Eorna is an artist, who is passionate about the arts, painting and teaching. She studied in Paris and Dublin graduating in fine art from NCAD 1990. She lives on the outskirts of Dublin city’s south side and part-time in the west of Ireland, where she has easy access to the mountains, sea and landscapes which feature largely in her “plein air” work.
This work invigorates her spirit and enables her to share the mindful, magical experience with her students back in the studio and online. Her work is more than figurative. It draws on multiple preparatory studies, memories, emotions, the physical sensations and joy of being in the landscape, working in “plein air”. The excitement is palpably conveyed through her work which is very free and expressive.
“working out of doors gives me head space. It satisfies and replenishes something deep in my spirit and soul”
“……. because no where will you see the Irish landscape so truthfully portrayed. This is the view from under a silver Celtic sky – not an idealist azure blue or Mediterranean or Bahama light. So here we have an earthy vision. a very feminine vision of heavy broody skies, swollen seas, rivers parting peaty land, green fertility….”
Excerpt from Anne Harris, journalist and former editor of the Sunday Independent, opening speech to Eorna’s’ “off the beaten path”. exhibition 2019
Eorna Walton
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1976 – 1977 Life drawing at Sorbonne, Paris.
1977 – 1979 Part-time and then full-time Foundation Course in Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design
(now Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology – DLIADT).
Achieved Certificate in Visual Education.
1979 – 1981 NCAD Fine Art Degree Course: first year painting; second year sculpture.
1989 Completed and graduated NCAD Diploma in Fine Art.
1998 – 1999 Screen Printing Course. Print Studio, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.
1999 & 2013 Artist Residency, Cill Riallig, Co. Kerry.
2013 Carborundum Printing Course with Hughie O’Donoghue.
2012 – 2014 RHA Life Drawing.
WORK EXPERIENCE
1981 – 1982 Rosemount Park Secondary School, Morehampton Road, Dublin 4
Art teacher to Intermediate and Leaving Certificate levels
1986 5A Arts Centre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Tutor: Life Drawing
1991 St. Andrew’s College, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Art teacher to Intermediate and Leaving Certificate levels
DLIADT
Tutor: Intensive Visual Skills Course
1991 – Present Donnybrook Art Studio, Dublin 4
Set up Studio and teach both painting and life drawing for all skill levels.
DLIADT
Tutor: Portfolio Preparation Course
Sunday Independent newspaper
Illustrator: Imaginative response to recipes, food articles (Maureen Tatlow and Brenda Costigan) and restaurant reviews (Lucinda O’Sullivan). Media include colour collage, black and white tone paintings and watercolour for restaurant architectural and interior illustrations.
1993 The Tiernan Design School, South Circular Road, Dublin 8
Tutor: Visual Skills Course
1994 Image Magazine
General illustrator
DLIADT
Tutor: Watercolour
2000 DLIADT
Tutor: Advanced Drawing Skills
2004 – 2010 DLIADT
Tutor: Life Drawing
2014 DLIADT
Tutor: Oils & Acrylics
EXHIBITIONS
Group Exhibitions
1981 & 1986 Alliance Française, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
1986 5A Arts Centre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
1989 The Malton Gallery, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2
The Peacock, Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Degree and Diploma Show, NCAD
1990 Arnott’s National Portrait Competition, Dublin 1
‘NCAD 250 Drawings’, RHA
Nijinsky Centenary Exhibition, Ely Place, Dublin 2
2003/2004 Figurative Art Ireland Exhibitions The Pavilion, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
RHA Annual Exhibition
2012 Green Acres, Co. Wexford
2013 & 2014 New Arts Studio, Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7
2015 & 2016
2017 & 2018
2016 & 2018 RHA Annual Exhibiton
2019 GreenAcres Wexford Spring Show
Solo Exhibitions
2000 The National Concert Hall, Dublin 2
2012 “Evocations”The Donnybrook Art Studio, Dublin 4
2016 ” Back to Nature”The Donnybrook Art STudio
2019 ” Off the beaten Path” Whelehan’s Wines, Loughlinstown Co Dublin
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
The Irish Times, Brian Fallon, June 1990
NCAD 250 Drawings 1749-1990. Published on the occasion of an exhibition in the RHA Gallagher Gallery to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the National College of Art and Design, Dublin
The Irish Times, Gillian Bowler, November 1994
The Sunday Independent, Ciara Fergusson, 25 May, 2003
The Sunday Independent, Lucinda O’Sullivan, 4 November 2012
Irish Times on line “Artistic licence” May 2019
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