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Photography of Majella O'Neil Collins paitning at the Exhibition in Uillin.

Life on Sherkin Island

“Painting is like therapy for me; it frees me up and lifts my spirit. I’m not conscious of time passing when I am playing with colour, texture and light. It’s about mark making and taking myself to a memory, to a moment or a mood and letting that take over.”

Photography of Majella standing with her painting from the newest Exhibition.

Island Life on Sherkin Island

“Painting is like therapy for me; it frees me up and lifts my spirit. I’m not conscious of time passing when I am playing with colour, texture and light. It’s about mark making and taking myself to a memory, to a moment or a mood and letting that take over.”

 Portrait view from the studio

Paintings

20 June - 16 July 2026

West Cork Arts Centre's Members and Friends Exhibition 2026

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland

10 June - 18 July 2026

Common Ground

Cahir Arts, Cahir, Co Tipperary, Ireland

27 July - 31 August 2024

Open Doors Open Minds

The Yellow Door, Baltimore, Co Cork, Ireland

Exhibitions

20 June - 16 July 2026

West Cork Arts Centre's Members and Friends Exhibition 2026

Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre, Skibbereen, Co Cork, Ireland

"The infinite ocean and its stranded shipwrecks have long held a fascination for visual artists, ,from the sublime, existential oceans of Caspar David Fredrich’s Monk by the Sea (1809) to Gericault’s torturous crossing on the Raft of Medusa (1818).

Dr. Glenn Loughran
Delivery of paintings by boat with husband
2024

Allegory of the MV Alta

A limited edition illustrated book with an essay by Dr. Glenn Loughran, which accompanied this exhibition, is available to view here.

2019

Crossing. Art by Majella O'Neill Collins

A limited edition illustrated book documenting the body of work from the "Crossing" exhibition in Cork Airport 2019, is available to view here.

"The infinite ocean and its stranded shipwrecks have long held a fascination for visual artists."

Dr. Glenn Loughran
Delivery of paintings by boat with husband
2024

Allegory of the MV Alta

A limited edition illustrated book with an essay by Dr. Glenn Loughran, which accompanied this exhibition, is available to view here.

Testimonials

“Core to her expression is the language of paint itself. Gradations of tone, virtual modelling with pigment, traces of gesture are all central to her articulation.”

Niamh Ann Kelly

Art Critic

“Majella makes paintings which try to make sense of what it means to live in this remote, rural and beautiful part of the world”

Ann Davoren

Director of Uillinn: West Cork Arts Centre

Hallway view of painting

Testimonials

“Core to her expression is the language of paint itself. Gradations of tone, virtual modelling with pigment, traces of gesture are all central to her articulation.”

Niamh Ann Kelly

Art Critic

Hallway view of painting

Out and about in West Cork #167

The Southern Star's West Cork photo roundup includes the opening of the Members and Friends exhibition at Uillinn, with Majella presenting a 25-years award to Ann Davoren.

In Focus: Island Landscapes | Decentralised Integration

Visual Artists Ireland marks 25 years of the BA in Visual Art programme on Sherkin Island, with Majella, artist and course facilitator, on how the island shapes its students' work and resilience.

The artists of Sherkin Island off West Cork: 'You might not see anyone for a couple of weeks'

The Irish Times visits Sherkin Island's artists. Majella features as painter and facilitator of the island's visual art degree, shown in her studio among large canvases based on oil tankers.

Out and about in West Cork #167

The Southern Star's West Cork photo roundup includes the opening of the Members and Friends exhibition at Uillinn, with Majella presenting a 25-years award to Ann Davoren.

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Dining room view