"captivated by this painting, a true original, as fresh and strong as the subject demands. This is miracle rethought, played with, prayed over, venerated and made at home in the real world".

Artist Brian Whelan's work is patronised by both the church and pub. His paintings, inspired by pre-reformation art, include "The Martyrdom of St. Edmund" installed in the Lady Chapel in St. Edmundsbury Cathedral in 2005.

Paintings which draw on his London-Irish experience can be seen on the official Shane MacGowan website (Paddy Rolling Stone) and the website of The Popes.

Visit the above painting  and 16 others recently painted by Brian at:

SEAhouse - LIGHThouse - SPIRIThouse Exhibition

at

Salthouse Church on the beautiful Norfolk coast

Thursday 3rd July to Sunday 3rd August
Salthouse art and events

''Clear, strong, prayerful work, with joy at its centre.''
Art critic Sister Wendy Beckett

“He goes to dark, grim places, places that in the modern world we like to pretend don’t exist and when he gets there he cracks jokes. This work is the work of the medieval jester.”
Joe Horgan, Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award winner

“his work is bold and commanding.”
Seamus Heaney, Nobel Prize for literature

“Looking at a Whelan painting is like looking at a stained glass window, through the eyes of Bart Simpson.”
Writer and critic Steven Martin