MANDEIGH WELLS
Oil Paintings by
A storyteller in paint, Mandeigh draws on her Irish and Scottish heritage, mythology, archetype and the liminal spaces between worlds.
She frequently features horses and other animals in her work. They are not simply companions or decoration, but are often symbolic in their own right.
Her current body of work is Portals Divine. Begun in summer 2025, it features sacred imagery and quiet intensity. It circles polarity, and the journey from fracture to wholeness but without forcing a single conclusion.
She is accompanied in the studio by two rescued greyhounds, many cups of tea...and a weirdly eclectic selection of music.
About the artist...
For curators, funders, venues and anyone wanting a fuller overview, a selected works catalogue is available here.
About the work...
I work in oils, often at a scale where a figure starts to feel like a presence in the room, these pieces are not just for decoration.
My style could best be described as mythic realism. I treat each piece as a narrative. They are not neat stories with a beginning and an end though, but the older kind that echoes archetype, instinct, gnosis and remembrance.
My work rarely starts as a neatly devised concept.
It's not meticulously planned. Instead It starts as a thought, a dream, a conversation, a moment that won’t let go. The subjects evolve during the process, moving through various forms before fully revealing themselves in the final brush strokes.
Certain symbolism returns, though not always by intention. Colours, creatures, the red thread, all doorways. That threshold feeling when something is about to shift.
These aren’t portraits. They’re presences. You don’t have to decode them or even understand them. You just have to stand still long enough to witness them, and maybe, they'll witness you back...
Mandeigh
