Meet the artists and creators at West Cork Collective
In this directory you will find images and a bio from each of our Gallery Members. Our collective has a retail setting at the front where many exclusive and beautiful pieces can be found in a comfortable, wheelchair friendly setting.
To the rear of the premises, a Gallery hosts an array of art from local artists.
These include original and print framed works in watercolour, acrylic, ink, gouache, encaustic, handmade papers and lino prints. Oils on canvas. Textiles in hand-embroidered, stitched, framed and woven forms in fabrics, silks, photography and more.
The Gallery hosts several Members Exhibitions seasonally as well as our Duo Exhibitions.. two artists for two weeks on one wall.
We also run a range of classes for adults on site.
Follow us and check out our google calendar to see what’s coming up and how to book.
In our Gallery space, we invite you on a journey of organic discovery with diverse offerings. This is a shared creative hub where multiple artists exhibit, creating a vibrant, community-focused venue that breaks traditional gallery barriers in its accessibility and diverse mediums. It fosters direct artist-audience connections, appealing to broader audiences beyond typical art patrons.
Here are the links to the individual’s page, from there you can also link to their personal websites and contact details.
I love weaving because of its disciplined and structured approach.
Photography to me is capturing the moments that inspire.
Oil painting is my preferred medium, especially en plein air.
Catching snippets of colour and light, angles and movement to please the eye.
As an oil colour artist, the joy in creating work with oil is the movement of the paint on canvas, waiting to discover what evolves.
My painting on wooden boards is built from at least eight layers of acrylic; the process is always unpredictable and addictive.
Oil paint is my passion, and watercolour a close second.
Treasures gathered from the West Cork shorelines are preserved and incorporated into unique pieces of art.
Ildiko Horvath
Watercolour, ink and I are partners in capturing a moment of truth.
I love to paint in watercolours because their colours can be strong and vibrant or soft and gentle as a whisper.
I aim to capture an impressionistic image pf landscapes and seascapes through the use of oil and acrylic paint.
My practice is textile-driven. There is no limitation in the variety of textiles that can be layered together. The humble needle and thread have an actual process of creativity and mindfulness that gives me joy.
Embroidery in all its forms and painting allow me to interpret, capture and play with the colour and beauty of our corner of the world.
Will Dahm
I focus on light and shade, the positive and negative, to create precise, simple, graphic style lino prints.
Mainly using acrylics on handmade paper, I love capturing the atmospheric in nature, especially forests.
I work with mixed media to express the vibrancy and colour of our natural world.
I love to recycle, upcycle and re-purpose what I find on the beach: seaglass, pebbles and driftwood, into unique wall art pieces usually with quirky quotes.
I make dreamy abstract paintings with oil and cold wax by building layer upon layer of colour and texture.
I am a Cork-based professional visual artist focused on contemporary watercolour and acrylic landscape painting.
I love using watercolour for its magical, atmospheric qualities and the way in which it can interpret the landscapes and seascapes of our beautiful island.
My paintings are inspired by nature, and they trace the shape and form of the multiple worlds within and without and the spaces and places where they meet.
Inspired by the landscape and hedgerows of West Cork, I use multiple layers of acrylic paint and eco resin in my hedgerow pieces to create a feeling of depth and intimacy within these small paintings.
I work solely in oils and paint the seascapes of West Cork.
Claire O’Shea
My creative practice centres on the internal landscape of the human spirit, investigating the rhythm of personal growth and the power of transformation through a vibrant mixed media palette
I work from the joy of life and expression of empathy and feeling, hoping to produce an
emotional reaction from my viewer. I aim to promote peace and kindness with my pieces.”
I work in acrylic and mixed media. I love drawing and painting. The coastal landscapes around West Cork strongly influence my pieces.
Dierdre Leddin
watercolour
pencil
acrylic and resin
oil
textile
photography
weaving
encaustic cold wax
lino print
ribbon embroidery
acrylic
handmadepaper
beach finds
3d
greeting cards