Roger Cummiskey- Curriculum Vitae

Roger Cummiskey B.Comm., A.A.I.
rogercummiskey@eircom.net
www.swv.ie/artroger

Roger, from Blackrock, County Dublin, in Ireland has been a full time painter since 1994 and is a member of the Artists Association of Ireland. He is primarily a watercolourist who specializes in particular themes.

Roger studied painting and drawing at Newpark College, Dublin, attended the CEER classes at the National College for Art and Design, and the DLCAD, Dun Laoghaire. He attended extramural classes in art at UCD, studied privately with professional painters, and earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree at University College, Dublin.

Roger's involvement in the Arts spans a lifetime and has included Board membership of Eucrea Ireland Ltd, the European Communities' efforts to include participation in the arts by and with people with disabilities.

He was also involved for many years with Very Special Arts Ireland and Europe. VSA is the charity founded by former US Ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy-Smith, in 1975, and now has a presence in over 55 countries around the World.

Roger is a keen Joycean. His most recent exhibition "A Stroll Thro' Ulysses" was held at the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre in Dublin and consisted of over 50 watercolour paintings depicting his interpretation of the writings and wanderings of James Joyce.

"Some Greek, Some Romans, The River Slaney, 2000" was chosen to represent Ireland in an international worldwide exhibition that took place in London, Stockholm and New York in 2000. This painting is Roger's interpretation of one of the River Gods of Ireland commissioned in 1780 by James Gandon for the Custom House in Dublin.

"I specialize in watercolour paintings, which take their themes and titles from the wanderings and writings of James Joyce, Samuel Beckett and other Literary personalities. This has come from a lifelong interest in attempting to interpret in paintings what Joyce et al. so eloquently wrote about our native city, Dublin. I call my collections "A Stroll Thro' Ulysses" and "Some Greeks Some Romans - The River Gods of Ireland".

Roger now lives between Dublin and Southern Spain. He can be contacted at rogercummiskey@eircom.net or at Phone +353 1 283 2253.

He exhibits widely on the world wide web and at group exhibitions in Ireland as well as in galleries. For further information please contact him directly.