CREATIVE NEWS 2022
Excited to announce my NEW collaboration with ‘GIRL GOD BOOKS’ International Publishing House. I am the featured artist for their wonderful new book ‘MY NAME IS BRIGID’ on the Goddess Brigid
LAUNCHING ON 1ST FEBRUARY 2022

ARTWORK BY BARBARA O’MEARA
Cover Image ‘My Name is Brigid’ Barbara O’Meara Artist

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INVITED FEATURED ARTIST FOR GIRL GOD BOOKS CALENDAR 2022


EXCITED TO BE AN INVITED ARTIST FOR GIRL GOD BOOKS CALENDAR 2022
My painting ‘Women Rising’ Oil on Canvas 2021 features with a powerful quote by Audre Lorde as the July featured artist. Honored to be selected among such amazing women artists and writers
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NEWS 2021
FEATURED WRITER IN NEW ‘MOON MNA’ PUBLICATION

‘GODDESSES OF IRELAND’
NEW MOON MNA BOOK WWW.MOONMNA.IE
FEATURED WRITER IN THIS WONDERFUL BOOK WITH MY ESSAY ‘BECOMING ERIU’ ABOUT MY EXPERIENCES AT THE SACRED SITE OF UISNEACH AT THE BEALTAINE FIRE FESTIVAL TO HONOUR THE GODDESS ERIU

FEATURED ARTIST & WRITER WITH ‘GIRL GOD’ BOOKS INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING HOUSE

Delighted to have a selection of paintings featured in two great anthologies by International Publishing House Girl God Books:
-Warrior Queen -Answering the Call of the Morrigan
In Defiance of Oppression – The Legacy of Boudicca.
Image ‘ Boudicca Rising’ Barbara O’Meara Artist

HERSTORY 2021

HERSTORY 2021
Portrait of Mavis Ramazani Founder of ‘Cooking for Freedom’ Illuminated in Galway as part of Herstory
Portrait by Barbara O’Meara Artist

HERSTORY 2021
Illuminating Kildare Cathedral & Sean Ross Abbey – The Founders of Brigid’s Way Contemporary Pilgrimage
Dolores Whelan& Karen Ward ‘Brigid’s Way’
Painting by Barbara O’Meara Artist
NCCWN NATIONAL COLLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY BASED WOMENS NETWORKS AND BARBARA O’MEARA ARTIST

HOME-WORDS-BOUND
A NEW COMMUNITY CREATIVE PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH NCCWN-NATIONAL COLLECTIVE OF COMMUNITY BASED WOMEN’S NETWORKS – FEATURING WRITING BY WOMEN LIVING IN IRELAND DURING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC 2020-2021 ALL ARTWORK CREATED IN RESPONSE TO WRITING BY BARBARA O’MEARA VISUAL ARTIST – A NEW ZINE PUBLICATION IS AVAILABLE AT SHOP LINK Barbara O’Meara Artist Website OR WWW.SAOIRSEWOMENSREFUGE.IE ALL PROCEEDS DONATED TO SAOIRSE WOMEN’S REFUGE
BARBARA O’MEARA ARTIST PAINTING PRACTICE
FREE ART TUTORIALS AT ALL IN ALAINN Arts Face Book Page

All-In Alainn Arts with Barbara O’Meara Artist
Simple and free instruction FB Videos on art techniques for all with easy to follow guidelines. No Art experience necessary
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B.O.R.N. EXHIBITION 2017



In Flux – Oil on Wood Panel (detail)

“…Barbara O’ Meara achieves some terrific water effects in her allegorical work…” Aidan Dunne The Irish Times Visual Arts Review 13/01/2007
“Fabulous Art at the Cockleshell Gallery” – ‘By the Simple Action of Water’ Solo Exhibition Duncannon Arts Centre New Ross Standard 24/03/2010
“… Her chief focus has always been on expressing the fragility of life and at the same time developing and capturing the essence of her own personal journey….the themes which drive her practice are still the same, O’Meara likes to experiment with a variety of media, which brings a refreshing element of chance to her work”
Pick of the Week Arts Belfast Telegraph ‘Heartlands’ Solo
Exhibition, Alley Arts Centre 11/01/2013
“…Of particular note is O’Meara’s project ‘The Covering’, a baby blanket made out of 796 squares, one for each of the babies found buried at the Tuam mother and baby home. Visitors are encouraged to meet the artist and knit, stitch, crochet or weave their own baby square…”Dublin Gazette – 09/03/2018 Review Five Lamps Arts Festival
“..Four blankets knitted by 300 women from around the world are to be exhibited in an art show about the Tuam mother and baby home…Barbara O’Meara, the Dublin based artist behind the blanket project called ‘The Covering’ took 796 knitted pieces…. stitched them into four blankets to represent the four provinces of Ireland. The Times 14/01/2019
Explore the various aspects of BARBARA O’MEARA ARTIST’S creative work on this website: Paintings, Exhibitions, Publications, Creative Workshops, Community, Collaborative & Socially Engaged Practice, Art & Shamanism Message Barbara: contact page.