A Tallaght firefighter says he is grateful to the unknown person who nominated his artwork for a community award.
Geoff Tracey won the Arts and Heritage category in the Tallaght Person of the Year Awards. He secured a nomination due to his impressive portraits in the area, facilitated by the Dublin Canvas Project. Geoff has completed vivid portraits of people on traffic boxes in the Tallaght area, including local legend Paddy ‘Drac’ Finlay.
His portrait of Paddy, a local man who used to dress up as Count Dracula in Dublin’s St Patrick’s Day Parade, was met with rave reviews. It was sadly painted over in 2019, but Geoff is hopeful the initiative will lead to more artwork depicting local heroes in the future.
