm
Prison: St. Patrick's Institution

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Title: Sail Away
Artist: DM
Medium: acrylic on paper
Size: 50 x 40 cm
Prison: Wheatfield

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Title: Patterned Trees
Artist: TMcB
Medium: acrylic on paper
Size: 40 x 30 cm
Prison: Wheatfield

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Title: Into the Light
Artist: AC
Medium: scraperboard
Size: 20 x 30 cm
Prison: Wheatfield

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Title: Over in the West
Artist: ED
Medium: acrylic on paper
Size: 50 x 40 cm
Prison: Wheatfield

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Title: Sunflowers and Poppies
Artist: S
Medium: oil on board
Size: 30 x 36 cm
Prison: Training Unit

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Title: The English Teacher
Artist: AF
Medium: ceramics
Size: 23 cm (height)
Prison: Dóchas Centre

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Title: Waterfall
Artist: GM
Medium: acrylic
Size: 50 x 80 cm
Prison: St. Patrick's Institution

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Title: Blue Tulips
Artist: SK
Medium: acrylic
Size: 35 x 40 cm
Prison: Medical Unit, Mountjoy

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Title: Flight
Artist: anon
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 79 x 79 cm
Prison: Training Unit

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Art

The fact that Art is so popular with those who avail of education within Irish Prisons is an obvious indication of the importance of the subject to the many students who choose to study the subject while in prison. Students for the most part have little or no experience of art creating techniques when they enrol for classes. As well as learning the basic skills involved in creating pieces of artwork, Art education also facilitates enhanced creative thinking, enables personal development and encourages self-esteem.

A wide variety of art techniques is taught including painting, mosaics, print-making, screen printing,  ceramics and sculpture. Some students work on individual and highly personal projects while others work on Group Projects in various mediums, where they experience working towards a common goal.