From Dusk to Dawn Painting

With over 30 years’ experience as an artist and visual arts educator, Dean O’Callaghan is a seasoned professional artist. His abstractions have conceptually evolved from his experiences and interest in modern and contemporary architecture, and rural landscapes. From the beginning of 2021, his paintings have become less reliant on taking inspiration from the environment around him. His paintings have become an exploration of color, shape, line, and tonal shifts to create detailed geometric abstractions with illusions of depth. Dean O’Callaghan is a graduate of Curtin University of Technology in Western Australia where he studied fine arts and education. He has lectured at various academic institutions while maintaining a professional studio space and exhibiting frequently in mixed and solo exhibitions. In his role as a visual arts lecturer, Dean has taught Australian indigenous and non-indigenous students, and has been involved in teaching art in disability and youth-at-risk programs. In 2017, Dean shifted his focus to apply more time to his painting. He established an artist studio in Moora, a small country town in Western Australian. Dean's work is represented in: Private collections throughout Australia and in the United States. Greening Australia Western Australian Government public art collection.