Elizabeth O'Kane is a sculptor and painter working in Dublin. Her sculptures are figurative and cast in bronze. Her work follows the realist tradition and is representational in content, with an overriding calmness throughout. She sculpts people, animals and birds and her sculptures are elegant and tactile. Elizabeth is especially interested in portraiture, anatomy and movement, and in capturing the sitter's personality and expression. She has also lectured in portrait sculpture in Dublin.

Elizabeth's paintings are architectural. She works mainly in watercolour, painting buildings and cityscapes in great detail, offering depth and perspective. She likes to capture her subject matter in strong sunlight giving her buildings sharp definition through bold shadows and crisp lines. Her paintings have been described as photorealist with her cityscapes initially mistaken for photographs.

Travel is a recurrent theme. She finds inspiration in cities she has lived in or visited. Originally a translator by profession, Elizabeth has worked and studied in Paris, Madrid, Edinburgh and London, and has travelled extensively throughout Europe, the Far East, and North America.

Elizabeth makes commissioned work for corporate, private and public collections and prepares her own work for galleries and exhibitions. The work sells as unique pieces or in limited editions. Her work can be viewed year round in galleries and exhibitions in Ireland, the UK and also in Paris at the Greenlane Gallery on Isle St Louis. Elizabeth welcomes visitors to her Dublin studio.
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NEWS
Elizabeth's life size bronze sculpture of world famous Irish tenor, Count John McCormack, was unveiled in June in the Iveagh Gardens, behind the National Concert Hall, Dublin.
Elizabeth will be exhibiting a bronze bust of Irish Rugby legend, Dr. Syd Millar, at the Royal Ulster Academy of Art Annual Exhibition in The Titanic Drawing Offices at Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Beflast. The exhibition runs from 19 September - 19th October; opening hours Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 5.30 pm, Sundays 1-5.