There were no curators. Visual artist and poet Pauline Flynn shares her creative journey about returning to the art world after 10 years

Irish visual artist and poet Pauline Flynn turned her back on the art world for 10 years to pursue writing. She found the art world a very different place when she returned to painting.  This is her creative journey.

Pauline talks about :

• The influence of her time in Japan


• Different art forms - sculpture, painting, writing


• Changes in the art world


• Differences and similarities between the art and writing worlds


• Connection between her poetry and painting


• Evolution of her painting style


• Favourite paint (Golden and Mutsuda)


• Painting practice


• Time management and different jobs of being an artist


• Galleries and curators, how she approaches galleries


• Open calls, rejection and writing proposals


• Advice for emerging artists


• She reads her poem 'the Withdrawing Room'

Click here for full show notes and images of Pauline's work.  

You can see more of Pauline's work:

https://paulinebflynn.wixsite.com/arts

https://www.instagram.com/paulinebflynn/

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