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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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