Liam Belton was born in 1947. Liam Belton is a well-known and popular figure in Irish art circles. Given the calm and stillness of his paintings it is surprising he first came to attention for political activism as a student in the National College of Art in the late 1960's and early ‘70's. He fought for reforms that culminated in the college’s re-organisation into the National College of Art and Design in 1971. His political leanings led to attempts to establish free art education for all in Ballymun and Ballyfermot. He spent over twenty years teaching art to people with visual impairments. Little of his Beuysian principles are visible in his paintings. Instead his signature still-life paintings represent a distillatio...