Eva O’Donovan

"Maria" Contemporary Oil Painting on Fabric of Girl in Haute Couture Fashion

2021

Eva O’Donovan is a Dublin based contemporary artist. Her work is a marriage of two passions, fashion and interiors. Eva’s portraits in oil are modern and timeless. Inspired by fashion magazines, her subjects are usually adapted from behind-the-scenes fashion show shoots, the poses reminiscent of Haute Couture editorials. All aspects of femininity are embraced in her striking portraits. The wonderfully intricate pieces entice the viewer, emanating strength, as well as a sense of elegance and modernity. Eva obtained her Fine Art degree as a mature student at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). Her highly sought-after pieces are popular amongst interior designers and feature in many private and commercial collections throughout Ireland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Iceland, United States of America and Germany. Eva’s work embraces two main interests, interiors and fashion. These elements are prominent attributes which define her work. The patterned textiles refer to life, the domestic, heritage, era and taste of our times. Textiles furnish both the homes we live in and the clothes we wear, while textile designs pass from one world into the other. Trends ebbing and flowing, documenting social and economic movements are the very essence of the domestication which is displayed through fabric. Integrated into our everyday lives, they change with time, historically mapping the passage of one’s life. Similarly, fashion also tells the story of our lives. It encompasses eras, represents social standings and of course, augments individual personalities. The very nature of fashion presents statuesque women. They are at the forefront, modeling the designs from fashion houses and mapping the passage of taste and time. Eva’s work embodies these very notions with every brush stroke, as she finds the balance of these worlds effortlessly; marrying art and fashion in a most striking yet enigmatic way, leaving us room to fill in and write the rest of the story with our own imagination.