Artist’s Statement

Medium – Oil on Linen Canvas or wood/aluminium panels. 

My paintings are mainly painted alla prima and then modified. My aim is to capture a direct response to the feeling of being in and looking at nature and at rituals. 

In this series of swimmers I want to communicate the ritualistic cleansing age old subject of bathing. The characters are caught awkwardly in moments of preparation for this ritualistic and also restorative fun practice.

My hope is to communicate an emotional response from the viewer.

5 Sandycove Avenue West, Sandycove, Co. Dublin A96RV10; pettitty@tcd.ie; +353869887620

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Academic Qualifications

2024 Resolution Module in Painting, RHA

2020 - RHA School CPD Diploma in Fine Art Painting and Drawing
2011 - Phil. Irish Art History, TCD,

1993 -H. Dip. Arts Administration, UCD
1992 - B.A. Hons., 2.1., Art History and Archaeology, UCD
 

Exhibitions

July 2024, Duende, Group Show with Artnetdlr

June 2024, RHA Resolution Show at RHA Studio

2023, 6 person show at Buttermarket, Kenmare, Co Kerry

October 2022, Solo Show Signal Art Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow, 

July 2022, Solo Show Artnetdlr 

February/March 2022,  Metamorphosis Exhibition, Artnetdlr. collaborative piece with Poet, Catherine Phil MacCarthy, Walters, Dun Laoghaire. 

Instagram: MacCarthyPettitt

2020 Signal Art Gallery Society show

2020 RHA Annual Exhibition – Botanics –oil on aluminium.

2020 Artnetdlr group shows

Art History Work Experience 

2018 - Art History Tutor for: AH20040, Modernism Art and Utopia, Art History Dept., UCD, 
2001 – 2019, Member of The Panel of Artists, Guides and Lecturers, The Hugh Lane Gallery. Lectured extensively as part of the Hugh Lane’s education programme. I also taught life drawing and held workshops for children.

2020 to date -  Trustee Business Development Networking, Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow

Board Member Signal Arts Soc

Organiser of Bray Plein Air Event 11 August 2024