ABSTRACT;
The topic is “Future Doctors with an artist’s eye, how to see with confidence and assurance.” We will explore how a figurative or representational artist’s eye is trained to see in order to describe his/her observations effectively. Through structured observation of artworks and an appreciation of fine arts concepts, medical practioners can heighten their “visual literacy,” and apply these techniques and skills to patient care.
Prof. Daniel Mark Duffy
Daniel Mark Duffy(b. 1961) is an Irish/American artist specializing in portraiture and the human figure. He studied painting at Pratt Institute, received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently an Adjunct Professor/Lecturer of Fine Arts at Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut. In 2011 Duffy was awarded the first Lundbeck Visiting Fellowship in the Humanities, Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick.
For the last two decades, Duffy’s reputation as a contemporary portrait artist has provided opportunities to collaborate with some of America’s most accomplished individuals and established institutions, including the Federal Government, State and Federal Judiciary, Yale Law School, University of Pennsylvania, and New York University. His works include distinguished portraits of the U.S. Circuit Judge José A. Cabranes and Yale law professor Charles Reich, a controversial portrait of Irish journalist Nell McCafferty, and a haunting image of Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker.
Duffy’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the U.S. National Portrait Gallery, Contemporary American Portrait Exhibition (2010), The Royal Hibernian Academy, Annual Exhibitions (2008, 2011), The Davy Portrait Exhibition (2009, 2010), and in a Solo Exhibition of his graphite nude studies of Irish women in Dublin, Ireland (2009).
Duffy’s current project, Pedestrian, is a series Irish urban landscape paintings and works on paper.
To view some of Prof Duffy's work you can visit his website.