EVIE CAHIR
NAARm (MELBOURNE), Australia
“Evie Cahir’s studio space inside her Abbotsford apartment has the best light and the smoothest floors. It’s the perfect setup for her work, which sees her laying sheets of paper along the floor, and getting on her hands and knees to grind, smudge and blend pastels onto her work.
It’s a physical and slow process, says Evie, who uses oil sticks, soft pastels, gouache (opaque watercolour) and pencils to create vivid, radiant artwork, full of luminous colour.
‘I work across many pieces at once, usually four or five. Depending on size, I may spend five to six hours spread between multiple works… this is to make sure I don’t have time to second guess any decisions – I just let it all out!,’ she explains. “
- Bea Taylor
The Design Files (October 2022)
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Photography : Becca Crawford