Sinead Breslin
Close by Siena, 2021
Oil on canvas
39 2/5 × 39 2/5 in | 100 × 100 cm
Signed and dated verso
Still life brings together new, emotionally charged works created between the tranquil hills of Tuscany and the historic Jewish Quarter of Rome.
Andrea Festa Fine Art presents Still Life, the first solo exhibition of acclaimed Irish artist Sinéad Breslin. Still life brings together new, emotionally charged works created between the tranquil hills of Tuscany and the historic Jewish Quarter of Rome.
Breslin’s distinctive style blends Magical Realism, Primitivism, and expressionist gestures to create vivid, symbolic portraits. Rooted in personal memory and cultural myth, her compositions explore dual narratives: intimate figures from her own life—family, friends, acquaintances—juxtaposed with imagined or archetypal characters that speak to a deeper symbolic logic.
The resulting works are raw yet refined, revealing flattened perspectives and a striking interplay between abstraction and figuration. Instinctively painted and emotionally resonant, Breslin’s pieces defy easy categorization, evoking both the mystical undercurrents of Irish folklore and the universal themes of identity, loss, and transformation.
