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Miss Eileen O’Rourke BA Embroidery 2005-2008 MA Fine Art 2008-2010 Manchester Metropolitan University England Artist Statement “I started drawing prolifically after my father died at the age of six; I expect it was my way of holding on to memories of him, especially the ones where he was teaching me to draw. Art has always been a cathartic affa ir, even now after University, it’s those memories that inspire me and help me to try and make sense of the world I live in.” My work investigates the fundamentals of the process of drawing.”For over thirty years, the style of my drawings has been introspective mad doodles, which sometimes were refined but lacked evidence of any intellectual input or questioning. My examination of 'Who am I'... 'Who are we'…turned into... 'What am I'; albeit a subtle change, I wanted to centre on something real, unquestionable, in fact an un-doubtable truth.As a twin, I have always had a vague interest for biological make-up of the human body but whilst struggling with this identity question, the biological aspect of self, or rather myself, became foremost and I researched twins and genetics. The ‘physical’ self seemed to be the only un-doubtable truth. My working-practice progressively explores this aspect of self.
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