When she was 17, Éadaoin couldn’t decide between places in both art college and university.  She tossed a coin in her bedroom the final night before she had to make her decision.  The coin landed for university and she turned her back on painting for over 20 years.   

Éadaoin studied literature, travelled, working in theatre and business, before returning to Cork to raise her family and renewing her art practice.  She painted privately in her home for years, only exhibiting for the first time in 2019. 

“Moving from a non-creative life to a creative one was frightening and very exposing.  Believing in yourself, in your abilities is hard.  Showing my paintings made me feel vulnerable but each small act of bravery led to another.  I found myself gradually returning to the inner confidence that I had as a child.” 

Éadaoin paints exuberant, richly coloured, abstract expressionist work. She rarely use brushes, using DIY tools and gestural movements instead. She is interested in how paint moves and flows.  

“The physical act of manipulating paint on a surface inspires me. I follow the journey of the colours. It begins to tell me a story.  Layer upon layer, the painting begins to reveal itself.  The physicality of how I move, where I stand, how I apply paint and my choice of medium are all part of my response. Sometimes I paint with thick layers of oil paint and cold wax medium. Sometimes I pour, spread and drip petal-thin layers of acrylic.” 

Éadaoin is interested in our emotional response to memory and place.  She’s influenced by Irish literature and mythology.  Her daily walks are a rich source of inspiration and her colour palette changes with the seasons.  

“There is something powerful about the pace of walking, about slowing down to observe small details. Every day, I'll discover new treasures: peeling paint on a wall, marks on pavement, submerged leaves in potholes, fallen branches, newly opened petals shiny with rain.  Even when my walks are geographically restricted, my mind travels far into an internal landscape of memory. The pace of walking triggers memories of childhood walks, places I’ve visited and memories of stories about places where my ancestors lived. ” 

She paints in series, abstracting and developing an idea over several paintings, building up a history of layers, excavating, scraping through and dissolving, echoing how land and memories are laid down over time. 

Murze art magazine selected Glynn’s work for their cover in 2019, calling it “beautiful, emotive and bold, creating layers of colour and detail that visualise memories and trigger an emotional response with the viewer.” The effect on the viewer is a stirring of emotions and memories. Which explains why her work has appealed to such a large pool of collectors so quickly. A connection with place, especially when we are all feeling a sense of emotional displacement, is resonating with her audience.   

Painting and writing are interconnected for Éadaoin, perhaps because she studied literature instead of art.  “Writing my titles is an important part of my process and the painting is only fully revealed to me when I’ve named it.” 

Recent exhibitions include the London Art Biennale 2021.   Éadaoin’s work is in private collections worldwide.