Lorraine McDonnell

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:20:40 +0000

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:49:47 +0000

Arty Farty Party 2 – November 12th 2011

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:02:42 +0000

Banner in progress….black acrylic on several bed sheets glued together

The finished piece installed at the Arty Farty Party 2

Zombie dog for Halloween

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:49:54 +0000

some drawings from Manic Mesh

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:20:14 +0000

Dark

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:08:25 +0000

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:48:40 +0000

Urban Sheep Acrylic on canvas August 2011

Crash Acrylic on canvas August 2011

Blowfish Acrylic on canvas August 2011

Acid Tears Acrylic on canvas August 2011

Terminate Acrylic on canvas August 2011

Manic Mesh – solo exhibition of new painting & drawing

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:24:02 +0000

Lorraine McDonnell presents Manic Mesh – a solo exhibition of new paintings and drawings at Basement Project Space, Cork. The selected works are inspired by the use of pareidolia as a creative mechanism for image interpretation. Pareidolia can be defined as “..the act by which the brain incorrectly interprets patterns of light, shadows or textures as being familiar patterns such as faces or human forms…”.

Manic Mesh chronicles McDonnell’s most recent body of work which utilises a selection of web-based images, of motor engines and mechanical devices, as the stimuli for this creative mechanism. The process originates with McDonnell’s habitual act of drawing which informs the fundamental structure throughout the entire creative practice. With the use of a graphics tablet and image editing software the drawings become digitised and manipulated along with the web images to inform the final composition.

The overall process of the painting from its original inception to its conclusion, and deconstruction to reconstruction becomes an integral part of the extended meanings within the work itself. From sketch to found materials the sources are distilled and meanings extrapolated through compostions and colour arrangements. Manic Mesh is the resulting experimentation of these combined processes.

Biography:

Lorraine McDonnell graduated from the Crawford College of Art & Design in 2005 with a B.A hons Degree in fine art. In 2009 she co-founded Basement Project Space and is currently on the board of members as Chairperson. McDonnell mainly uses the medium of painting and drawing, taking inspiration from graffiti, street art and contemporary illustration. More recently she has been experimenting with animation and digital painting.

Basement Project Space @ In_Flux Limerick 2011

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Mon, 30 May 2011 20:26:08 +0000

I woz ‘ere #1 Compressed charcoal on wall

This is the first in a new series of large scale quirky self-portraits that i would like to create throughout the year.

Second preparatory drawing..

Lorraine McDonnell - Visual artist — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:20:38 +0000