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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.