Buckley Fine Art

Some beautiful paintings available both in their City gallery or the one in Clonakilty. Real focus on Irish artists.

BUCKLEY FINE ART
Attracted by Nelly the Elephant, a rather big girl, I made my first visit to Buckley Fine Art in historic Fenns Quay a few weeks back. Made my second visit last week and lingered in an interesting conversation with Ken Buckley.
«We are the last independent commercial gallery left in the city,» said Ken. «Our main business is with houses, hotels and restaurants and also with big public buildings. But I’d say seventy per cent or over is with the general public.»
Have you thought of giving an artwork as a gift, for a christening, a wedding, for Christmas? Here, you can get beautifully hand-​bound vouchers or, if the gift is a painting, that will be gift-​wrapped for you.
Ken sees the buying of art as being better than an investment in the stock market. «The stock market is risky and goes up and down, as we know, but a well chosen art work appreciates in value and you have the pleasure of seeing it hanging there in your house!»
And a good piece of art needn’t be overly expensive. ««We have prints starting at € 80.00.» Now that’s something Nelly the Elephant won’t forget this Christmas.

Wonderful gallery with a great range of serious quality work priced well. If you love art, you’ll love this place. And they’ve another like it in a place called Clonakilty! Great to see good a family business giving the service needed in this day and age.