Meet Angie Drinan, scenic artist and the woman behind a lot of the beautiful work that gives the magic mood at various Merivale venues. When we met, Angie was finishing off work that is now gracing the walls of just opened … Little Felix.

We had a chat over coffee and I photographed Angie at her studio – Angeline Drinan Studio in Marrickville.

As Opera Australia’s Head of Scenic Art, Angeline Drinan’s skills includes turning PVC pipes into marble columns, plasterboard into just about anything, and creating magical illusions on stage. Drinan studied fine art at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in Dublin, and has been at OA since 2006. Among her most recent favourite OA sets are Micheal Scott Mitchell’s design for Tosca and La Fura del Baus’ A Masked Ball (both in 2013). Both were massive sets, reinvigorating Drinan’s appreciation for huge canvases.

We asked Drinan to share some of the artworks that inspire her most.