Eric
McCully
Inspired
by the beauty of nature and familial love, Eric paints his world: children,
the landscapes of his native home in Northern Ireland, and his new home
in Canada. Born in 1960 to a working-class family in Belfast, Eric’s
talent for painting was discovered at an early age. He soon developed
a yearning to experience more of the world, and painted his way through
over 35 countries in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, North and South
America. Eric had four children with his first love, Gillian, who died
of cancer in 2001. In 2004, he met and married a Canadian. He and Kelly
now have five children and share a happy home in Ottawa, where he keeps
his studio. Through the experiences of intense joy and sorrow afforded
by his life, Eric has come to appreciate the true beauty that can be
found in the simple things: a child dipping his feet in a lake for the
first time, or the beauty of a sunset. Eric McCully’s paintings
have held prominent place in private collections around the world, and
public collections in Northern Ireland, since 1990.