Statement
Moira O’Fee
The opportunity arose for me fifteen years ago to begin making art a serious focus alongside my work as a psychological therapist. My interest at that time was in drawing and painting the figure, and although I’ve since worked to develop the breadth of my practice, painting figures is still what I find most compelling.
Mainly I’m intrigued by the many and various ways in which people express themselves and like to explore how these can be conveyed in a painting. My work often features people captured in moments of stillness or motion, composure or play, engagement or solitariness. What I’d like to think is that there exists a certain sense of intimacy, and that we’re being invited to reflect on the subjects’ inner lives. Also, I love to capture naturalistic movement - sometimes a particular gracefulness, poise or attitude, but at others times the curious physical awkwardness of a body in motion.
My paintings have been exhibited by The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour, The Society of Scottish Artists, Visual Arts Scotland, The Royal Scottish Academy’s Annual Exhibition and The Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.
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