Work gets underway this week.

Local artist Yvonne Condon from Ballinacurra in East Cork is getting ready to create a huge new mural for Cornmarket Street.

The vibrant large-scale outdoor painting, celebrating the long mercantile traditions of the street and its past and present users, will be located across from Peg Twomey’s grocery store, just before Cornmarket Street turns into Kyle Street.

The piece is scheduled to be created over April 11th and 12th and will remain in place indefinitely for all to enjoy.

Painting is Yvonne’s window to the world, and she is inspired by everything around her in everyday life. Yvonne does not speak, has limited hearing, and is only able to see with one of her eyes.

Her art is influenced by her life and this work, over 1.5 metres high and five metres long, is Yvonne’s largest-scale project to date.

“Yvonne has gained widespread recognition over recent years for her bold and uncompromising images.” spokesperson for the project Stephanie Dickenson told Yay Cork.

“She captures the essence of an image, working from observation with great speed and intensity. Her public outdoor work includes most recently her Yellow Nude on the billboard outside Dublin’s Project Arts Centre (March 2024), and in Cork an installation on a meter box on Cork City’s Princes Street (2021).”

Over the years Yvonne, who participates in Crawford Supported Studio, which supports artists with disabilities, has created an enormous body of work.

Her paintings have been exhibited in venues including the Cork’s People’s Museum; Project Arts Centre Dublin; RHA Dublin, and Atypical Gallery Belfast, and can be found hanging on the walls of many homes in private collections.

We can’t wait to see her next work of art take shape.