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Marie Flaherty is a Visual Artist, working in the mediums of Painting, Drawing, Photography, Digital Media and Sculpture. She was born in County Galway, Ireland. She studied in Sligo I.T. graduating in 2006 with a BA in Fine Art.

Marie has exhibited in various exhibitions throughout Ireland. She has also exhibited internationally in Melbourne, Australia.

"I am the machine that reveals the world to you
as only I alone am able to see it."
.....Dziga Vertov

Inspiration lights the spark of creativity. Marie follows these inspirations. Together with inspiration and her creativity results in her personal vision of our world and her journey through it.

Vision has been described as the art of seeing the invisible. The ability to see something that only you can see, something that others do not see because it does not have a physical reality. It is something you see in your mind’s eye, something that exists in your imagination, something that is within yourself.

Marie’s work is a true representation of her life. Every word written, photograph taken, painting, drawing or sculpture made is an honest expression of what she sees and who she is. She also lets her subconscious flow into the work effortlessly.

One thing that stands out about Marie’s practice is the freshness of each image, her approach to work is fearless. When an idea presents its self she will pursue it. She has never found that comfort zone and thankfully so. Marie challenges herself and takes risks within her practice.
Her work is based on the rawness of nature and emotion, big events, clips or passing intense moments and observations. But one can sometimes find in these powerful images a silly twist or take on the situation, for example the icon Betty Boo in a corner with the centred intense stare of a wolf. Not only is the stare captured but what it suggests. This allows the viewer into the work to experience the stare but take a step back if they wish and actually take on the full image to what it was intended on expressing.

This is what is most poignant to the work, we all have the ability to change be it our mood or situation somehow. Does life come down to how you look at it, vision it? The work always leaves me asking questions. Is action always a reaction?

“I enjoy expressing my vision of life. I hope that what I convey from my heart will speak to those who see my art, and that they will glimpse the vision that inspired it. Travelling has been a huge source of inspiration. I have travelled to Canada and the US, Australia, South East Asia and parts of Europe.”
…..Marie Flaherty

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