Portraits of marriage equality campaigners are to be on display at
over the June bank holiday weekend in Killorglin, Co Kerry.
Cork College of Art & Design student Stephen Doyle painted the series of portraits of the campaigners, who include Senator David Norris, Grainne Healy, Darren Kennedy, and Tonie Walsh, to mark the one year anniversary of the passing of the marriage equality referendum.
According to Doyle, “This series of portraits is a way of commemorating those who have made a substantial contribution to equal rights in the L.G.B.T.Q community in this country over the last four decades.
"Without those who have decided to make their voices heard, thousands of people would still have conflicting thoughts between self and society. Their efforts have succeeded in challenging society’s ideology of a heteronormative lifestyle.”
Each portrait has been approached differently in accordance to their contribution and character. There is a unique balance between expression and physical likeness in all.
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