Deirdre Moran

Visual artistPastelOilAcrylic
Written By Angela Hoskins

Art Trail 2026, Coochiemudlo Island

 

Soft Light, oil on canvas, by Deirdre Moran

About the artist

For many years Deirdre painted exclusively in pastel. However, in the last 2 years she has begun to  explore the potential for acrylic and oil mediums to capture the landscape and seascape scenes she is drawn to.

She derives inspiration from the island’s natural beauty and the ever changing light and colour that illuminates each scape. Whilst her paintings are derived from (and with a strong visual reference to) the real world her choice of subject matter is designed to evoke a sense of mood, reflection and connection.

Meet Deirdre and see her work at:

Studio #5, 9 Ross Street (Ross Street Gallery)

 
Art Trail Info
Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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