Michael Mc Swiney

Using abandoned, often threatening panoramas of land and sea, Mc Swiney`s paintings hold both historical and social references. A sense of elusiveness is central to these mood-orientated images, where through alienating colours and strong atmospheric effects, these paintings portray a unnerving picture of nature. Symbolically significant materials such as tar, pigment and earth has been worked into the paintings.

Michael Mc Swiney b. 1969 CorEducatFoundation, Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork, Ireland 1986 - 87