I am a Dublin born artist, I work out of my studio located in Saggart Co. Dublin. I have an honours degree in fine art and a diploma in botanical art. I have exhibited with the Irish Society of Botanical Artists of whom I am a member, I have also exhibited with The Dublin Painters and Sketchers Club and currently some of my work is on show in various locations in Ireland. My artwork expresses my wonder and love of the natural world. The Irish countryside is the spark for my creativity. In particular I have a passion for trees and flowers. I am drawn to their complexity and beauty. The myriad of shapes, colours and textures inherent in the flora are a never ending source of inspiration. I paint large scale colourful depictions of flowers with an emphasis on composition and design rather than realism. I render close-ups of motifs of nature in great detail but they are abstracted images. I focus on shape and colour while blending abstraction and realism to create work that at its core depicts the primary forms of nature. I am working on some large scale paintings that involve...