Celebrating the beauty and fragility of nature through drawings and paintings, and spanning the 17th century to the 21st century, the work shown here includes closely observed studies, topographical views, and poetic interpretations of the natural world.

Mildred Anne Butler (1858–1941) was one of Ireland’s first professional women artists, who exhibited widely and sold her work well throughout her career. Butler’s plein-air paintings of Kilmurry and its environs combine accuracy of drawing, startling light effects, and a sense of immediacy. Butler’s large-scale watercolors also highlight her exceptional skill in the painting of flowers, trees, animals, and birds.

A celebration of the 250th birthday anniversary of J. M. W. Turner—the English Romantic painter. This exhibit features nearly 40 of his watercolors from the National Galleries of Scotland.

This exhibition reflects the range of artistic expression around the time of the creation of the Irish Free State and in the following decades.