Who am i?
Onóir
“I believe my painting style can never be pigeonholed because it is realism mixed with abstract and contemporary, and each piece evokes a different style.”
When it comes to art I am always evolving, and growing each new technique. Since I was a child, I’ve always been one to express my emotions and thoughts via art; I’d draw, paint, rip, cut, stick, break, and create; nothing was safe around me! When I was 9 years old, I cut up a bunch of family photos to make a collage, my mother who always encouraged my creativity went crazy that day and I quickly learnt about boundaries. Fast forward a few years and I was awarded my degree in Crawford Art College and as the digital world grew, I grew with it. I returned to education and was awarded a postgrad in Digital Arts and Humanities from University College Cork. I discovered Digital Art and I soon learned I could bring my traditional drawing and painting techniques to a digital platform. The overall skill and practice are the same, and there’s less mess, which allows me to devote more time to my painting.
My style has always been to bring what I feel about an object or place, for example when I look at a simple thing like a sea shell I draw how I think and feel, how nature has created something so beautiful and small and how its just left on the beach for us humans to admire. Yet, as a society, we have become too busy to notice the little miracle that is right in front of our eyes. All of these thoughts while painting are reflected in anything I paint, so I believe my painting style can never be pigeonholed because it is realism mixed with abstract and contemporary, and each piece evokes a different style.
Extraordinary Experiences
As a teenager in Myrtleville Beach, Co Cork, before digital cameras and mobile broadband, I attended a beach party and encountered bioluminescent sand; every step in the sand glowed, and my friends and I had no idea what was going on, but we knew it was amazing and stayed until the small hours playing and swimming in the water.
Obviously, the birth of my children. The extraordinary experience during this time was the feeling from the gas and air. I was only 20 years old and decided on no pain relief other than gas and air. I became so high that I saw and heard chirping and remember asking the nurse to let the robin out of the labour room!
Core Values
Make a Difference Every Day
I always trying to improve and do the best work, and I paint or research every day with the drive to make a difference with my skills, enthusiasm, and effort.
- A commitment to sustainability and in acting in an environmentally friendly way.
- Remember the feeling. Our world isn't always easy to navigate; sometimes it's downright difficult. All of us can relate to being in ones shoes, thus I always respond with humility and compassion. I recognise the humanity in customers, partnerships, and co-artists and act accordingly.
- Doing the right thing. Integrity is the foundation for everything we do. We are admired and respected for our commitment to honesty, trust, and transparency.