I’m an Artist

I rely on my instinctual inner self for inspiration and subject matter.

Why do I pursue art as a form of expression?

I will always remember the feeling of pure joy when I created my first image on the stone floor of our old farmhouse (or the ‘Old House’ as we called it during my teenage years) with charred sticks from the open fire when I was only about 3 or 4 years of age.

This is one of my earliest and fondest memories. In school I developed a growing curiosity whenever I came across pictures of paintings and would be constantly wondering how people were able to create these amazing pieces of art.

I decided to pursue my passion and creativity and I applied to the Sligo Institute of Technology, where I studied Fine Art for 4 years, which were some of the best years of my life.

A question that I used to ask myself when I was a student in college was ‘What is it that I would like to paint and be passionate about it?’

While, I was grateful to my teachers for showing me the various techniques of painting, use of colour and how to use my surrounding environment as starting points for subject matter, I always felt that something was missing.

It wasn’t until many years later, after having children, when I was returning to my creativity in art that I discovered that I was at a loss for subject matter. Nothing gave me passion to create and this realisation brought me to a standstill. With sheer frustration and agitation I began to doodle and scribble. After some time, images and shapes began to emerge from this process and it felt as if they were appearing by magic. It was then that I began to work instinctively.

Slowly it dawned on me that while my teachers in college were wonderful in teaching me how to paint and draw inspiration from my external landscape, nobody had told me about my ‘internal’ landscape and how to access it. For me this was unchartered territory. This revelation has led me to now rely on my instinctual inner self for inspiration and subject matter. The beauty about this is that it is forever changing and is also an adventure.

One aspect of these creations is the project of creating images of The Goddesses of the ‘Celtic Wheel’.

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I know that for me I feel alive when I’m creating something with pencil, charcoal, watercolour, oils or acrylic and connecting with that. To see shapes emerge from a blank page or canvas is nothing short of exhilaration for me. This is why I create.

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Helen O'Sullivan - Mythical Artist is in Milltown.

3 years ago

Just love trying to capture dance and movement which is free and flowing… ❤️

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Helen O'Sullivan - Mythical Artist is in Milltown.

3 years ago

This is my original painting “Remembering”.

I remember when I finished work on this painting that I got a sense or a feeling of ancient times gone by and the stories that are part of that fabric of time. Stories that are forgotten, but a part of me hoped that somehow they wouldn’t be completely lost forever.

“I awaken to memories.

Of times past.

Stories of old, yet to be told.

And harmony

Reigned.”.

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One of my most favorite paintings ever!!

Enchanting Helen 👌 love It 👍💖

So beautiful and magical. ✨

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Helen O'Sullivan - Mythical Artist is in Milltown.

3 years ago

Flowers and faeries 🧚

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Helen O'Sullivan - Mythical Artist

3 years ago

Here is a verse that I wrote about the Water Goddess. ********* You make your presence known, Whether you roar like thunder. Or lap easily at the seashore, Whether you rush furiously Along a fast flowing river, Carrying all before you and in you, Or trickle gently In a murmuring stream, For... I hear you, Just as the blood flows in my veins, So too, do you Flow in the veins of the Great Mother, Bringing with you Life of immeasurable Beauty. ********** Prints (A3 and A4 sizes) and Greeting Cards are available for purchase on my website www.helenosullivan.com/artist/ ... See MoreSee Less

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I’m an Artist

I rely on my instinctual inner self for inspiration and subject matter.

Why do I pursue art as a form of expression?

A question that I used to ask myself when I was a student in college was ‘What is it that I would like to paint and be passionate about it?’

I would describe myself as a

Seabhean Artist

Through the creation of random doodles and scribbles images and shapes began to emerge and it felt as if they were appearing by magic. It was then that I began to work instinctively.

One aspect of these creations is the project of creating images of The Goddesses of the ‘Celtic Wheel’.

I know that for me I feel alive when I’m creating something with pencil, charcoal, watercolour, oils or acrylic and connecting with that. To see shapes emerge from a blank page or canvas is nothing short of exhilaration for me. This is why I create.

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Remembering

The Call

Guinevere

Breath of Fire

Fire Dragon

Cherish

The Water Goddess

The Celtic Goddess Tailltiu

The Celtic Goddess Áine

The Celtic Goddess Maedbh

The Celtic Goddess Boann – Going with the Flow

The Celtic Goddess Boann – Dance of Delight

The Celtic Goddess Bridget – The Passion

The Celtic Goddess Bridget – The Offering

The Celtic Goddess An Cailleach

The Celtic Goddess Tlachtga

The Celtic Goddess Bridget – The Memory

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