We recently connected with Dominic Mccourt and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Dominic thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Do you feel you or your work has ever been misunderstood or mischaracterized? If so, tell us the story and how/why it happened and if there are any interesting learnings or insights you took from the experience?

For me as a person with two jobs or professional identities people seem to be confused by the way the two seemingly so different endeavours go together. On one hand I’m a butcher and operate in the world of food, on the other hand I’m a painter and make money selling my art.

In my reality I don’t see there as much of a distinction between the two pursuits, I put the same level of care into butchering a rib of beef as I do into creating a painting, and the total objective of the two is the same; to create a sensory experience that’s stands out above the mundanity of everyday life.

Art is deeply personal. Food is deeply personal. Art is food for the soul. Food is art for the… stomach? Taste buds? Something like that.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am an abstract painter based in London. I sell meat sourced from my family farm during the day, and paint by night.
I got into painting in the year 2020, when crisis descended upon my personal and professional life (and obviously the wider world) when I simply needed to find an outlet for the chaos that was inside and around me.
Since then I’ve tried to use my art as a way of capturing energy. Whether it’s of my own or of my environment.
There’s no message, I’m simply doing. Rather than saying anything.

What do you think is the goal or mission that drives your creative journey?

To create art that will survive and be enjoyed long after I’m gone.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I suppose I would just have to say that the schooling system gives young people this false idea that just because they are not qualified to do something, that that means they cannot do something, especially as a career.

I’m not qualified as a painter and I’m not qualified as a butcher. But I’ve managed to do both and do both in my own way.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Dommcart
• Youtube: NFbeefbros (if you wanna learn more about meat) but I’m mainly doing this interview with my painting hat on

Image Credits

Adrian McCourt @adrianmccourtportraits