My practice is structured around movement, with running functioning as both research and method. Through painting and drawing, I translate rhythm, terrain and lived experience into abstract, memory-led images grounded in vibrant colour and mark making.

The work resists stillness. Routes, figures and passing landscapes recur as organising forms, shaped by pace, repetition and physical engagement. Movement remains present in the making: images are developed in motion - working across multiple surfaces, layer by layer, with lines repeatedly drawn and revised to sustain momentum.

Process is physical and direct. Materials shift, marks follow their own speed and direction. Following a run, heightened attention and compressed time sharpen the work and carry it toward resolution.

Running operates as a daily structure within my practice, providing both physical and perceptual clarity. Repeated routes, experienced across seasons, register differently each time, informing shifts in colour, abstraction and mark-making. This sustained engagement with movement has redirected the work toward increasingly abstract compositions, while retaining a commitment to vivid colour and the depiction of motion.

My practice is structured around movement, with running functioning as both research and method. Through painting and drawing, I translate rhythm, terrain and lived experience into abstract, memory-led images grounded in vibrant colour and mark making.

Claudine O’Sullivan

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