Using oil on canvas, Enda O'Donoghue paints fictional images of people taking pictures of themselves. His work offers an all-too-real depiction of how much we share with the online world today.
In his digital collection of these paintings, he even goes as far as creating a pixelated canvas for each image, detailing a hazy resolution of people photographing themselves in mirrors and taking mundane pictures of their everyday lives. The artwork from Enda ODonoghue is a very picturesque portfolio of today's people who like to capture and share every moment of their existences.
Pixelated Paintings
Enda ODonoghue Captures Our Picture-Taking Society
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