MICHAEL RAINSFORD

Michael Rainsford is a visual artist based in the west of Ireland. His practice is rooted in place: slow looking, walking, and working directly with local materials. Recent works are made with earth pigments and wax on paper, often developed outdoors before being resolved in the studio.

WINE PAIRING

Wine pairing to be introduced on 10 April in collaboration with Butlers Wine Cellar.

  • 2025 · Landscape Painting Today (group), Messums West, Tisbury, Wiltshire: 11 Jan – 24 Feb
    2024 · Emerging Landscape Painting Today (Online) (group), Messums London: 9 Oct – 16 Nov
    2023–2024 · The Ballinglen Arts Foundation & Museum of Art: First Biennial — International Open Call Exhibition in the West of Ireland (group), Ballycastle, Co. Mayo: 7 Oct – 10 Jan
    2004 · On Bogs & Moorland (solo), The Cat & The Moon Gallery, Sligo: Feb – Mar

  • Affiliations

    • INTERFACE, Inagh, Connemara: Member

    • Messums London and Messums West: Exhibiting artist in Emerging Landscape Painting Today (Online, 2024) and Landscape Painting Today (2025)

    • Ballinglen Museum of Art: Exhibiting artist in the First Biennial International Open Call (2023–2024)

    Design collaboration

    • Christopher Farr: Rugs including Earth Matters and Two Earths

Featured
Michael Rainsford | Ridged Field

Michael Rainsford
Ridged Field

Medium
Local Earth Pigments and Wax on Paper

Size
50 × 40 cm

Price
£975 (framed)

Michael Rainsford | Forest and Field

Michael Rainsford
Forest and Field

Medium
Local Earth Pigments and Wax on Paper

Size
50 × 40 cm

Price
£975 (framed)

Michael Rainsford | Sea Edge 1

Michael Rainsford
Sea Edge 1

Medium
Local Earth Pigments and Wax on Paper

Size
50 × 40 cm

Price
£975 (framed)

Michael Rainsford | Sea Edge

Michael Rainsford
Sea Edge

Medium
Local Earth Pigments and Wax on Paper

Size
50 × 40 cm

Price
£975 (framed)

Michael Rainsford | Book of Stones

Michael Rainsford
Book of Stones

Medium
Watercolour on handmade paper

Size
87 x 67 cm

Price
£2250 (framed)