Art Works > Selected Works.1987-9 Dedicated to the critic and writer Roy Wallis. Gerry Gleason.

N.Ireland Troubles. Conflict.
Beyond The Pale. 1988.
Gerry Gleason.
Dedicated to-
James O'brien.
Oil on canvas
183x139cm.
1988

Beyond the Pale is an old expression for living beyond the city gates. I felt the young soldierswere no older than people they were locking up and must have found the situation they found themselves in very complex