It is a great pleasure to be here this evening to launch this beautifully entitled exhibition – Colours of the Wind – Ariadne’s Thread.

A new exhibition by Anne Madden is always an exciting event on Ireland’s artistic and cultural calendar. Hers is an artistic career stretching back over many decades to when she first began to exhibit paintings inspired by the limestone landscape and kaleidoscopic flora of the Burren in County Clare.

Since then, Anne has become one of Ireland’s most…