Lindey's painting is rooted in the classical with a twist and absurdity where humour features strongly. His influences - music, literature films, gardening and his children - all go into the mix, but it is his innate curiosity and attention to detail that make the work so unique and instantly recognisable. Nobody does a wart like Philip Lindey. Philip's painting Beauty Released into the Wind features as this year's Galway Arts Festival poster.