Cheeky Devil ~ Gesso & Acrylic on Canvas 2010
When Picasso was asked
which of his paintings was his favourite
his reply was
" the next one."
Born in Guernsey in the 50's, Lori De Carteret Sheehan left the island
at the age of 9 to live in Africa with an Aunt, an artist, and has been expanding her horizons ever since, leading a full and challenging life.
Having left school without qualifications at 15 she fought for and won a place at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art based on the strength of her portfolio, a placement she had to forgo due to unforeseeable circumstances. This only served to intensify her passion for art.
Primarily self-taught, in recent years she studied Art, Design and Sculpture, giving her a firm foundation on which to develop her artistic talent.
She works mainly in Acrylics, as well as mixed media collage, using the ‘booty’ collected over the years, from driftwood to telephone directories, leaves, thread and other ‘found objects’.
Finding inspiration in the beautiful wild surroundings of the West of Ireland where she currently lives, as well as her past, subconscious and dreams, her work is varied; figurative, portraiture, landscape, abstract and surreal ...as eclectic a mix as her life.
Her influences are many: Modigliani, Picasso and their fellow ‘Bohemians’, and Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning and the Surrealist & Symbolist Movements, along with Sculptors Antony Gormley, Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy.
As a practising artist working from her own studio, her motivation is two-pronged; self expression, much of her work is cathartic, based on life experience and for personal satisfaction, and developing her expertise to broaden her work range with a view to potential sales and recognition.
To date, her work has been exhibited locally as solo exhibitons at Cuturlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Scariff Library East Clare, and at the MAMCA Award Winning Annual Iniscealtra Festival of Arts, Mountshannon, County Clare, as well as in the Ennis Street Festival.
Having left school without qualifications at 15 she fought for and won a place at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art based on the strength of her portfolio, a placement she had to forgo due to unforeseeable circumstances. This only served to intensify her passion for art.
Primarily self-taught, in recent years she studied Art, Design and Sculpture, giving her a firm foundation on which to develop her artistic talent.
She works mainly in Acrylics, as well as mixed media collage, using the ‘booty’ collected over the years, from driftwood to telephone directories, leaves, thread and other ‘found objects’.
Finding inspiration in the beautiful wild surroundings of the West of Ireland where she currently lives, as well as her past, subconscious and dreams, her work is varied; figurative, portraiture, landscape, abstract and surreal ...as eclectic a mix as her life.
Her influences are many: Modigliani, Picasso and their fellow ‘Bohemians’, and Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning and the Surrealist & Symbolist Movements, along with Sculptors Antony Gormley, Barbara Hepworth and Andy Goldsworthy.
As a practising artist working from her own studio, her motivation is two-pronged; self expression, much of her work is cathartic, based on life experience and for personal satisfaction, and developing her expertise to broaden her work range with a view to potential sales and recognition.
To date, her work has been exhibited locally as solo exhibitons at Cuturlann Sweeney, Kilkee, Scariff Library East Clare, and at the MAMCA Award Winning Annual Iniscealtra Festival of Arts, Mountshannon, County Clare, as well as in the Ennis Street Festival.