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Cavan

Reed O'Connor

Disciplines: Painting

Location: Perthshire

Materials: Oil
Cavan’s practice explores the ambiguity and resonance of daily life, emphasising the patience and subtle beauty found in mundane and often ignored subjects. Utilising oils, he highlights fragments of typical surroundings rendered with a delicate yet evocative precision. To accentuate these intriguing moments, he frames these cropped fragments within monochromatic hints of the surrounding space. His work encourages viewers to reconsider their perceptions of the environments they encounter, revealing the emotional and narrative depth hidden within the seemingly ordinary.

Previous Experience

Education 2024 1st Class, BA(Hons) Painting, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland 2020 Portfolio Development, Dundee & Angus College, Dundee, Scotland Awards 2025 Open Eye Gallery Exhibition Award, Visual Art Scotland 2025 David and June Gordon Memorial Trust Award 2024 Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries 2025 2024 Visual Arts Scotland Graduate Showcase Award 2024 John Gray Legacy Prize Group Exhibitions 2025 The Thread That Pulls, Visual Arts Scotland, RSA, Edinburgh, Scotland 2025 New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland 2024 Now and Then, Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkieth Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland 2024 Summer Salon, Detail Gallery and Framing, Edinburgh, Scotland 2024 Grays School of Art Degree Show, Aberdeen, Scotland 2023 A Gray in the Life, Pre-Degree show, Look Again, Aberdeen, Scotland 2023 In Response with Corrie Jennison, CASS Art, Glasgow, Scotland 2022 Pitlochry Makers: Wild, Alan Reece Gallery, Pitlochry, Scotland

Collections

2025 Paintings

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