Artistic Practice
Karla-Louise specialises in a wide range of painting techniques, from oil to acrylic, while drawing on multidisciplinary approaches to enrich her work. She incorporates photography, printmaking, and collage to explore central themes such as nostalgia, emigration, and Irish culture. Through these diverse mediums, she captures the emotional depth and cultural significance of these themes, creating a powerful narrative in her art.
Final Year Project
Karla-Louise's final year project delves into the cyclical nature of emigration and the evolving cultural landscape of Ireland. It explores, in greater detail, the deep sense of nostalgia that familiar places evoke across generations, examining how these locations carry personal and collective memories.
Through this exploration, her work reflects the emotional connections and cultural shifts shaped by emigration, while highlighting the enduring impact of these experiences on Irish identity.
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Dreamless Escape
Karla-Louise's second-year project explores the dissemination of skills learned and developed throughout her studies, focusing on the use of monochromatic tones to convey the concept of a dream space and escapism.
Through this exploration, she creates an immersive environment that invites viewers to reflect on the psychological and emotional aspects of escape, using variations in colour and form to evoke a sense of other worldliness and introspection.
This project explores the connection between memories and nostalgic moments shared between relationships, focusing on the journey of self-discovery and identity formation. Through the process of printmaking, Karla-Louise captures the evolving nature of this personal growth, using the medium to evoke the development of both the individual and the work itself. The project reflects the emotional layers and complexities of growth, identity, and the relationships that shape them
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