Organico poster MCALL AT SEA: paintings by Michael Mc Swiney Organico is delighted to announce that our next exhibition, starting on June 12, will fill the café with the large and very exciting, atmospheric and textual paintings of West Cork born painter Michael Mc Swiney; he is also this year’s Literary Festival programme cover artist. Michael, who was born in Cork in 1969, studied at Crawford college of Art and Design and the National Collage of Art and Design before travelling for many years; he lived and painted in Norway, India and Egypt before returning to a base in Clonakilty. Living now in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean and his childhood memories of the sea, he creates incredibly beautiful and evocative paintings on canvas through a process of applying and removing paint until the image forms itself, in effect through a conversation with the materials. The exhibition opening party is at 4pm on Saturday 18 June in Organico Café and everyone is welcome to enjoy the artwork, meet Michael and join us for a glass of wine.