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aria Noonan-McDermott was born in Donegal but now resides in Leitrim, having spent a large part of her career in Dublin. She hails from an artistic and literary background, her mother being a keen artist, her father, a writer and her sister, a poet.  A fashion designer by profession, she made the decision to go back to college to study visual arts and then fine art. It was there that she discovered her own distinct style of painting with knives, which she has continued to develop over the years.

While advancing her artistic skills at the University of Ulster she became involved with performance art and later decided to join a community theatre in Donegal. She worked there for a number of years designing backdrops, set designs and costumes before treading the boards herself as an actress. This, she believes, has given her a deeper insight into human behaviour, which she has managed to translate onto canvas.

Painting has been Maria’s passion for many years but it is only since 1991 that she has exhibited her work professionally. During this time she has been involved in the renowned ‘Across Borders’ exhibition and a number of gallery showings, to much critical acclaim.

Maria’s work reflects her personality, vibrant, bold yet sensitive. Her subject matter covers a broad spectrum of representational art through to more abstract and figurative art forms, depicting the social interaction of people in and out of their natural environment. Maria paints with powerful strokes, confidently applying layer on top of layer, enhancing the quality of light and movement and allowing the texture of the paint to play an important role in the structure of her pictures.

Maria generally works in oils, and her paintings measure 24" x 20" approximately.  For all gallery showings and exhibitions, her works are preferably mounted in high quality box frames under glass.  All of Maria's latest work is currently for sale both home and abroad, and export sales may be shipped unframed if required. 

All Enquiries are welcome and Maria may be contacted anytime by email at . .