Katie O'Hagan

Although Katie O'Hagan has had no formal training in art, she is still able to create these beautiful paintings. In fact, painting was at first just a hobby O'Hagan picked up. The majority if not all of O'Hagan's pieces are done with oil paints. 

In the beginning, O'Hagan mainly painted portraiture of other people. However, when she hit a rather rough patch in her life, O'Hagan realized how important and crucial her art was for her. This realization directed her art down a more personal route as she tried to depict how she felt during that time and other times as well. 

O'Hagan's representative paintings are extremely realistic. Her pieces could definitely fall under photorealism. At first, O'Hagan's works appear to be photographs until looked at more closely. A range of colors are used in her paintings as well, but they are toned down in a way that gives her pieces a spooky quality to them. The subject matter O'Hagan mainly depicts are people in portrait style, whether it be herself or others. 

O'Hagan does not have a set way of creating her paintings. When she has a clear image of what she wants to do, O'Hagan does whatever she has to do to get that image on canvas.

ArtBabble. Indianapolis Museum of Art, n.d. Web. 9 Apr. 2014.