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As both the element of drawing and the visceral substance of the paint are important to me, my work sits on the boundary between Abstract and Representative Art.

Process plays an integral part in the outcome of each work where, during its creation, I alternate between realism and imagination, constantly layering, removing and even obliterating the painted surface; allowing for areas of control and ambiguity.

The friction and tugging between the large, expressive mark-making and loose brushwork to minute and focused areas of detail, pervades any decision, which makes for a constant challenge and struggle. This struggle is not without merit; cast down in the deep fissure, which separates the two vying positions, is a relam of new and experimental ideas.

At Work

Cliona Fox is an Irish artist currently living and working in Dublin, Ireland.  She has a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art and Contemporary Studies from the National College of Art & Design (NCAD), Ireland.  She regularly undertakes residencies in various parts of the Country in order to seek inspiration. Among them have been in the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig, The Custom House Studios, Co Mayo and The Cill Rialaig Rretreat, Co. Kerry. She has exhibitied widely throughout Ireland and abroad including New York, Brussels and Beijing. She has had many solo and group exhibitions and her work is in several private and State Collections including The Bord of Works,  Department of Foreign Affairs, Waterford Healing Trust, Cill Rialaig Collection and CIAA (European Union). 

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Examples of the artwork can be viewed through the galleries on this site.  Please feel free to contact the artist directly with any enquiries.