A View of Venice by Deirdre O'Ciosoig - Inspired by Sargent

Ponte San Giuseppe di Castello, Venice, by John Singer Sargent

Sargent visited Venice many times in his later years, when he got tired of painting portraits. Over ten years he painted hundreds of watercolour and oil scenes in Venice, among other favourite places. His paintings show different aspects of Venice, from light filled scenes on the canals, to back streets and interiors with women in sombre clothes. His loose style of painting, which he learned while studying with Carolus Duran in Paris, reflects the watery scenes and the ambience of Venice so well.


My painting of the Grand Canal shows the wonderful Church of Santa Maria della Salute and the colourful palaces lining the waterway. My colour palette echoes that of Sargent's painting appended, entitled Ponte San Giuseppe di Castello (1910). The warm terracotta and cerulean blue are light-filled and fresh in both pictures. Looking at Sargent's mastery of watercolour, I am resolved to try the medium again. 

A View of Venice by Deirdre O'Ciosoig

 

Deirdre O'Ciosoig

Deirdre Ó Cíosóig studied landscape with Henry Healy in the late seventies, 
and later studied art in the Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art and Technology 
over four years. Subjects studied: Life Drawing, Portraiture, Landscape and Still Life.

She became a member of painting groups such as The High Loft and  the Park Art Group, and exhibited regularly with them.

She was President of the Dublin Art Society, and acted as Hon. Secretary for four years. She has been a member of the Dublin Painting and Sketching Club for four years.

She is a painter primarily inspired by light-and loves to capture nature with the transformative influence of morning and evening light. 
She is fascinated with water, with its myriad changes in mood and colour. 
She also likes to paint still life, with its emphasis on texture and surface.

Many of her paintings feature figures, as she loves to observe 
children and adults enjoying life. She paints in a semi-impressionist style, 
and aims to keep her brushstrokes loose, with an overall harmony of colour.

She has exhibited in group exbibitions in Dublin and Achill, and has shown 
in galleries in Dublin and Westport.

Her paintings are in private collections at home and abroad.

Deirdre can be contacted by email here.