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Sean Scully Biography

Sean Scully RA (born 30 June 1945) is an Irish-born American-based painter and printmaker who has twice been named a Turner Prize nominee. His work is collected in major museums worldwide.

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When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

Art, Nothing, Paradise, School, Stop

The power of a painting has to come from the inside out, not the outside in. It's not just an image. It's an image with a body and that body has to contain its spirit. . . What's behind it decides everything. How it starts will define how it ends.

Body, Define, Image, Painting, Spirit, Starts

I work on stretched linen canvas, sized so that the surface already has a sense of tension when I begin. It is a very rich and reactive surface. I begin by drawing on the canvas with a kind of loose line, very simply and freely. I paint very thinly, which allows me to change the drawing if I want to.

Change, Drawing, Lines, Loose, Rich, Want

I was always artistic - right from childhood - but my love of painting came a bit later. It followed my love of music.

Artistic, Childhood, Music, Painting

I do believe abstraction is and was meant to embody deep emotion. I believe that's its job, in the history of art.

Abstraction, Art, Believe, Embody, Jobs

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