Today’s featured Irish Artist at the Red Rag Gallery is George Callaghan
George Callaghan was born in County Antrim, N.Ireland in 1941, attending Carrs Glen Primary School up the Old Park Road. At the age of four George’s family immigrated to South Africa where he was educated in the ways of apartheid. He also became the Western Province Boxing Champion Gnat weight division.
At the age of 14 the impending death of his Grandfather forced the family to return to Belfast. George attended Ashfield Secondary Imtermediate. He left school at 15 to work at Nicholson and Bass printers and box makers, as an apprentice Commercial Artist. A year later he commenced studying Art at the Belfast College of Art on a Scholarship. George started work in Dublin as a junior designer with Janus Advertising Agency and 8 months later moved to Kennys Advertising Agency as a senior designer.
George Callaghan then moved to London as a designer and eight months later he immigrated to Sydney, Australia. For a year he worked as a senior designer at McCann Erickson then moved to Leo Burnetts where he stayed for the next 11 years as an Art Director.
Today George Callaghan is an artist with an International reputation and following. This is not only for his contemporary paintings, but also for his harp music. George is a leading exponent of the Celtic Harp and his recordings of harp music include compact discs featuring Traditional Airs, and Rhyme and Reason along with several cassettes.
Red Rag Art Gallery specialists in Irish Art , Scottish Art , British Art and Limited Edition Prints
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