I am a writer and visual artist from Ireland. Primarily a word person whose visual practice is means of teasing out metaphors, stories and ideas. My work is tied to personal experiences of nomadism, internal and external exploration, sensory awareness and communal living. 

I am inspired by figures of speech, childhood perception and creatures of all kinds. Yoga practice, cultural ideologies and an interest in consciousness informs my artistic practice, which explores themes of interrelationship and embodiment.

When I paint I am poised, swept into the colours, waiting for that tiny moment of affirmation when the world makes sense again. My visual practice is a way to dream or reimagine an ideal, but it is never too far away from the senses. 

The basis of my practice is storytelling. Creation becomes a means of peeling back the layers, an experience drawn through imagination.  These ‘picture stories’ are observations of an eternal landscape,  constant and always changing. 

b. 1996 London.

Education:

BA English Literature / History of Art, TCD.

MA Authorial Illustration, Falmouth University.

Contact:

ailbhealannawheatley@gmail.com

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