How a gift of a water colour set turned a Dublin man’s life around
A painter whose Oscar-winning brother bought him his first water colour set, is set to feature at Ireland’s biggest art fair.
Dylan Hansard’s striking city nightscapes have turned around his life following a challenging spell.
His sibling, Academy award-winning singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, gifted him the set after learning that Dylan was showing an interest in painting.
Hansard won the gong in 2008 for best original song, Falling Slowly, from the film Once, co-written with Marketa Irglova.
Dylan, 38, originally from Artane in Dublin – but now living in Portobello, found his career at a dead end after leaving a job at Dublin Airport during mental health struggles.
He is now set to appear for the first time alongside hundreds of Irish and international artists when Art Source opens its doors at the RDS from November 15-17.
“After leaving my job in 2018 I was sitting around the…
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