St Patrick’s Mental Health Services (SPMHS) is inviting service users, visitors and staff to vote in our 2026 Favourite Painting exhibition and competition. Favourite Painting is an annual initiative from our Art Committee.
A number of Ireland’s well-known art galleries are welcomed to submit an artwork to an exhibition which is shown in the Arts Space of St Patrick’s University Hospital (SPUH) and also shared online. In 2026, the initiative is expanding beyond paintings only to include other art forms.
Service users, visitors and staff can view the exhibition and vote for their favourite artwork, either at a ballot box in the Arts Space or through the online form below. The artwork with the highest number of votes is then added to our permanent art collection and displayed on our campus.
This year’s exhibition includes the 15 artworks below:
- Birthday Tulips by Bridget Flinn
- Blushing Lady by Grainne Cuffe
- Bond II by Stephen Forbes
- Coming into frame by Kate Beagan
- Into the Light by John Morris
- Looking at the Stars by Patrick O'Reilly
- Memory of Boyhood Summer by Diarmuid Breen
- Nesting by Stephanie Hess
- Oaxaca by Tim Goulding
- Pillars, West Clare by Ivan Daly
- Pots in the Bots by Paul Fitters
- Summer’s Day at The Forty Foot by Shane Johnson
- The Day the Night Forgot by Louise Neiland
- The Moments that Count by Maggie Morrisson
- The re-planting by William Crozier
The artworks were submitted by Solomon Fine Art, Taylor Gallery, Doorway Gallery, Graphic Studio Gallery and Gormleys Art Gallery.
Cast your vote
You can see the Favourite Painting exhibition, and cast your vote for your favourite painting through our online voting form here.
