Born and educated in London, Vivienne St Clair Collins lives and works in Tralee, Co. Kerry on Ireland's west coast. A mainly self-taught painter, progressing from her former career as an archaeological illustrator, Vivienne works in both oil and pastel producing paintings filled with light and colour drawing influences not only from French Impressionism but also from the modern English Impressionists. Her work is represented in many private collections around the world.