My art practice focuses on distorted portraits. I am interested in the different ways a face can be manipulated. I am fascinated with plastic surgery and the reasons behind wanting to get these procedures done. I want to get a message across to my viewers that social media is portraying this image of ‘perfection’ and it is not real. As a young woman in today's society, I am aware of the pressures put on us to look more attractive. Therefore I distort the faces of young women and magazine images of models as a means to destroy that sense of perfection.
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Long Mile Road, Dublin 12. Mercy College, Coolock, Dublin 5. Maryfield College, Grace Park, Dublin 9.![45x60cm. Acrylic & marker.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/019a2aa56e-1711919010/1-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
45x60cm. Acrylic & marker.
![45x60cm. Acrylic & marker.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/a735d997dc-1711919010/2-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
45x60cm. Acrylic & marker.
![61x76cm. Acrylic, thread, marker, perspex, tinfoil & clear silicone.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/3bcfb0388e-1711919010/3-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
61x76cm. Acrylic, thread, marker, perspex, tinfoil & clear silicone.
![20x25cm. Acrylic.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/4afda27fb4-1711919010/4-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
20x25cm. Acrylic.
![20x25cm. Acrylic.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/9a388742f0-1711919010/5-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
20x25cm. Acrylic.
![24x30cm. Acrylic.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/1b3d116c59-1711919010/6-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
24x30cm. Acrylic.
![24x30cm. Acrylic.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/bc2aa72d8e-1711919010/7-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
24x30cm. Acrylic.
![30x40cm. Acrylic & marker.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/5f9c956b31-1711919010/8-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
30x40cm. Acrylic & marker.
![30x40cm. Acrylic & marker.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/4dce8f563e-1711919010/9-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
30x40cm. Acrylic & marker.
![69x50cm. Acrylic.](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/sinead-mcloughlin/9e7dba169c-1711919010/10-of-10-sinead-mcloughlin-1200x-q80.jpg)
69x50cm. Acrylic.