Painting

Padraig O’Connor

Constructed by Form

Using the assemblage of found surfaces, the combination of paint and sculpture, and the construction and transformation of forms, an idea is created. The form and colour of the found materials constructs ideas and imagery through my subconscious collection in my head and through a conscious investigation of a fitting structure/building that I find represents the surface. In most cases the surface renders the image, I allow the form and colour of the found surface to trigger an image. Subtly painting on wood, as the surface in itself contains beautiful weathered colours and depth. I just add to that lightly. Painting quite graphically and bold on the metal sheets, as they are strong, bold materials/surfaces. I draw with the surfaces, constantly shaping and changing the combination to create the form I want and then create an architectural, illustrative painting. There is an interplay between the colour of the three-dimensional objects and the paintings and surfaces on the wall. The objects were found in some of the areas I depicted. I am incorporating the structures with the paintings. Each piece has their own function but they are all connected through association of objects and surfaces making the space and the paintings one piece, creating this sort of fragmented rendition of a real time space within my studio.

padraigcon@gmail.com

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Welcome

We formally welcome you to ‘FLUX’, the Limerick School of Art & Design Graduate Show of 2018 featuring the work of final year LSAD Graduates from Painting, Photography Film Video, Print Contemporary Practice, Sculpture & Combined Media, Ceramic Design, Fashion Design, Fashion Knit & Textiles and Graphic Design Communication.

The journey of a graduate of Limerick School of Art and Design is a deep experience of the self and ideas. An immersive collective engagement where individuality and creativity are celebrated. The strength of Art School is that all students in their multiplicity and experiences can join this collective journey of exploration across the various fine art and design disciplines. The graduate show is a wonderful moment for presentation of this journey and celebration.

The importance of having this safe space of discovery is as important to the recent school leaver as to the mature student who has found the means and the moment to return to study and pursue a dream that has been harboured for many years.

For LSAD students, Limerick city and its growing cultural confidence becomes part of this engagement. This year we welcome the beginning of a new creative industry here in Limerick, with the opening of Troy Studios, the largest film studios in Ireland. We hear of the many LSAD graduates who have been immersed in the first ongoing production ‘Nightflyers’ and the vast array of creative skills and inputs that are required and the possibilities that are opening up in the region. Many of our graduates will seek new challenges elsewhere, however we also hope that many stay or return to this region so that their enterprise and creativity will further impact and enrich our environment.