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Longford Leader
Aisling Kiernan
14 Aug 2017
Last month, as part of Cruthú Arts Festival, Ambroise Donnelle launched his exhibition ‘Reborn’ at Longford Library.
The exhibition has been inspired by the artist’s mother Ann who was born at the mother and baby home in Castlepollard in 1950.
“It’s my mother who has always been the main influence in my life and still is,” said the 38-year-old Armagh native.
“We are alike in so many ways; she even likes to dabble in pastels and watercolours occasionally – so the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
And indeed it appears that his sentiments are true because Ann is a wonderful artist and a person who, it has to be said, has dealt with more challenges in her 67 years than most.
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