Louise Harrison

About Louise

Louise is a musician, artist and journalist. During her varied career she has found that each of these subjects have combined and blended to help in her creativity.

Louise has a BA, an MA in music and in Journalism and studied art at Ennistymon Art School.

Louise worked as a Bunratty Castle Entertainer, wedding ceremony soloist and recorded and toured  with Anúna, she has lived and breathed Irish music and culture for many years and expresses this through her love of the Irish landscape by blending observation and imagination in her paintings.

Louise has won many local, national and UK prizes for her artwork while in her teens. She  enjoys working in many mediums, such as oils, acrylics, and pastels. She works from her own photographs as references for landscapes, and enjoys capturing a mood or atmosphere in her work. She has exhibited at the Courthouse Gallery in Ennistymon, Co Clare and Gallery Eleven, Stillorgan, Dublin. In the summer of 2022 she had three of her paintings chosen as part of ‘The Secret Garden Exhibition’ in Thomastown, Kilkenny, which was part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival. In December 2022 she was Artist of the month for Silks, which included a window display and social media posts of her paintings. February 2023 solo exhibition Adare Heritage Centre, Adare.

Music

After many years of studying voice, Louise graduated with distinctions in vocal performance from Trinity College London (A.T.C.L. and L.T.C.L), has a Masters in Ethnomusicology and a BA in Music and English and an MA in Jouralism. Louise released the album ‘Dream’ which was recorded at Silverwood Studios.

While studying, Louise worked as a Bunratty Castle Entertainer, wedding ceremony soloist and recorded and toured  with Anúna. She won many awards for vocal performances and performed as a soloist at concerts and venues nationally.