Liam O'Farrell

An artist who draws and paints in both watercolour and oil though he says ‘Fundamentally it is all about the drawing. That means drawing in front of the subject, on the street or in the field.”

He has featured in The Guardian, many art magazines including Artist & Illustrators and Paint & Draw.
Liam has also exhibited widely in the UK and here in London at The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Also at The Mall Galleries with The Royal Society of British Artists, and The New English Art Club. Also abroad too as far afield as Tokyo.

The ordinary world
The trouble with the ordinary is that there is so much of it. When looking at something every day there is a natural tendency not to see it anymore. From there it is a tiny step not to appreciate it. We do this with the place we live, our dearest loved ones and ourselves too.

Liam likes to notice, and celebrate the ordinary things in our lives, he believes much of life’s genuine and lasting pleasures are in the everyday world.

People and places
Even though much of Liam’s work is architectural, the core influences are all about the people. “I couldn’t paint a building or street scene without a population to occupy it and to perform in its space.” He says.
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Portsmouth College of Art studying Technical Illustration

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.
The Royal Society of British Artists
The New English Art Club
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