Charlie Whisker's painting 'Moment', influenced by his memories of a young man's murder in Belfast in 1974 | |
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Witness to a murder
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1974 was a year that made an indelible impression on the life of Charlie Whisker.
Charlie, who comes from the seaside town of Bangor in Northern Ireland had just got his degree in Fine Art from Belfast. It was July, and after all his hard work he'd come home to relax and to take up temporary work as a gravedigger.
As a painter Charlie was drawn to the dark side, but essentially, he was an innocent with no direct experience of any sort of violence. Until he went out on what's known locally as the 11th night.
Charlie tells David how staying with a young man who had been shot and lay dying turned his life upside down and how his memories of that night continue to influence his art.
You can see more of Charlie's paintings at the Solomon Gallery, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, South William Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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