Bernie Prendergast
Irish Artist
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Bernie Prendergast was born in Claremorris, Co Mayo in 1961. She studied Fine Art at Galway Techical College and afterwards at Limerick College of Art. Bernie has exhibited art in the Claremorris Open Art Exhibition since 1983. In that year she was one of the youngest artists in the group and won first prize. Visit Bernie's Website |
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Bernie's speciality is in Charcoal Portraits and occasionally in pencil, pen and wash. The picture illustrates a charcoal that Bernie did as a
commission for the famine.
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Over the last number of years Bernie has illustrated several children's story books including "Children's Hospital Stories", the Irish books "Timin and Nollaig", "Na Cailleacha Granna" and "Coileach". She has also illustrated the Irish Language Learner books called "Muzzy" and "Muzzy Aris". |
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Bernie has produced all of the cartoons for the Mayo on the Move Web Pages. |
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