Sheila Richardson

Sheila Richardson - was born in Ireland in 1968. She studied painting at the Limerick School of Art & Design gaining a distinction in painting and was percieved to be one of the most interesting painters to emerge from an Irish art college from that year (1990). Her success gained her an award from the Irish Arts Council to complete a Master Degree in Fine Art at the University of Wales. Following a Post Graduate in teacher training, she went on to become Head of Art at a large secondary School in Kent while practicing as an artist in her studio in Whitstable for ten years. She now lives and paints between Ireland and England. She has won several British and Irish Awards throughout the years. Her work is represented by ‘Draiocht’ Gallery Ireland & EDGE Gallery UK.