Oilve Eustace
Olive graduated from Limerick College of Art with a Diploma in Fine Art Painting and later received a Diploma in Teaching Art and Design from the National College of Art in Dublin. She has exhibited widely throughout Ireland in both group and solo exhibitions
"In my most recent paintings I try to capture personality through facial and body gestures. The figure is central to all my work, simplified with sometimes subtle body distortions to create drama and mood. My aim is to instill in the viewer a sense of order and balance through the use of line and colour. The relaying of a story within a picture intrigues me, the freezing of a moment in time captivates me. I use lines of different strength and solid dark and light areas to give structure and form to the figures and add a sense of drama."
