Sharon McCarthy works from her studio in Ovens, Co. Cork. Colour
is the big incentive in her work from the time of subject choice
to finishing a picture. She loves introducing new colours to
paintings and likes experimenting with strong contrast colours,
complimentary colours. Concept is important - on starting a new
painting she thinks about her concept first, i.e. colours used,
mood, tones, values and shapes and this is how she draws out the
feeling from her paintings. A loose style painting is what she
likes most and she mainly works using painting knives in a fast
and energetic movement to create a painting with a raw, textured
meaningful style. Sharon allows her palette knife to capture what
she sees and feels, to produce a painting with a heart beat. Irish
landscapes and seacapes are fast moving and this is how there is high
energy in her Irish paintings. Her woodland paintings are inspired
from her past where she grew up in Bandon surrounded by woods and
wild flowers which has a huge influence on Sharon's work.
Website: www.SharonMcCarthyArt.com