I have always produced strong imagery working from a Fine Art background and I am interested in the technicality of painting. I choose to use current print media imagery as a starting point which is inspired by interests in 1st wave Pop Art from the 1950’s. I feel that my work represents the original themes in Pop art and my interest in taking these themes and using them in a contemporary context.

For my figurative work I am constantly collecting images from current print magazines, whether I am working on an on-going series of paintings or not. I choose an image which to me is solely strong in form to begin with, this is most important for me to produce a strong painting. I am using images which the media choose to represent modern times and my choices then represent an interest in strength of imagery not necessarily the subject matter.

Fifteen years ago, it was ever few years when I would carefully select and group images together to start working on a series of drawings. I now do this every two years so that the contemporary images are more relevant to my work to represent what is current. I work with groups of drawings for months at a time to manipulate the image, and then continue through to painting.

The three most important aspects to my paintings are line work, using primary and secondary lines, colour, the mixing of paint, and composition elements, using formal or informal composition. I have always worked in series of paintings. The numbers of paintings to a series can be anywhere from three to twenty. When I am working on a series, this is when I decide how far it will go and how many paintings will be made. A theme will run through each series without the paintings necessarily looking like they are in a series together. For the series to be completed there needs to be a resolve of an idea or ideas.

[b. 1981 Dublin, Ireland] A mid-career artist based in London UK since 2006, now working predominately in largescale paintings on canvas. Recently awarded the Phoenix International Award from Effetto Arte Foundation in Italy.

Snap Collective publishing in Paris have just released the first book on Coyle’s paintings. Coyle has achieved a plethora of awards throughout her career. Most notably, she is a recipient of the International Art Market’s Gold List award. ‘Top international contemporary artist of today', ‘Recommended artist to invest in and to be inspired by’, work acquired by former Trustee of Tate museums Dame Janet Wolfson de Botton.

‘My main career focus is always on my studio work and a painting style I have been progressing for 25 years which continues to develop’ Her artwork has appeared in and on the cover of over fifty publications worldwide. Coyle has recently finished her largest painting to date, 'Collective Selection [1]' combines eight images in a 960cm painting.

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