Syra Larkin

Syra Larkin was born in England. She moved to Ireland with husband Luthier Chris Larkin in 1977, where they settled on the Maharee Peninsula, Co. Kerry. Chris and Syra along with their three children spent the first four and a half years on the Maharees in a blue caravan, not a dwelling or a lifestyle very conducive to painting, but thoughts of painting were always close at hand in the shape of a drawing pad and a watercolour box. The caravan eventually became Syras first studio once the family had moved out and into a more concrete environment. In 1999 Syra and Chris moved into a purpose built workshop and studio. The caravan now resides beside the house, an emotional reminder of their start to life and respective careers in Ireland.Syra is a contemporary figurative artist who is inspired by both the present and the past. She works in a flexible style using paint as a multilingual language to construct a visual world where a kaleidoscope of colour and emotion link to form a symbolic narrative.."When people ask me about my work I often feel at a loss to put into words what I do. I feel that in some way everybody wants to tie you up into a neat package which can be easily understood but like most things in life it is often n...