Push and Pull

Weave, acrylic on canvas over board

Solo exhibition, Ashford Gallery, RHA, Dublin

De Buitléar’s paintings and sculptures start with a basic geometric motif, the circle. This circular unit reverberates through varieties of echoing, concentric patterns. On the one hand the patterning is absolutely strict, retaining its geometric basis. On the other, the works are made by hand, so that tiny fluctuations of touch, the fallibility of the human hand, is part of the overall character of the works. In fact, it’s essential to their character.

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times

Pulsate, acrylic on canvas panel

Drift, acrylic on canvas panel

Drift, acrylic on canvas panel (left) and Pulsate, acrylic on canvas panel (right)

Stasis, acrylic on canvas panel

Push and Pull, acrylic on two canvas panels

Push and Pull, acrylic on two canvas panels

Circuit, acrylic on canvas board

Yoke, acrylic on canvas over board

Yoke, acrylic on canvas over board (left) and Circuit, acrylic on canvas board (right)

Vessel, acrylic on canvas over board

Vessel, acrylic on canvas over board (left) and Foetal, acrylic on canvas over board (right)

Foetal, acrylic on canvas over board (right)

Foetal, acrylic on canvas over board (right) and Vessel, acrylic on canvas over board (left) and 

Lunette, acrylic on canvas over board

installation view

Compass, acrylic on canvas board, acrylic display case

Compass, acrylic on canvas board, acrylic display case

Bounce, acrylic on canvas board

Looming, acrylic on canvas board

Looming, acrylic on canvas board (left) and Pulse, acrylic on canvas board (right)

Pulse, acrylic on canvas board

Diverge Converge,  laser cut acrylic

Diverge Converge,  laser cut acrylic

Diverge Converge,  laser cut acrylic

installation view