Poppy Melia (Dublin, 1966) is an Irish artist with an international sensibility and presence. In 1989, after graduating from the National College of Art and Design, she spent a year painting on the Polynesian Islands with fellow artists Pauline Bewick and Holly Melia, her mother and sister. On returning to Europe her debut solo exhibitions in London (the Catto) and in Dublin (the Rubicon) were critical and commercial triumphs. Since then, Poppy has travelled and painted throughout the world, drawing inspiration from sojourns in Nepal, China, New Zealand, North America and Europe, in particular Tuscany where she has summered with her family since early childhood. However her main inspiration is rooted in the Kerry countryside, its mountains, lakes, sea, flora and fauna, which have surrounded her since childhood. Her art ….