Irish equine painter Tony O’Connor  is a something of a dark horse. In a limp art market in an historic recession he’s come out of nowhere to have sell-out solo shows in Cork and Dublin, almost 90,000 followers on Facebook and an avidly anticipated new solo show ‘Stags and Stallions’ running until the 26^th of June at the Doorway Gallery in Dublin (29 May – 26 June).

I sat down for a chat with the soft-spoken artist before his new show. Check out Horsetalk to see what I found out about his sudden success.