Shadowplay
2019
Screenprint
50 x 50 cm. Framed
Edition of 1
€350 Framed

Shadowplay II
2019
Screenprint
50 x 50 cm. Framed
Edition of 1
€350 Framed

Emma O’Hara works with techniques such as photography and screenprint taking Inspiration from landscapes and architecture. O’Hara documents encounters with urban environments and nature and collages them in a manner that signifies the fight between nature and humanity. Compositions of nature and tropical vegetation enveloping the canvas and architecture are collaged and manipulated to reflect how our past neglect has influenced our present climate crisis. Green house structures built for maintaining and growing, have now for Emma, become a warning symbol to remind us of climate change. O’Hara uses bold alerting colours to stress this conflict but also to give a sense of utopia or hope for a better future.

About the Artist

Emma O’Hara is a Wexford-born artist based in Cork City, Ireland. She graduated with a BA majoring in Printmaking in Contemporary Practice from the Limerick School of Art and Design (2016). O’Hara was awarded the Cork Printmakers 12-month Bursary (2016) where she has continued to hone & expand her visual practice. She has exhibited in numerous National and International exhibitions and recently showed a new body of work entitled Encounters at Cork Printmakers Gallery (2018).
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