The Eakin Gallery
237 Lisburn Road, 
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Tel. 028 9066 8522

Terry is going to take over the entire Cafe Vaudeville at 25 Arthur Street in Belfast for a one night exhibition with it returning to The Eakin Gallery for a further two weeks. Terry hopes to use the downstairs part of the bar to show off his new Docklands paintings with the upstairs reserved for a new series of Burlesque and Vaudeville paintings.

All paintings can now be viewed online at www.eakingallery.co.uk

The new series of paintings are based on the area of Belfast around the docks formerly known as Sailortown

"Sailortown was the hub of the port and hundreds of foreign seamen trod its streets each week. Its pubs and eating-houses were the stuff of legends. Places where the languages of half of Europe and beyond twisted their tongues round stout and pigs’ feet. Where else in this city could be heard the call for six pints of porter in as many languages?

The seafarers found a welcome here, a shared kinship unique to those who plough the deep. Goanese and Spanish, Poles, Germans, the many varied folk who lived on the shores of the Baltic and a multitude of Chinamen disembarked regularly for days at a time as their ships were turned round and made ready for sea. They made it home and many, including the numberless that shared the worship of the local people, spread the name of this place far and wide. They recognised this place as a favourite port of call." 

From “A personal history of Sailortown in words and photos” by Sailortown Cultural & Historical Society member Paul McLaughlin