Irish-born, Naarm/Melbourne-based artist Fiona McMonagle pushes the limits of watercolour portraiture to address women’s experiences.
Born: 1977, Letterkenny, Ireland
Works: Melbourne
Purchased 2017
Fiona aims to create a dangerous situation with a flood of water on the paper, forcing each work to the point where it can fail, and then rescuing it.
Fiona McMonagle considers her reasons for painting portraits.