Aileen Dunleavy
She dances the tango…
By Lynda Cookson
Underlying layers of colour running at right angles to the surface layers of paint hint at unseen depths and give us the first clue to the real person that is Aileen Dunleavy……
Aileen had always attended evening art courses and while in England she painted in the evenings while dreaming of moving back to Ireland. Finally painting became a more important aspect in her life and with her husband having to spend long hours at the hotel, and the children asleep in bed, Aileen would dance into her studio and tango around the easel into the small hours of the night letting the paint flow freely in tune with her mood. And tango she still does.…
