Marion O'Connor- Byrne - Final Year -Paint- Part time
Marion O'Connor- Byrne , from Murrisk, Westport, Co. Mayo.
Is in the final year of Part-Time 3 Level 7 Degree course at GMIT.
Marion paints in oils and acrylics.
Her project this year began with the exploration of movement in painting. She chose musicians and dancers as the subject matter. Movement in a dancer is more visible to the observer than that in a musician.Though not as obvious, movement and energy pervade the whole being of the musician. Observing a dancer or musician in a painting calls on the viewer to engage with his or her own sense of rhythm and movement assisted by the maker of the work.
Marion tries to convey this movement by guiding the eye of the viewer through the composition, her sur of directional line, energetic brush strokes, cropped foreground figures, contrast in dark and light and balance in busy and quiet spaces.