An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass by Eoin Mac Lochlainn - 7 September to 4 October 2025

7 September - 4 October 2025

Solo show:

An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass



Official Opening at 3:00 pm on Sunday 7 September 2025,
Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1.

Guest speaker: Catherine Connolly TD.

The poet Geraldine Mitchell will read 'Keepers', her poem inspired by the artist's fence post paintings.  

The exhibition also features in our 3D virtual space.

Culture Night 2025:
Please note that on Friday 19 September 2025, the Olivier Cornet Gallery will be open from 11am to 10pm. The exhibition will be fully accessible that day except from 7:30pm to 8:30pm as we will be hosting a live performance by Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes. Everyone is more than welcome to join us before the performance to enjoy both the art and the music.

The art historian and producer Jackie Ryan will be in conversation with the artist at the gallery, at 6:30pm, Wednesday 1 October 2025. All welcome.
The Olivier Cornet Gallery is delighted to present Eoin Mac Lochlainn's sixth solo exhibition with us:

An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass

“I've been increasingly concerned about nature and Climate Change in recent years and, in particular, I am examining the effects of wind and rain on old fence posts. Why fence posts? We humans have been building fences and partitioning the earth for centuries, creating borders and believing that we are in control of the earth - but this hubris belies our inherent vulnerability and our ultimate dependence on the natural world.

Some time ago, I decided to switch from oils to watercolour in order to have less of an impact on the environment. The switch was both challenging and rewarding – challenging to master the idiosyncrasies of the medium but very rewarding in discovering new possibilities and avenues of enquiry for my practice.

I have been painting this series of fence posts on raw birch panel. The natural grain of the birch becomes an added element in the paintings and the juxtaposition of old and new wood speaks about the past, the present and the future. The weather-beaten fence posts are also a reminder of the ancient Persian adage: This too will pass.”  
Eoin Mac Lochlainn

Coverage:




  • Meet the Artist: Eoin Mac Lochlainn, Philip Carton, The Business Post, Sunday 14 September 2025. You can also click here to view/download the interview and zoom in to enlarge the text.

  • An Cúinne Dána, RTE Raidio na Gaeltachta, an interview with Tristan Rosenstock, Thursday 18 September (2pm to 2:30pm).

  • Picture of the week, John P. O’Sullivan, Cultural Manoeuvres in the Gathering Gloom, 18 September 2025.

  • Echoes from the Well, a YouTube interview with Alan Keane from The Artist's Well, 20 September 2025.

  • An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Meer magazine, 25 September 2025.


An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXVI, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass III, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass VIII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XIV, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass X, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass VI, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XIII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXIII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXIV, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXIX, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass II, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XVI, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass IV, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XV, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass IX, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXV, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass VII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass V, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXVIII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XXVII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XVIII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XI, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass I, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin
An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass XVII, a beautiful painting by Eoin Mac Lochlainn, part of the artist's solo show An ghaoth aniar / This too will pass, Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin