Deirdre Keohane is a painter, illustrator, trained artist, and qualified art teacher from Cork, Ireland, with over 30 years’ experience in community arts. Her collaborative practice focuses on inclusion, working extensively with people with disabilities across Ireland and Canada. She has also brought her work to an orphanage in Belarus and to the Irish Special Olympics.
Her work is held in collections including the Office of Public Works and the President of Ireland, and by singer Mary Black. A lead artist in the Vancouver Brigid Festival, she has received numerous awards and grants.
At the Downtown Eastside Writers Festival, she presents her illustrations and premieres a three-minute film from Finn the Fishboy, created in collaboration with artist Stephen Lytton and funded by the Vancouver Foundation DTES Small Arts Grants.
Please visit Deirdre’s website: www.deirdrekeohane.com
Recent Paintings and Sketches
