Renowned Belfast-born artist Robert Janz returned to live again in Ireland in preparation for his first solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture at the Peppercanister Gallery in August 2006. Well-known in Europe and America he is a regular exhibitor in New York and Los Angeles and exhibited some years ago at the Oliver Dowling Gallery in Dublin. He also had a memorable exhibition of wall drawings at the Douglas Hyde Gallery in the past and recently held a residency at IMMA. Now in his seventies, he is deeply concerned with civilisation's increasing encroachment on the natural environment and his poetic art is a passionate plea for greater restraint.