Jim Manley was born in St. Helens, but has lived and worked in the coastal village of Killough in County Down, N.Ireland since 1970. Jim's work is usually concerned with the interaction of mankind and the natural world, and nowhere is this better exemplified than where land and sea meet.
Awards
1979 McGonigal Prize, Oireachtas
1984 Patron' Prize, EVA
1997 Landscape Prize, RUA & Elmwood Gallery, Smallworks, Belfast
1999 Painting Prize, IONTAS, Sligo
2005 Ross's Watercolour Prize, RUA
Other examples of Jim's work can be viewed at his website