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I spend days gathering fabrics, it’s
                                                             tremendously important that these
                                                             textiles and ephemera are salvaged
                                                                                                                              ongoing exploration of the landscape but, with
                                                             from a previous life, reclaimed and                              Many of my paintings are derived from an

                                                             given a new lease of life. I then                                 my purely abstract paintings, I do not have a
                                                             begin to create my art work by gluing                                   fixed image in mind when I start,
                                                             hand painted papers and hand dyed                                  preferring  to let the imagery develop and
                                                             vintage fabrics to heavy weight paper                                  evolve through the process of painting.
                                                             or canvas,  I use a sewing machine
                                                             not only to anchor the pieces but also
                                                             as a tool to draw with, adding details
                                                             to boulder-strewn fells, ramshackle
                                                             fences, and the shifting waves and
                                                             eddies of sullen grey seas, I often
                                                             use a soldering iron to create burns

                                                             or a leaden effect allowing the
                                                             picture to become three dimensional
                                                             and tactile.
                                                             Artwork Commissions apply to
                                                             art@louiseohara.co.uk










































                                                                                                                                                                                                         I have never restricted myself
                                                                                                                                                                                                       medium
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   and     continually
                                                                                                                                                                                                        to working in one particular

                                                                                                                                                                                                          find myself switching
                                                                                                                                                                                                      between acrylics, traditional
                                                                                                                                                                                                       oils and both soft and oil

                                                                                                                                                                                                    pastels depending on what I
                                                                                                                                                                                                        am trying to achieve.
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