ninapatterson

Biography

I am is an Irish artist, creating original paintings in poured acrylic focusing on themes of Irish living & landscape. With a collection of limited-edition fine art prints & greeting cards. Developing my own recipe for full bodied liquid pouring acrylics. Stretching the boundaries of this paint medium to give a unique consistency similar to honey. Each artwork’s colours & tones are individually mixed & stored in glass jars before commencing the work. Paint is then poured & dribbled onto sections of the canvas controlling the flow, sculpting the paint into form using wooden sticks & skewers. After a few days drying another layer can be poured. Working in poured acrylic gives my work a free flowing calm softness, with unique, interesting textures and runs that are not achievable with any other medium. It’s a bit unpredictable, messy & great fun!! I exhibit in galleries throughout Ireland && am a member of Guaranteed Irish, the Visual Artists of Ireland, Design & Craft Council of Ireland, The Watercolour Society of Ireland, Visual Artists Association, Kildare Craft Cluster, Dublin Painting & Sketching Club, Original Kildare, Kildare Women in business and others. My work has been accepted for the Royal Hibernian Academy & the Royal Ulster Academy exhibitions, won awards & is to be found in the National Library, Limerick University permanent collections, as well as many corporate and private collections. Teaching I offers year-round online painting courses & in person painting courses & workshops in Maynooth Co. Kildare, as well as Summer En Plein Air Painting Workshops & Luxury Painting Holiday Retreats throughout Ireland. With over 20 years experience teaching art.