However, one Eastern European has set about bringing his own vision to the Irish art world. Andrius Kovelinas has been living in Ireland for almost four years, although he has spent a significant part of his life away from his native Lithuania.

"I travelled a lot in Europe through countries such as Sweden, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Spain, " he said. "My sister lives in New York, and I go there two or three times a year to organise small private exhibitions for collectors."

His travels have informed his art, and brought a certain international flavour to his works. Before moving to Ireland, Kovelinas was living in northern France in the city of St Michel, where his work is widely known and admired. He began his artistic career by participating in several exhibitions of posters in Sweden, Russia, Lithuania, and Poland. In particular he produced a lot of posters for the Opera, Ballet and Theatre companies of Kishinev, Moldova, and he won the Grand Prix in a Politic Poster Exhibition in Moscow in 1983.

In the period between 1987 and 1988, Kovelinas moved from posters back to oil paintings, but traces of the poster-art style can still be found in his work.

Today, it is difficult to pin him down a single style . . .think renaissance classical meets Salvador Dali's critical paranoia, and you could be coming close. But to fully experience his range, it would definitely be worth checking out his exhibition at the Green Gallery in Dundrum (in the Balally work and hangs it up on their wall, with positive energy and love, " he said.

"They not only have a beautiful picture, but a good mood and a small part of me, the artist".

For further information on his new exhibition "SHE", contact The Green Gallery on 01 4783122 or email info@greengallery. ie . . . or simply turn up at the Green Gallery in the Dundrum Town Centre on the evening of Wednesday, September 5 at 6.30 pm