Kevin Sean O'Connell
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ABOUT MY ART

My subjects are mostly places I know well, that I have visited often, building up a picture in my head of many past visits.  I try to capture more than a fleeting impression, but a mix of senses and feelings built up over a period of time, rather than a factual representation of the place.  I try to convey the dramatic energy of the weather and the vast scale, grandeur and remoteness of the highlands with its ever changing weather.
I often use a working method that is challenging and intense, paintings grow from the canvas often with no preconceived ideas, sometimes not knowing what I'm painting until near the end, they are often a journey in themselves as I pour, splatter, scratch, add & subtract paint. 
​A painting that started as a mountain range in Perthshire can become a Hebridean seascape!
Kevin Sean O'Connell Scottish Contemporary Artist
Inspiration for my art is drawn from my many wanderings in my youth through Glen Esk and the Angus glens, the Cairngorms and further afield on the west coast highlands and islands.
As well as travels throughout much of Britain, Ireland and Europe. 
I am now based in Caithness, although I have lived and travelled extensively throughout Scotland especially the west coast highlands and islands, Torridon, Sutherland and Skye, which can be seen in many of  my paintings. .

About me

After a  varied career working on  shooting estates in Scotland,  a self employed builder in the South of France, London, New Zealand and the west coast of Scotland, with a bit of boat building, yacht delivery, animal wrangling, film extra and market trader along the way. 
However a few years ago I decided to become a full time artist.

Exhibitions

2019 - Resipole Studios, postcard exhibition
2019 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portree
2019 -  The Gallery, John O'Groats
2018 - Caithness Horizons, Thurso 30 x 30 exhibition
2018 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portreee
2018 - Teasel & Tweed, Aberdeen
2018 - Strathpeffer Art Fair
​2018 - Timespan
2017 - Strathpeffer Art Fair
​2017 - Skyeworks Gallery, Portree
​2017 -Society of Caithness Artists, Thurso
​2017 - Teasel & tweed, Aberdeen
2017 - Gallery48 Cromarty
​2017 - Timespan, Helmsdale 
2017 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
2016 - Teasels & Tweed, Aberdeen
2016 - Strathpeffer Art Fair
​2016 - Latheron Art Show
2016 - Gallery48 Cromarty
2016 - Timespan Helmsdale
2016 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
2015 - Timespan, Helmsdale, Winter Salon
2015 - Strathpeffer Art Fair
​2015 - Beauly Art Gallery
​2015 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness
2015 - Society of Caithness Artists , Thurso
2015 - The Blue Tree Gallery, Wick
2014 - Beauly Art Gallery
2014 - Inchmore Gallery, Inverness.
2014 - Society of Caithness Artists , Thurso
2014 - Dunkeld art exhibition
2014 - Beauly Art Gallery, Art Around the Firth 
2013 - Society of Caithness Artists. Thurso
2012 - Tore art gallery
2011-  Tore art gallery, Tore, Highlands ( Christmas exhibition )
2011-  Dunkeld art exhibition, (open)
Teazels Gallery -  New Zealand, ( photography )

The Blue Tree Caithness Gallery Wick
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