Kelly McCluskey

The Road Home

Jackson's Art Prize 2025
Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Paper
14 x 18 cm

£490

“My work is imbued with my love of nature and travel. The subject matter may vary between the landscape and the figure but what remains the same is her desire to paint with feeling, expression and intuition. I see my paintings as distillations of my emotions and experiences. Surrounded by the scenic beauty of Ireland and influences from America , i combine the shapes, textures, colours and rhythms found in nature into an abstracted narrative. Blending these visual references with my feelings and memories I hope to create work that gives a sense of a place, time or memory. My process involves working on 2 to 3 pieces at a time, each piece feeding of the next. I work mainly with paint and mixed media, using a variety of tools. I am drawn to the work of Artists such as Joan Mitchell, Barbara Rae and Joan Eardley,”