Myles Hourican

 Hearth - Oil on Canvas

Myles Hourican's artistic career began in 2002 when he worked as an illustrator for Species Magazine, the official publication of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). That year Hourican also completed his European Baccalaureate, excelling in Art - his major. In 2002 Hourican also began study in painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels, where there was a strong emphasis placed on figurative painting, drawing technique, and live models. At the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Hourican studied under the celebrated Belgian artist André Ruelle. As a student in the Beaux-arts, Hourican became heavily influenced by Belgian and Flemish painters, from Breugel and Rembrandt right up to more contemporary painters such as Ensor and Spillaert.