Terry Bradley

Born in Belfast in 1965 Bradley has been pursuing his dream of becoming an artist from his youth.

His early work was inspired by the ten years he lived and worked in Dublin. His distinctive line drawings and atmospheric paintings capture the mood of many of Dublin and Belfast 's most memorable nightclubs and bars.

The after hours scenes of his early work are based on the clubs and bars he frequented and the people he knew there.

Most of his individual paintings are of strong, confident women from the modelling and fashion world that he mixed in. They reflect the two sides of Terry's life - hard images of after-dark nightlife stamped in the city's clubs and bars and a more gentle view of women after a ballet performance. The two sides reflect the conflict in Bradley's personality and art, with his self-confessed manic, dark side at odds with calmer more gentle periods.

Collectors often choose two and three paintings at a time, unable to decide between such strong pieces and his work now features in collections in London, America, Spain and New Zealand.

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