D'Oré creates the work by casting on glass or into a mould using many layers of resin coloured with pure translucent pigments which give the final painting great depth and brilliance. As she is working in reverse she needs to hold in her head the effect the different hues will have as they are laid one over the other, because as the work builds up, it is impossible to see what the finished piece will look like. The work is then fitted over a light source and when illuminated, the colours and textures spring to life.

D'Oré always begins a work with a picture in her head, either something she has experienced directly, a photograph or music she finds herself responding to emotionally, or perhaps a vivid image from literature. Most of the imaginative figurative work she has done in the past has been inspired by the writing of T.S. Eliot and when she is working there will generally be a line of poetry floating through her mind.

Once begun, she lets go of the image and allows the colour and form of the piece take over. However the finished work is always a combination of spontaneity and conscious placing of colour and shape to arrive at a balance that feels right for her.

The completion of D'Oré’s work is really in the viewing of it. One is enticed into an act of meditation as the stimulating effect of colour and form on the spectator’s imagination leads to an emotive response and an owning of the piece, adding the final touches to the composition for the artist.

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