The Belfast-born artist has worked across multiple media and in the year he turns 70, here’s a selection of his lauded paintings
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
Paul Yates has sustained a highly original creative output across poetry, painting and filmmaking for over five decades. His poetry has been translated into various languages, his films have won international awards and his paintings feature in key private, public and royal collections.
His Selected Poems, 1967–2023, allows us to travel back in time to Yates’ earliest writing, revealing the breadth and depth of his poetic journey.
