Michael Gemmell (b.1950) He was born in Coleraine, Co. Derry, he studied at NCAD 1966-1968 and at the College of Art in Limerick 1971-1972. He has run a stained-glass studio in Blessington, Co. Wicklow, and now paints full-time, exhibiting regularly at the RHA and with the Kennedy Gallery, Davis Gallery, and the Waldock Gallery. Source: Whyte's Auction

Michael Gemmell was born in 1950 in Coleraine. Michael Gemmell is best known for his abstracted landscapes. His works are lively, very well-made, with a bold sense of colour and tonal contrast. In some respects, Gemmell's work recall the Cubist approach of such earlier painters as George Campbell and Arthur Armstrong. His methodology frees him from the restriction of a single viewpoint, allowing a more complex representation of a scene. Though first and foremost a painter, Gemmell has considerable experience in interior design and a number of related skills, all of which influence his painting.