Syra sudied art at
Hammersmith College of Art London before moving to Ireland in 1977. Her
work has been exhibited in Ireland England and America and is
represented internationally in public, corporate and private
collections.
Syra lives on the beautiful Maharee Peninsula in
County Kerry with luthier husband Chris Larkin. Syra's paintings, like
the changing and developing Maharee skyline, have evolved over the
years into a very personal and often quirky view of the enviroment in
which she has found herself.
Artist View Point.
"When I start a painting I often have a very simple idea or emotion in
my head - maybe just the way some one holds their head, a bird flying
in the garden, a fleeting moment of love or sadness -simple but
complicated emotions which are universal to each human being, although
we all have our own unique way of expressing them."
"People often wish you to define in some
precise manner the style in which you work - it must be cubist,
surreal, expressionistic, realistic. Galleries find you easier to
market if they can tie you up in some neat package, 'oh this is an
installation artist, a preformance artist, a landscape artist'.
That is your title your definition. Trapped like the typecast actor to play or paint the same character all your life.
Best not to set roles for yourself but just wait and see what the
canvas will unfold. Maybe a landscape surreal or one full of
expressionistic swirls. Whatever way you hold your brush it will always
be unique."
