Artist's Bio Liam Reilly Liam Reilly was born in1958 in Glenariffe, the so called Queen of the Nine Glens of Antrim. He is a very gifted artist who is entirely self taught; he was greatly inspired by the late Charles McCauley who was a fellow Glen’s man. Liam’s interest in painting started at a very early age when he spent many hours outdoors sketching the natural beauty of his surroundings, he liked to sketch cows and hens on the local farms and birds which came to feed in his garden. This natural interest in the beautiful glens scenery was an early indication in the career that Liam was to pursue. In his paintings Liam uses colour in a very considered way, exaggerating the actual rich natural colour of the objects in a damp river valley, enjoying the peaty colour’s of water in flood or the seasons variations in foliage. Liam still lies in Glenravel on the edge of the green glens where he paints full times, he prefers to paint outdoors where he can take in the fresh natural beauty, and he prefers to paint in oils.